Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Chen Chuanren
A preliminary report has been released by ATSB into the Coulson Aviation 737 firefighting tanker crash in Australia.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Steve Trimble
The Kremlin statement is the first report of a strike attempt that reached the center of the Russian capital.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
GE Aerospace has launched a third series of monthslong ground tests on the XA100 adaptive turbofan engine.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The XA102 is the designation for GE’s proposed propulsion system for the U.S. Air Force’s next-generation, crewed fighter aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
The Airbus Perlan 2 stratospheric glider is en route to South America.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
Lulav Space’s engineers gained experience with lunar guidance, navigation and control via prior work on the Beresheet 1 lunar lander mission in 2019.
Commercial Space

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force has pressed to accelerate its E-7A Wedgetail program to replace the aging E-3 AWACS and has received increased funding to do so.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force expects to move its next-generation air-to-air missile into production next year.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Ben Goldstein
German air taxi startup Lilium has announced a plan to raise up to $250 million in fresh capital.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Mark Carreau
The multiyear MSR mission is being jointly led by NASA and the European Space Agency.
Space

By Matthew Fulco
Woodward’s sales rose 22% annually to $718 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2023, driven by robust demand in the aerospace and industrial markets.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Chen Chuanren
The U.S. Pacific Fleet has “recently” tracked balloons across the Pacific and can down them if required, U.S. Pacific Fleet Commander Adm. Samuel Paparo says.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
European and U.S. regulators are working to ensure transferability of eVTOL type certificates.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
British Army Apache attack helicopters look set to add the Advanced Precision Kill Weapons System (APKWS) guided-rocket system.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Irene Klotz
Twenty-seven seconds into the flight an “energetic event” caused a communications breakdown with another engine, No. 19.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
The 76-seat regional aircraft is to become a demonstrator for ZeroAvia’s HyperCore electric motors and high temperature proton exchange membrane system.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Mark Carreau
The effort is using the National Science Foundation’s Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA), located about 50 mi. west of Socorro, New Mexico.
Commercial Space

By Tony Osborne
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan formally named the country’s new TF-X indigenous fighter on May 1.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Metrea’s business case rests on the uncomfortable fact that hundreds of Air Force-owned air refueling aircraft cover only a fraction of the potential demand.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Irene Klotz
NASA’s Mars Ingenuity helicopter will be repositioned for a new campaign following completion of its 50th sortie.
Space

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Army wants its Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk fleet flying for the next 40 to 60 years.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
ViaSat-3 Americas, the first terabit-class communications satellite, reached orbit on May 1.
Commercial Space

By Graham Warwick
The program is intended to validate design tools to support the UK’s aerospace, transport and energy industries.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Sweden’s Northvolt has joined other advanced battery developers in targeting its latest technology at aviation first.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The United Arab Emirates plans to establish a manufacturing facility for electric passenger and cargo aircraft and drones.
Advanced Air Mobility