Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

The long-awaited flight was scrubbed to address an issue with an oxygen relief value in the upper stage of the spacecraft’s Atlas V launch vehicle.

Selected U.S. military contracts from the past week.

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EUTELSAT in talks to sell ground control biz... KULR regains Nasdaq stock listing compliance... X-BOW completes SRR for LSRM program...

Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) has partnered with Pyka to offer the startup’s electric uncrewed cargo aircraft to U.S. Defense Department customers.

The Pentagon’s push to adopt more commercial communications systems is raising concerns with the DOD's largest provider of resilient communications,

Muon Space plans a 2026 launch of its FireSat constellation, a group of small satellites designed to spot wildfires.

A Russian space weapon the U.S. claims is in development would occupy a unique orbital area and might threaten all other spacecraft in low-Earth orbit.

The Pentagon for the first time provided additional information on May 6 on what systems it is buying under a new initiative called Replicator.

NASA has selected six exploration concepts to receive up to $600,000 in additional development funding.

The Indonesian government reportedly is requesting to reduce its payments for Korea Aerospace Industries KF-21 fighter development by as much as 63%.

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NORTHROP gets $7b B-2 award... RTX declares quarterly dividend... UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION welcomes new members...

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Published on May 2, the UK Aircraft Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB) report confirms company statements immediately following the Aug. 9 incident.

U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall on May 2 flew on a highly modified version of the Lockheed Martin F-16 that was operated by an artificial intelligence (AI) agent.

Unseenlabs, a French startup, plans to launch its Generation NexT constellation of radio frequency detection satellites in 2026.

The leaders signed a trilateral research, development, test and evaluation projects agreement.

The U.S. Air Force wants its new command focused on modernization to begin this work this year.

It’s been a big year for United Launch Alliance, the Lockheed Martin- and Boeing-owned joint venture that has been remaking itself for the commercial space age.

AutoFlight’s V2000CG CarryAll received Chinese type certification on March 22, the first certification of a winged eVTOL aircraft in the world.

Founded in 2019, MightyFly says it is the first developer of large autonomous cargo eVTOL aircraft to receive an FAA flight corridor approval.

The first two operational F-15EXs will deliver eight months later than expected due to problems with Boeing in-sourcing forward fuselage production.

Lockheed Martin is withdrawing its bid to take over the rest of small satellite startup Terran Orbital’s stock it did not already own.