Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Tony Osborne
Leonardo Helicopters has revealed a model of what it calls a “mature concept” of the 2-3-metric-ton rotary-wing UAS demonstrator, which the OEM hopes to fly in 2025.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Beta has been working with AFWerx and Agility Prime for more than three years.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The UK Army’s Long-Range Area Effects Demonstrator is exploring how the Extended-Range Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System could carry different payloads.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The fate of Taiwan's Teng Yun II, or “Cloud Rider,” UAS will be decided after operational testing has been completed after a 16-year development path.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology is self-funding development of the Albatross II to attract orders by Taiwan’s Navy and Coast Guard.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. government has cleared South Korea to move forward with a previously approved plan to buy a second batch of Lockheed Martin F-35As.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
MARSS unveiled its Interceptor anti-drone system last year.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Jen DiMascio
A House-passed version of a bill to authorize defense spending for fiscal 2024 included a restriction on the use of any money to purchase another WGS spacecraft.
Space

By Tony Osborne
The Spanish government has given its approval for spending on another batch of Eurofighters for the country’s air force.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The service wants to integrate the BAE Systems Striker II helmet into its Eurofighter fleet.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
A three-blade test article was delivered to Holloman AFB, New Mexico, for a demonstration of the folding rotor at representative flight speeds.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
Boeing and Red 6 have integrated and flown an augmented reality headset in a TA-4J jet trainer.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Mark Carreau
The previous record was set by fellow NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei.
Space

By Guy Norris
ITP had been wholly owned by Rolls since 2016.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
The agreement is for Dragonfly’s in-orbit EOS SAT-1 satellite, aimed at being the first in a constellation of seven.
Commercial Space

By Tony Osborne
Spear-EW utilizes the same airframe as MBDA’s Spear 3 missiles being manufactured for the UK Royal Air Force.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Bill Carey
The FAA on Sept. 13 announced that drone operators now have until March 16, 2024, to equip their aircraft for the so-called Remote ID requirement.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Safran’s electric propulsion division has teamed with Cuberg to jointly develop aircraft energy storage systems based on the company’s high-energy lithium-metal batteries.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Thierry Dubois
Out of Intelsat’s 58 geostationary satellites in orbit, about 10% are candidates for mission extension or repair.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
The four crewmembers plan to spend up to 14 days aboard the orbital lab.
Space

By Steve Trimble
A distributed approach to command and control appeared for the first time in the 2023 version of Taiwan's biannual National Defense Report.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Tony Osborne
The agreement for 28 Airbus helicopters is one of the first major orders from an oil and gas operator energy prices dipped in 2015.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
The ArianeGroup subsidiary plans to conduct a hot fire test of the Maia rocket's upper stage in 2024.
Space

By Jen DiMascio
The U.S. Space Force is standing up two new units that will target challenges emerging to electronic warfare and positioning, navigation and timing.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Qinetiq and BAE Systems have teamed up to develop a low-cost, disposable uncrewed aircraft system.
Aircraft & Propulsion