Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

Eve Air Mobility and its parent company Embraer have announced the selection of the first air taxi manufacturing plant in Brazil, located in the city of Taubate in Sao Paulo state.

The FAA is proposing changes to the regulations for light-sport aircraft (LSA) that would allow electric propulsion systems and simplified flight controls.

The agreement appears to be a first step in negotiations to acquire a replacement for the Argentine army’s aging fleet of mainly Bell UH-1s.

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Wide Field InfraRed Survey Telescope (Roman) could push open the door to the discovery of vast numbers of planets.

MFTS is just one component of the UK’s flying training pipeline.

U.S. helicopter OEM MD Helicopters is proposing an upgrade to boost the performance of its MD520N single-engine light helicopter.

The UK government wants a seat at the table in the development of hypersonic weapons.

Hybrid-electric propulsion pioneer Ampaire has acquired Talyn Air, a U.S. startup developing an electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.

Leonardo Helicopters and Lockheed Martin won £1.86 million ($2.43 million) contracts for an initial phase of the Merlin Out of Service Date Extension Program.

Two companies were previously expected to be selected in the Lane 2 designation of the upcoming NSSL Phase 3 competition.

This is the focus of the recently announced Fire-control On Orbit-support-to-the-war Fighter (FOO Fighter) program.

The U.S. is sending additional high-end air defense systems, precision aerial munitions and kamikaze drones to Ukraine.

Boeing and Northrop Grumman are the latest A&D OEMs to join the Department of Defense’s Rapid Assured Microelectronics Prototypes-Commercial (RAMP-C) program.

The approved package includes the AIM-120C-8 variant and up to 12 spare guidance sections, plus captive air training missiles.

The 23%-scale powered model is being tested in the RUAG wind tunnel in Emmen, Switzerland.

The U.S. is likely to join the coalition of NATO nations establishing training for Ukrainian pilots to fly the F-16 combat aircraft.

A request for information published on July 10 by the Brazilian Army Commission requests pricing data for two types of loitering munitions.

Ukraine has depended on Starlink for expansive battlefield communication.

The UK Royal Air Force’s Eurofighter pilots are set to receive BAE’s Striker 2 helmet-mounted display as part of a national upgrade of the aircraft.

Airbus has secured Chinese certification for its H175 twin-engine super-medium helicopter in China.

Lockheed says increasing production beyond the 156-a-year level would require a business case based on an influx of new orders from new or existing customers.

In addition to mass producing the new Hyunmoo-5 "bunker buster," South Korea has plans to upgrade the Hyunmoo-2 and Hyunmoo-3 missile variants.

Taiwanese Defense Minister Chiu Kuo-cheng notes that the effectiveness of the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System has been demonstrated in Ukraine.

The first free flight of the VX4 took off from historic Cotswold Airport in Kemble, a village in Gloucestershire, England.

The new document introduces the FAA’s planned Innovate28 (I28) initiative.