Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Steve Trimble
Negotiations have occurred that will allow the Colombian government to acquire new fighters with a grace period for starting payments.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The bill would buy 383 military aircraft overall in fiscal 2023—or 30% more than the 294 aircraft requested by the Defense Department.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
Dante was founded in 2018 and regional airline Air Nostrum and low-cost carrier Volotea have together become the startup’s first strategic investor.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne, Steve Trimble, Chen Chuanren
As current fourth and fifth-generation fighters evolve and find new customers, attention is turning to next-generation efforts.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Mark Carreau
The 7-hr. excursion by NASA astronauts Frank Rubio and Josh Cassada is scheduled to begin at 7:45 a.m. EST.
Space

The start of operational activity comes about nine years after the Brazilian government selected Saab to deliver 36 Gripen E/F fighters.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
A far more powerful alternative is already close to moving into development, with a competition expected to be decided within days or weeks.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Mark Carreau
The samples are being carefully preserved for terrestrial analysis with the latest laboratory technologies.
Space

By Graham Warwick
U.S. startup VerdeGo Aero is to test its hybrid-electric powerplant running on 100% sustainable aviation fuel.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
India has the potential to be a major market for advanced air mobility.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
The Tiquila program will see the delivery of more than 250 Mini Uncrewed Aerial Systems (MUAS) to the UK military.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Army wants to develop a common mission system for targeting and CNI functions between the V-280 and FARA fleets.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Tony Osborne
Thirty members of a secretive Russian military unit that programs the flightpaths of cruise missiles targeting Ukraine have been sanctioned.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Chen Chuanren
Pyongyang claims to have successfully tested a large solid-fuel engine, which could be used to power an intercontinental ballistic missile.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Guy Norris
Rolls-Royce has loaded its UltraFan new-generation turbofan demonstrator into the company’s Testbed 80 facility.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno, Steve Trimble
The deal adds one of the U.S. government’s most important propulsion, space and missile system suppliers to industry’s self-titled trusted disruptor.
Defense and Space

By Steve Trimble
The Mayhem team will now start working on system requirements, concept design and a digital engineering environment for the vehicle.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
President Joe Biden on Dec. 16 signed a bill to keep the government open for one more week.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Garrett Reim
Telesat of Ottawa has finished testing its Phase 1 low-Earth-orbit demonstration satellite.
Advanced Air Mobility

Roscosmos Space Corp. has suggested that a micrometeorite may have caused the coolant leak on the Russian Soyuz MS-22 spaceship.
Space

By Steve Trimble
U.S. Special Operations Command wants to upgrade the direction finding antenna in the Joint Threat Warning System-Air
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Mark Carreau
Vice President Kamala Harris has named 29 people to join the U.S. National Space Council's Users Advisory Group.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Industrial partners on the joint French, German and Spanish project were awarded a €3.2 billion ($3.4 billion) Phase 1B contract on Dec. 15.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Thierry Dubois
The European Space Agency has solidified its master plan for three demonstration programs aiming at launcher reusability.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Saab has been contracted to develop an upgrade for Sweden’s Gripen C/D combat aircraft.
Budget, Policy & Operations