Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Steve Trimble
The commitment to buy the fourth aircraft stops short of Australia’s original plan to buy seven MQ-4Cs, with a goal of operating two simultaneous patrols.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Graham Warwick
The milestone follows completion of an industrial program review by Lilium and Aciturri in late August.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
A subsidiary of Chinese electric vehicle maker XPeng, AeroHT is developing the X3, a two-seat road vehicle with a folding multirotor flight propulsion system.
Advanced Air Mobility

Selected U.S. military contracts from the past week.
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News in brief.
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INDIA approves $5.4b in defense purchases... AEROVIRONMENT completes TOMAHAWK acquisition... GENERAL ATOMICS buys electro-optic specialist...
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By Graham Warwick
Austria’s CycloTech has begun outdoor flight tests of its CycloRotor propulsion technology demonstrator.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble, Brian Everstine
The roughly 28-hr. search for the Lockheed Martin-made stealth fighter included an unusual request to the public for any tips.
Defense and Space

By Graham Warwick
The industry’s concept for managing the range and endurance of battery-electric aircraft is outlined in a report.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Angus Batey
The panel discussion was held at the Air Charter Expo on Sept. 12.
Sustainable Aviation Fuel

By Garrett Reim
The deal is a step toward Skyloom of Broomfield, Colorado, setting up a laser communication network based on SkyCompass-1.
Commercial Space

By Graham Warwick
The University of Texas at Dallas will lead a consortium of universities, national laboratories and energy storage companies.
Supply Chain

By Michael Bruno
The company already has invested more than $300 million in Boone County and employs 340 Kentucky workers.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Experienced Ukrainian pilots could learn to fly the F-16 in as little as three months, U.S. Air Force leaders say.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Bill Carey
The U.S. Defense Department has added a fluorine-free firefighting foam to its Qualified Products List .
Supply Chain

By Brian Everstine
The company is providing development work for F/A-XX.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall tells Aerospace DAILY that he has expanded the service’s effort to improve its electronic warfare capabilities.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Tony Osborne
The teaming arrangement was agreed to during the Defense Security Equipment International exhibition.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Walther Pelzer, the director general of the German Space Agency, participated in a signing ceremony.
Space

By Graham Warwick
Airbus and ZeroAvia have agreed to collaborate on certification approaches for hydrogen power systems and work together on key technologies.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
London has introduced new laws after former UK military pilots were found to have been providing training to China’s People’s Liberation Army Air Force.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
Joby’s S4 electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft are scheduled to begin rolling off the final assembly line at Dayton International Airport in 2025.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Garrett Reim
General Atomics has acquired EO Vista, a company that develops electro-optical sensors for satellites and aircraft.
Space

By Graham Warwick
The system could provide the range and payload of larger combustion-engine-powered UAVs without the noise, vibration and emissions.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The plans would expand Wing’s operating bases, or “nests,” from three to as many as 25 across the metroplex.
Advanced Air Mobility