Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Tony Osborne
Ukrainian pilots will begin training to fly F-16 combat aircraft this summer in a school to be set up in Romania.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
France will provide Ukraine with MBDA-made Scalp missiles, which are essentially the same as the Storm Shadow missiles already transferred by the UK.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Helen Chachaty
India is France's leading defense export customer, receiving 30% of French armament exports over the 2018-22 period.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Matthew Fulco
Concerns about China are driving a projected surge in U.S. defense spending over the next four years.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Irene Klotz
Voyager and IN-SPACe will also “seek additional collaboration opportunities with various stakeholders within the Indian space ecosystem.
Commercial Space

By Brian Everstine
The White House on July 10 announced strong opposition to several aspects of the House Armed Services Committee’s version of the 2024 defense policy bill.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
Russia's single-engine, 12-passenger An-2 biplane may not outlast the ongoing war between Ukraine and Russia.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
Sidus Space and Lulav Space plan to launch an event-based star tracker in June 2024.
Commercial Space

By Tony Osborne
The Slovakia defense ministry wants to buy AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters from the U.S. and has made a formal request to do so.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
The Boeing 737-based aircraft will be deployed to Germany for six months starting in October.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
The demonstrator is to be built under Phase 3 of the Electric Aviation in Sweden (Elise) program.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
The first two—part of an order of 12—of the Korea Aerospace Industries FA-50 light attack aircraft arrived on July 8 after being airlifted into Poland.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
China will open the auction for Long March 6 rocket launch slots on July 13, for launch in late 2023.
Space

By Chen Chuanren
Israeli company Elbit Systems says the contract—with an unnamed Asia-Pacific customer for modification of two ATR 72s—spans a five-year period.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
SpaceX's Falcon 9 launch lifted off at 11:58 p.m. EDT on July 9 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.
Space

By Brian Everstine
The Philippine Air Force and the U.S. military are planning increased operations together as new operating locations open up under a novel defense agreement.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force and some allies are undertaking a massive test that kicked off last week in the Pacific in an exercise called Mobility Guardian 2023.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Embraer is looking to grab a slice of Europe’s defense modernization pie with sales of the C-390 airlifter and A-29 Super Tucano.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
BAE Systems is to flight-test a Eurofighter Typhoon equipped with multi-core computer processors as part of ongoing efforts to redesign the fighter.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Tony Osborne
BAE Systems has established a new division to lead the company’s rapid and agile technology developments in the air domain.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The integration of new radars into the Eurofighter Typhoon looks set to bring a step change in the platform’s capability.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Garrett Reim
Australia has awarded HawkEye 360 a contract to use its satellites to detect and geolocate boats whose crews are fishing illegally in the Pacific.
Space

By Michael Bruno
Jana Partners is stepping up its daily operational control and strategic restructuring of embattled defense electronics specialist Mercury Systems.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Steve Trimble
The future transfers will give Ukraine’s military an area-attack munition that had been previously denied due to humanitarian concerns.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Irene Klotz
The U.S. Space Force will require two missions prior to using the booster for national security space missions for the ULA Vulcan Centaur launcher.
Space