Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Chen Chuanren
The U.S. DSCA says Japan's package includes 50 JASSM-ER missiles, JASSM Anti-Jam Global Positioning System Receivers (JAGR) and relevant support systems.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
Lockheed Martin has been selected to deliver the Air6500 phase 1 project, which will develop a sovereign joint air battle management system from Australia.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Steve Trimble
The G550, modified with conformal sensor fairings along the side of the fuselage, arrived in Israel in April 2021 after a secret development program.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Garrett Reim
LeoStella and Hera Systems have formed a strategic manufacturing partnership and put forward a proposal for the U.S. Space Development Agency.
Space

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps have agreed to work together on developing collaborative combat aircraft by standardizing multiple system components.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon plans to field thousands of autonomous systems—including aircraft, ships and ground vehicles—on a scale not seen within two years.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The Defense Department has started canvassing the market for interest in reviving domestic and North American production of titanium sponge.
Supply Chain

By Graham Warwick
Zero Gravity Aircraft Industry has raised almost $14 million to fund development and flight testing of its ZG-T6 six-seat tiltrotor eVTOL aircraft
Advanced Air Mobility

By Thierry Dubois
French air safety investigation bureau BEA has started an investigation after an Emirates-operated Airbus A380 was found damaged by a potential drone collision.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Chen Chuanren
Taiwan’s defense urges its government to approve quickly and fund a domestically developed Advanced Defense Fighter, which it says could unlock access to F-35s.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
The SpaceX Dragon Endurance docked to the space-facing port of the ISS U.S. segment's Harmony module at 9:16 a.m. EDT.
Space

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Navy’s secretive next-generation fighter program has completed concept refinement and has moved into a design maturation phase.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Mark Carreau
Endurance lifted off atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Aug. 26 at 3:27 a.m., EDT.
Space

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps have seen their rates of series aircraft incidents decrease but the cost for each mishap has risen significantly.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The 2.5-m-long Mira-Light demonstrator is intended to “fine-tune” the flight control systems for the follow-on, aerospike-powered Mira demonstrator.
Space

By Brian Everstine
A U.S. Marine Corps pilot died when a Boeing F/A-18D crashed near Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California, late Aug. 24.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) is asking for ideas to prototype and demonstrate a space system that can launch within 24 hr. of notice.
Space

By Steve Trimble
The remarks by the Dutch defense minister may temper expectations of the first donated, single-engine fighters being delivered by year-end.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
Designated Progress 85 by NASA, the Russian space freighter MS-24 linked to the aft port of the ISS Russian segment's Zvezda service module at 11:45 p.m. EDT.
Space

By Irene Klotz
The U.S. Justice Department claims SpaceX routinely denied jobs to non-U.S. citizens legally entitled to work in the country.
Commercial Space

By Brian Everstine
Sikorsky has received a $2.7 billion contract for the next two production lots of its CH-53K Sea Stallion heavy-lift helicopter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
An initial U.S. military assessment has concluded Yevgeny Prigozhin likely died in an aircraft crash inside Russia on Aug. 23, but the aircraft was not shot down.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Matthew Fulco
Parsons Corp. says it has acquired Sealing Technologies in a deal valued at up to $200 million that is geared to bolster its cyber capabilities.
Emerging Technologies

By Irene Klotz
Rocket Lab took another step toward reusing its Electron small-satellite launch vehicles by flying a recovered engine for the first time.
Space

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. will begin to train Ukrainian pilots and maintainers on the F-16 later this year as the Pentagon seeks to accelerate adoption of the Fighting Falcon.
Aircraft & Propulsion