Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Michael Bruno
Kleos Space, a startup that sought to make and offer a satellite constellation for radio frequency monitoring, is filing for bankruptcy.
Commercial Space

By Steve Trimble
Northrop's move leaves Boeing and Lockheed Martin as the likely surviving bidders for the fighter at the heart of the Next Generation Air Dominance program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Turkish Aerospace is to lead an upgrade program for Azerbaijan’s Sukhoi Su-25 “Frogfoot” ground-attack aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The Czech Air Force has received the first two of a planned 20 new Bell H-1-model helicopters as the air arm modernizes its fleet.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
The Western Australia Police Force acquisition of the five-bladed Airbus H145 is part of a state-funded upgrade of its air wing.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
China’s AutoFlight is claiming a world first with the formation flight of three prototypes of its planned Prosperity 1 air taxi.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Michael Bruno
Boeing is generating cash and on the way to meeting key promises made to investors, top managers asserted July 26.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Turkey has launched the production phase of an upgrade program for the country’s long-serving F-16s.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Lt. Gen. Stephen Whiting is President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the four-year-old command.
Space

By Brian Everstine
President Joe Biden has tapped Gen. David Allvin to become the next Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Guy Norris
The contract award is targeted at tests of a nuclear thermal rocket engine vehicle in space by 2027.
Space

By Graham Warwick
Crane Aerospace & Electronics is to collaborate with Heart Aerospace to define the power distribution system for the Swedish startup’s planned ES-30 electric regional airliner.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Hungary has taken delivery of the first two of 16 Airbus Helicopters H225Ms on order.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
Final trials before the inaugural flight of the Ariane 6 launcher saw ESA engineers perform an extensive assessment with the combined test model.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Madrid has approved spending on a new fleet of Airbus-built UAS for the Spanish Army and Air Force.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Mark Carreau
No strangers to extraterrestrial materials, the ARES team at NASA’s Johnson Space Center are preparing to receive materials gathered from the asteroid Bennu.
Space

By Graham Warwick
U.S. startup Electra.aero has secured an investment from Statkraft Ventures, a fund that specializes in energy transition and clean technology.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Colorado-based vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) startup XTI Aircraft has announced a reverse merger with real-time location services provider Inpixon.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Michael Bruno
Thales said July 25 it will buy a U.S.-based data and applications cybersecurity company called Imperva for $3.6 billion.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Garrett Reim
NASA has selected 11 U.S. companies to develop advanced technologies for long-term exploration of the Moon and space.
Space

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon is sending additional Patriot and National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS) munitions to Ukraine.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
Raytheon has filed two pre-award protests against the Dual Band Decoy program since May 12 with the U.S. Government Accountability Office.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Tony Osborne
India’s hunt for a new medium transport aircraft (MTA) has attracted interest from Airbus, Embraer and Lockheed Martin.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Russia’s harassment of U.S. aircraft continues over Syria, this time with an Su-35 fighter damaging an MQ-9 Reaper UAV, forcing it to land.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Army awarded Dynetics a $351 million contract in 2019 to produce the first 20 CHGBs, and the deal included an option for a follow-on order.
Missile Defense & Weapons