Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

It was another agency milestone in efforts to significantly step up the pace of space communications.

Thales and Schiebel have teamed to develop a global market approach to promote the Austrian developed rotary-wing uncrewed aircraft system S-100 Camcopter.

Germany looks set to increase its purchase of Boeing P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft.

Sweden has joined the growing list of nations to adopt MBDA’s Sea Ceptor missile system to protect its Visby-class corvette warships.

Turkish Defense Minister Yasar Guler has confirmed the country’s interest in a potential acquisition of Eurofighter Typhoons.

The Nov. 15 test served two purposes—as a carrier-proving flight for the Mojave and as a demonstration of the largest crewless aircraft on a Royal Navy ship.

The Indonesian Air Force says four people died when two of its Embraer A-29 Super Tucano counterinsurgency aircraft crashed into a mountainside.

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Increased competition from Chinese primes like Chengdu is close at hand, with analysts predicting J-20 exports beginning in the 2030s. A look at data from Aviation Week Network’s Fleet Discovery Military tool may offer clues as to the nature of the competition to come.

Sierra Space has laid off 165 full-time employees in addition to contractors after it shipped the company’s first Dream Chaser spaceplane for prelaunch tests.

The partnerships are aimed at building out an AAM network that would connect passengers from DFW to a vertiport at Arlington Municipal Airport.

Ispace of Tokyo plans to make a second attempt to land an uncrewed spacecraft on the Moon as soon as the fourth quarter of 2024.

Launch of the second integrated flight test of SpaceX’s Starship/Super Heavy vehicle was rescheduled for Nov. 18.

Latecoere will supply the electrical wiring interconnection system (EWIS) system for the company’s Overture high speed airliner and Symphony propulsion system.

The resumption of military-to-military talks between the U.S. and China will start with theater commanders.

The company said its digitally designed engine has completed a digital preliminary design review.

The modified Arcus-J glider made its initial self-propelled takeoff from Minden, Nevada—home of the Perlan 2 stratospheric glider project team—on Nov 8.

Archer Aviation has signed an agreement to deliver up to 100 Midnight air taxis to Dubai-based heliport operator Air Chateau.

Nevertheless, the British manufacturer is raising its financial expectations for both 2023 and 2024.

Carol Craig, founder and CEO of Sidus, announced the move while reporting third-quarter 2023 financial results on Nov. 14.

Oslo says it wants to increase its number of Nasams batteries and improve versatility by adding new weapons options to the system.

Catherine Koerner will succeed Jim Free as associate administrator of the Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate, it has been announced.

The UAE military will purchase 100 Reach-S tactical UAS from the country's main defense contractor Edge Group.

Britten-Norman will test Stratospheric Platforms' airborne phased array antenna, which is designed to beam down a high-bandwidth 5G cell signal direct to device.