Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Graham Warwick
The Amprius battery cell has a power density of 400 Wh/kg at a C/5 discharge rate typical of electric vehicles.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The Aska A5 eVTOL vehicle has six propellers mounted on fore and aft wings that are folded along the top of the fuselage in drive mode.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Airbus, Lockheed Martin and Thales Alenia Space can take part in the first phase of the tender for the UK’s Skynet Enduring Capability Wideband satcoms program.
Space

By Ben Goldstein
Vertical Aerospace said it will begin conducting crewed thrust-borne test flights of its full-scale VX4 prototype.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Mark Carreau
NASA has selected Axiom Space for a fourth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station.
Space

By Guy Norris
The U.S. should study the design of a system for public reporting of unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP).
Space

Aviation Week Staff
The Enhanced Polar System Recapitalization Flight One payload undertook a thermal vacuum test at Northrop Grumman’s Dulles, Virginia, facility.
Space

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force will begin receiving technical data on the Boeing-Leonardo MH-139 helicopter beginning this fall.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Tony Osborne
In 2021, BAE Systems acquired UK-based small satellite manufacturer In-Space Missions and now appears to be looking for more opportunities.
Space

By Garrett Reim
Northrop Grumman plans to increase the cargo capacity of its Cygnus cargo spacecraft from 3,750 kg to 5,000 kg.
Commercial Space

By Steve Trimble
Northrop officials designed the facility in Elkton, Maryland, with a high degree of modularity to adapt to new manufacturing technology and hypersonic designs.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The flight on Jan. 25 at the Eglin Test and Training Complex off the Florida coast builds on four years of experiments by the Air Force Research Laboratory.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Brian Everstine
The service is evaluating the Boeing-developed Load Adaptable Modular (LAM) pylon.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Ferneyhough
Rolls management’s top priority is regaining an investment-grade credit rating as work continues on reducing the engine-maker's debt pile.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
Joby Aviation has confirmed the first flight of its initial production prototype S4 electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) air taxi.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Just days after Azerbaijan was inducted into the Kaan combat aircraft program, Turkey is planning to begin negotiations with Pakistan to do the same.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The Technology Refresh 3 upgrade to the Lockheed Martin F-35 JSF may delay Belgium's acquisition of the aircraft by at least six months.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
While the issue disrupted deliveries to Boeing and impacted revenues, negative impacts will be partially offset by Spirit’s accelerating 737 production line.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Brian Everstine
The Air Force, Marine Corps and Navy are replacing the input quill assembly in the tiltrotor’s gearbox every 800 flight hours.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Matthew Fulco
The world’s first multi-sovereign venture capital fund, led by NATO, closed €1 billion ($1.09 billion) in funding for defense startups on Aug. 1.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Garrett Reim
The material will be carried by a Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo spacecraft as part of a commercial resupply service mission to the ISS.
Commercial Space

By Steve Trimble
The ban affects any drone with beyond-line-of-sight range, endurance greater than 30-min., takeoff weight of more than 7 kg or an empty weight more than 4 kg.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Steve Trimble
“The contract will be structured to allow aircraft procurement to be up to 156 aircraft annually,” JPO spokesman Russell Goemaere said.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. military has set up a new joint pathway aimed at bringing on nontraditional suppliers to try to grow the propulsion industrial base.
Supply Chain

By Angus Batey
RTX business Collins Aerospace has announced that integration of its MS-110 sensor onto the F-16 aircraft has been completed.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare