Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Ben Goldstein
A consortium of companies led by Swedish drone and vertiport startup Kookiejar plans to demo drone delivery of goods from Monaco to a superyacht.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Christine Boynton, Sean Broderick
Senate Republicans are continuing to evaluate Michael Whitaker, President Biden’s nominee for administrator of the FAA.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Tony Osborne
The Czech government has approved the acquisition of Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
BAE Systems and Malloy Aeronautics have for the first time demonstrated the ability of a heavy lift uncrewed multicopter to drop a torpedo.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Romania’s defense ministry has launched the process to acquire as many as 48 Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighters.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
Rocket Lab warned investors on Sept. 26 that it had to lower its financial expectations for the current third quarter ending Sept. 30.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
The capsule touched down at 7:17 a.m. EDT, about 90 mi. southeast of Dzhezkazgan, and was met within minutes by recovery team members.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Prague-based Stratosyst wants to offer a fixed stratospheric capability with SkyRider, its helium airship
Emerging Technologies

By Jen DiMascio
Advancements in commercial space tech helped the U.S. Space Force, Millennium Space Systems and Firefly Aerospace pull off the Victus Nox rapid launch demo.
Commercial Space

By Michael Bruno
Thoma Bravo is selling its aerospace and defense consultancy Exostar to Arlington Capital Partners.
Supply Chain

By Steve Trimble
Instead of operating from a large aircraft carrier, a U.S. Navy request seeks concepts for ships with flight decks between 50-200 ft. long and 40-100 ft. wide.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is lobbying German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to allow a potential sale of Eurofighter Typhoon combat aircraft to Saudi Arabia.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Textron and Griffon will compete for the Future Tactical Uncrewed Aircraft System development contract after the U.S. Army has eliminated three other teams.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Steve Trimble
The Program Executive Office - Fixed Wing and SOFWERX, the command’s rapid prototyping agency, plan to host a series of demonstrations of loitering munitions.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
An Icelandic startup is attempting to develop an uncrewed aircraft system that will mimic the flight of a bird.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
The vertical-takeoff-and-landing UAS is designed to provide the Singapore Armed Forces command post last-mile intelligence of areas of interest.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Michael Bruno
A Japanese partnership of MUFG Bank, Kanematsu and Tokio Marine & Nichido led the Sierra Space funding round, which will fund space station development.
Commercial Space

By Guy Norris
Lt. Gen. John Shaw, senior U.S. Space Force officer at Space Command, says challenges will grow as vehicles become more complex and operate further from Earth.
Space

By Guy Norris
Lockheed's planned flight tests are part of final preparations for the partial deployment of the U.S. Army’s first Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon before 2024.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Irene Klotz
Progress has been slow on Blue Origin's New Glenn orbital launch system under Bob Smith’s watch, with an expected 2024 debut coming four years behind schedule.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
Joby Aviation has signed a collaboration agreement with South Korea’s SK Telecom to provide an aircraft for in-country flight testing in 2024 under the Korean Urban Air Mobility (K-UAM) Grand Challenge.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
French startup VoltAero has flown its Cassio S hybrid-electric propulsion testbed on 100% sustainable fuel.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Mark Carreau
The Osiris-Rex sample canister with material gathered from the surface of the asteroid Bennu was flown on Sept. 25 from its landing site in the Utah desert to NASA’s Johnson Space Center.
Space

By Steve Trimble
The $705 million contract for the Stand-in Attack Weapon calls for Northrop Grumman to have the new missile ready to to enter service in 2026.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The Pentagon still lacks a plan to successfully wrestle sustainment functions away from the collection of contractors that now jealously own those roles.
Aircraft & Propulsion