Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Graham Warwick
Columbia Helicopters President and CEO Michael Tremblett announced the agreement May 31.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon on May 31 announced a new batch of aid for Ukraine.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Maxim Pyadushkin
The transporter flew for about 20 min. after taking off from the air base in Isfahan in the central part of the country.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
U.S. officials have repeatedly met with Turkish officials in recent months to try to get Ankara to support Sweden’s push to join NATO.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Michael Bruno
Satellite chip startup SatixFy said Nir Barkan will be acting CEO effective June 1.
Commercial Space

By Steve Trimble
A new audit report blames a cooling system flaw that Lockheed Martin discovered 15 years ago for a problem that could cost $38 billion in extra repair bills.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
Chinese air taxi startup EHang has reiterated its confidence in receiving type certification in the “near future.”
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
The first aircraft participating in the Air Defender 2023 deployment exercise have touched down at German air bases.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Nigeria’s government has provided further confirmation that it has ordered Leonardo M-346 advanced jet trainers and AH-1Z light attack helicopters.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Victoria Moores
After consulting “a large number” of airlines and IFC competitors, the European Commission decided that Viasat’s market position would remain “moderate.”
Interiors & Connectivity

By Steve Trimble
The first B-52 has arrived at a Boeing modification facility to kick off the developmental testing phase of the $2.8 billion radar modernization program.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Tony Osborne
Safran Helicopter Engines' new CEO Cedric Goubet says the engine business will almost double production to 1,000 engines per year in response to the market.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Poland's Armaments Agency signed contracts for the delivery of 800 Lockheed Martin AGM-114R2 Hellfire missiles, to equip the country's new AW149 helicopters.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
North Korean state media was unusually quick to announce the failed launch of the spy satellite on the morning of May 31.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Mark Carreau
The four-person crew of Axiom Space’s second private astronaut mission to the International Space Station splashed down safely in the Gulf of Mexico on May 30.
Space

By Steve Trimble
Israel's replacement for the endo-atmospheric Arrow-2 interceptor is being designed with a lower cost target, with a goal of supporting high volume production.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Air Force hailed the test flights as a “groundbreaking achievement," but magnetic navigation technology still faces technical limitations.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

Aviation Week Staff
Russia’s Roscosmos has added radar observation capabilities to its Earth-monitoring constellation with a launch of the Kondor-FKA satellite.
Space

By Mark Carreau
Axiom Space’s second four-person private astronaut mission (AX-2) to the International Space Station departed the orbital laboratory as planned on May 30.
Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA is once more reaching out to the private sector for assistance with the Artemis program, this time to provide unpressurized lunar terrain vehicles.
Space

By Chen Chuanren
China's Shenzhou-16 mission has reportedly docked successfully at the Tiangong space station with a crew of three astronauts, including one civilian researcher.
Space

By Chen Chuanren
Boeing and ST Engineering have agreed to explore setting up a P-8 Poseidon services and sustainment center in Singapore to support the maritime patrol aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
But outside the echo chamber of AAM startups and industry enthusiasts, public awareness is still in a nascent stage.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Garrett Reim
Ispace believes that its Series 1 lunar lander crashed into the Moon because of an error in the spacecraft’s altitude measurement software.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
The final two members of a novel cubesat quartet were launched into orbit to track developing storms on a near-hourly basis.
Commercial Space