Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Tony Osborne
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has been widely criticized for moving too slowly in spending the €100 billion committed to recapitalizing the Bundeswehr.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
President Biden promised further deliveries of lethal aid and equipment to Ukraine as he made a surprise trip to Kyiv on Feb. 20.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Chen Chuanren
Marketed as an aircraft designed to conduct humanitarian operations, AVIC's 60-tonne AG600 is also expected to serve the People’s Liberation Army.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Kim Minseok, Chen Chuanren
North Korea has announced the successful execution of an unplanned firing drill that saw a Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missile.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Mark Carreau
The Russian Progress MS-21 resupply capsule completed a destructive re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean.
Space

By Ben Goldstein
While the list shares some of the top names in common with comparable rankings from SMG Consulting and Aviation Week, there are also some notable differences.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Molly McMillin
Spirit AeroSystems celebrated the rollout of the 100th forward fuselage for the KC-46 aerial refueling tanker, the military version of the Boeing 767.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The planned sole-source contract will be a cost plus fixed fee delivery order, beginning with a 31-month-long Phase 1 of the spiral upgrade.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Brian Everstine
U.S. forces have completely recovered the Chinese surveillance balloon shot down off the South Carolina coast on Feb. 4.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine, Irene Klotz
The U.S. Space Force lays out a new approach for national-security space launches, using a “dual-lane” method to increase competition.
Space

By Steve Trimble
The market survey request comes out two weeks after USAF fighters shot down a Chinese high-altitude balloon with apparent surveillance systems aboard.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Tony Osborne
Switzerland is to acquire Lockheed Martin PAC-3 MSE missiles for its new Patriot air-defense systems as part of an uptick in military spending.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Irene Klotz
The FAA says SpaceX failed to file required launch collision-avoidance data ahead of a Falcon 9 launch with a batch of Starlink satellites last August.
Commercial Space

By Tony Osborne
Germany could become a new source of center fuselages for the F-35 program, taking over from Turkish industry.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The configuration appears to borrow the body of the Kh-69 land attack cruise missile unveiled at the Army 2022 exhibition near Moscow last August.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
Consultancy Osprey Flight Services believes the U.S. is researching or has deployed ISR high-altitude balloons from Asia-Pacific sites or naval ships.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Japan was forced to abort the launch of its new H3 rocket after the launch vehicle’s SRB-3 boosters failed to ignite.
Commercial Space

By Graham Warwick
Joby Aviation has begun testing the propeller for its S4 tiltprop eVTOL aircraft in the National Full-Scale Aerodynamic Complex.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Kurt Hofmann
Eurowings CEO Jens Bischof has voiced concerns about potential airspace disruption caused by the largest deployment exercise in NATO’s history.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. government will rewrite the rulebook for aerial objects flying over U.S. airspace, President Joe Biden said.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Mark Carreau
NASA is seeking commercial space station design feedback from the U.S. aerospace industry on two fronts.
Commercial Space

By Guy Norris
GE Aerospace is beginning design work for a production standard version of the XA100 adaptive engine for the Lockheed Martin F-35.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The USAF still expects first flight this year of the Northrop Grumman LGM-35A Sentinel missile, despite a reported schedule slip and test failure.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Garrett Reim
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has established a partnership with Divergent Technologies to develop 3D-printed UAV structures.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Airbus Helicopters is hopeful of achieving the long-delayed FAA certification of its H160 medium-twin engine helicopter in 2023.
Safety, Ops & Regulation