Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

The Royal Aeronautical Society has released a briefing paper that serves as a “pre-mortem approach” to eVTOL safety, attempting to anticipate challenges.

Swiss electric propulsion developer H55 has announced the commercialization and opening of the orderbook for the Bristell B23 Energic.

The V-22 Program Office is starting a new study looking at long-term modernization of the tiltrotor.

The U.S. Air Force expects to field more than 100 Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) under the first phase of the program.

Firefly Aerospace and Northrop Grumman remain on track to debut the new Antares 330 launch vehicle in 2025.

The U.S. SDA awarded Millennium Space Systems a $413 million contract to build a prototype network of fire-control quality sensing satellites.

Whisper Aero is building its aerospace business around a seemingly unlikely product—a leaf blower.

A two-week competitive fly-off for the Medium Aerial Resupply Vehicle - Expeditionary Logistics program is expected to begin in July.

Earlier this year, NASA announced a rescheduling of the Artemis II and Artemis III missions.

Defense contractor Leidos sees growing opportunities in a geopolitically fraught world.

The work will culminate with flights of a De Havilland Dash 7 regional airliner modified with a hybrid-electric propulsion system in 2026.

Elbit Systems has announced a $50 million contract from an unspecified international customer for its new Red Sky very short-range air defense system.

Switzerland has made a request for information to industry on medium-range air defense systems to fill a capability gap.

France's General Directorate for Armaments, DGA, has placed the first orders for long-lead items for the country’s future aircraft carrier.

The Tikehau Aero Partenaires 2 fund is aimed at supporting small- and medium-size companies in the aerospace sector.

Belgium has officially become an observer in the European Future Combat Air System (FCAS), Airbus officials have stated.

European satellite communications provider SES is to buy U.S.-based rival Intelsat in a bid to tackle competition from other low-Earth-orbit services.

Elysian has expanded the advisory board providing input on the design, development and operation of its proposed 90-passenger battery-electric aircraft, the E9X.

SpaceX's resupply mission to the ISS, CRS-30, returned early April 30 with a parachute-assisted splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida.

Eviation has redesigned its Alice all-electric nine-seater aircraft again, pivoting to a more conventional fuselage shape.

SpaceX took on the mission of delivering two new members of Europe’s Galileo global navigation satellite system into orbit on April 28.

PACAF officials decided that the situation demanded some operational creativity.

French President Emmanuel Macron has hinted at the creation of a new European defense initiative around providing stronger air and missile defense for Europe.

The specially configured X-59 has been designed to collect community response data on the public acceptability of reduced sonic booms.

In 2008 Piasecki and Boeing revealed they had worked together on a “minimum” modification of the Chinook, called the Tilt Duct CH-47.