Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

Leonardo Helicopters says it has handed over the 56th and final aircraft, a NATO Frigate Helicopter version of the NH90 for the Italian Navy.

Reports suggest recent occurrences are more significant than routine jamming; EASA and FAA have issued special alerts to operators and other authorities.

Gitai’s 1.5-m-long autonomous dual robotic arm system (S2) has successfully passed all NASA safety reviews for its planned International Space Station external demonstration.

The settlement includes a $1.539 million payment to whistleblowers who sued Boeing on behalf of the U.S. Defense Department for allegedly making false claims.

The rules, regulations and parameters within which vertiports will operate are all works in progress.

The request for information published on Sept. 29 by the Air Force tells industry to assume a CCA program will be launched in the first quarter of fiscal 2025.

The purchase of the two Erieye Saab 340s springs from an urgent requirement from Poland to bolster aerial surveillance of its borders with Russia.

The parameters for thruster operations are being altered in response to warmer thermal predictions for their use, according to a NASA mission update.

MD Helicopters has closed a 12-helicopter deal with the Nigerian Army to deliver light attack versions of the company’s MD530 single-engine light rotorcraft.

The Australian armed forces say the priority now is bringing the new fleet of UH-60M Black Hawks into service.

Canadian air taxi startup Horizon Air recently announced a design change from five to seven seats for its hybrid-electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.

The Marines awarded a contract to a Malloy-Survice Engineering team in April to deliver 189 Tactical Resupply UAS.

Ispace technologies U.S. has unveiled a redesigned Series 2 lunar lander renamed the APEX 1.0.

Speculation has emerged of a possible Rafale purchase to replace the Royal Saudi Air Force's oldest fleet.

The FAA also called for organizational changes following the Sept. 12, 2022, uncrewed New Shepard-23 mission.

The first uncrewed aircraft system to operate from an aircraft carrier is two years behind schedule due to design, production and supplier management problems.

Germany is proceeding with the purchase of Israel’s Arrow 3 anti-ballistic missile defense system.

An autonomous electric cargo transport ground vehicle is to be tested at the UK’s East Midlands Airport.

This budget is in line with the French Military Programming Law, which provides for a total budget for the armed forces of €413.3 billion between 2024 and 2030.

France's “historic” performance, as described by the report, is largely due to the sale of 80 Dassault Rafale F4 fighters and associated weapons to the UAE.

Jaunt Air Mobility has confirmed plans to sell its quarter-scale air taxi technology demonstrator as a standalone product.

The U.S. Navy has not decided whether the competition will be managed at the all-up round level or with subcomponents.

A final upgrade for the Lockheed Martin U-2S is moving forward.

Zero-trust architecture is an approach to information technology security that emphasizes constant reverification of device identity and integrity.

Hypersonic test company Stratolaunch has mated the first full rocket-configured Talon vehicle to the Roc carrier aircraft and is poised to begin a series of ground and flight tests aimed at attempting the first Mach 5 test before year’s end.