Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Tony Osborne
General Javier Salto Martínez-Avial, chief of the Spanish Air Force, says securing a further top-up order of Eurofighters is among his top priorities for 2023.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
The new partnership seeks to pressure the Canadian government to open the CP-140 fleet replacement to bids instead of a sole-source award for the P-8A.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
German aerospace center DLR is planning a new facility for full-scale crash and impact testing of helicopters and electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing craft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunk and Dutch counterpart Mark Rutte will be working to build an "international coalition" to provide Ukraine with combat air support.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Ben Goldstein
Reliable Robotics has demonstrated autonomous takeoff, flight and landing of its retrofitted Cessna Caravan 208 aircraft for the U.S. Air Force.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Brian Everstine
Deliveries of the Boeing KC-46 tanker to the U.S. Air Force are still paused amid an ongoing problem with the aircraft’s fuel tanks.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The European industry consortium behind the European Hypersonic Defense endoatmospheric interceptor project has revealed its concept for the first time.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
Capitol Hill is supportive of the Pentagon’s, and particularly the U.S. Air Force’s, plan to develop large numbers of uncrewed Collaborative Combat Aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Sikorsky hopes to establish a partnership with Spanish industry to support the sustainment of new MH-60R Seahawk helos being acquired by the Spanish navy.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
Cybersecurity startup Arqit Quantum said May 17 it will sell its satellite business once touted as a new-space partnership with now-bankrupt Virgin Orbit.
Commercial Space

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Space Force wants two additional deep-space tracking radars deployed.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Tony Osborne
Airbus is advancing the development of its Sirtap tactical uncrewed aircraft system, targeting a first flight in 2025 and service entry as soon as 2026.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
The U.S. Department of Transportation has created an interagency working group to help direct strategy and policies related to advanced air mobility.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Helen Chachaty
The European Future Tactical Air-to-Surface Missile program is moving forward as MBDA completes trials of new air-to-ground missile Akeron LP.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Guy Norris
GE Aerospace is investing $20 million to expand its EPISCenter facility at the University of Dayton as demand for electric and hybrid propulsion research grows.
Emerging Technologies

By Steve Trimble
A new DARPA aircraft designed by Aurora Flight Sciences to experiment with active flow control technology has been designated the X-65.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Airbus Helicopters has completed the first autonomous takeoffs and landings from a ship with its VSR700 uncrewed rotorcraft in a full operational configuration.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Ukraine on May 16 again claimed it had downed a round of Russian hypersonic Kinzhal missiles.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Irene Klotz
NASA plans to announce a second industry partner to provide astronaut ferry flights between lunar orbit and the Moon’s surface on Friday, May 19.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson joined members of a U.S. Senate committee on May 16 in supporting a multiyear authorization measure for the agency.
Space

By Garrett Reim
Viasat’s KA-SAT satellite in Europe is still under attack more than a year after Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine.
Commercial Space

By Chen Chuanren
The decision allows KAI to step up preparations for mass production ahead of 2026 when the aircraft is planned to enter service.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
Axiom Space’s abbreviated second four-person private astronaut mission to the International Space Station cleared its May 15 flight readiness review.
Space

By Irene Klotz
The spacecraft will be designed to perform a wide range of robotic operations on existing satellites.
Space

By Garrett Reim
Space Forge has unveiled additional details about its unfolding, “origami” heat shield for its ForgeStar re-entry vehicle.
Commercial Space