Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Tony Osborne
The 65,000-ton HMS Prince of Wales is set to embark several Lockheed Martin F-35s later this month for the third round of development testing with the aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Images of two Yakovlev Yak-130 advanced jet trainers being flight tested in Isfahan, Iran, and wearing Iranian Air Force colors were published online on Sept. 2.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
First launch of Europe's new workhorse Ariane 6 is finally coming into view.
Commercial Space

By Tony Osborne
Reznikov leaves the role having secured the transfer of billions of dollars of military equipment and weaponry to Ukraine since Russia's full-scale invasion.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Garrett Reim
The Space Development Agency said the launch manifest included Transport satcoms from Lockheed Martin Space and York Space Systems, and a SpaceX Tracking sat.
Space

By Graham Warwick
The U.S. Energy Department is supporting development of 1,000 Wh/kg energy storage, enough to power a 100-seat, 700-nm range all-electric regional aircraft.
Emerging Technologies

By Chen Chuanren
Aditya-L1 blasted off from India's Satish Dhawan Space Center on Sept. 2 onboard the PSLV-C57 rocket, carrying seven domestically developed payloads.
Space

By Mark Carreau
The crew splashed down in darkness at 12:17 a.m. EDT and were joined 30 min. later by a SpaceX recovery vessel with NASA staffers and medical personnel.
Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s Crew-6 mission astronauts and cosmonaut are set to splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean waters off the coast of Jacksonville, Fla., ending a 186-day mission.
Space

By Sean Broderick, Thierry Dubois
At least 74 instances of falsified release certificates and related documents have been linked to parts sold by AOG Technics.
Supply Chain

By Garrett Reim
Intuitive Machines plans to raise $20 million from a sale of its stock and warrants to an undisclosed institutional investor.
Commercial Space

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force wants to kick off its program to replace its aging Boeing KC-135s this month with a request for information.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Matthew Fulco
Large private credit institutional investors are playing a dominant role in aviation financing.
Airlines & Lessors

By Mark Carreau
The timeline for the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft to return from the International Space Station has been revised.
Space

By Thierry Dubois
Marwan Lahoud, a former Airbus senior executive, has been appointed chairman of France’s Higher Institute of Aeronautics and Space, known as ISAE-Supaero.
Program Management

By Angus Batey
Consultant EA Maven says the economic benefit of AAM travel could be broad, but vertiport infrastructure remains one of many potential stumbling blocks.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
A consortium of German companies has been contracted to begin building the IT platform that is expected to produce the AI systems for the European FCAS.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Steve Trimble
Ukraine has now fielded a long-range weapon capable of striking targets hundreds of miles deep into Russian territory.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Hensoldt plans to combine ERA's Vera-NG with its own Twinvis passive radar technology for use by the German Air Force.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Graham Warwick
The flights are part of the Korean telecommunications provider’s efforts to develop technology to support the commercial deployment of urban air mobility.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Autonomy Prime was established to engage nontraditional players in the development of autonomous capabilities for U.S. Air Force platforms.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
Demonstration and operational testing of the microreactor was targeted to begin in 2027.
Supply Chain

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon on Aug. 31 created a new website to post unexplained aerial phenomena (UAP) reports as incidents are resolved.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Matthew Fulco
Aerospace and electronics company HEICO Corporation had a strong fiscal third quarter.
Supply Chain

By Tony Osborne
Sweden’s Saab has snapped up UK-based uncrewed systems development house BlueBear.
Aircraft & Propulsion