Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

Omni has placed orders for two General Electric CT7-2E1-powered AW189s and will be the Latin American launch customer for the Safran Aneto 1K-powered AW189K.

Plans for Sukhoi Su-35 fighters, Mil Mi-28 helicopters and Yak-130 jet trainers to enter Iranian service have reportedly been finalized.

PT Dirgantara Indonesia is considering setting up a final assembly line in China after agreeing on sales of 25 N219 turboprop aircraft to the country.

EHang is laying the groundwork for the imminent commercial launch of its EH216-S unmanned multicopter.

The news comes as the company works to pay down debt associated with its acquisition of Aerojet Rocketdyne.

SSC has awarded Lockheed Martin a $5.2 million contract to prototype missile typing and characterizing algorithms for overhead persistent infrared satellites.

As part of DARPA's Sprint program, Bell is continuing development on a design concept known as Sea-based Logistics Unmanned Rearm/Refuel Platform.

The S-70M aircraft, built by PZL-Mielec in Poland, will be used for maritime and land search and rescue, firefighting, transport and medical emergency support.

Steve Jurczyk, a retired 32-year NASA veteran who served in a variety of administrative positions including acting administrator, has passed away.

Airbus Helicopters' Vertex project has demonstrated fully autonomous flight, including takeoff, cruise, approach and landing.

The timing and quality of the Raider’s second sortie may be at least as significant for the secretive U.S. Air Force program as the first, if not more.

The bank joins Airbus, Barclays Sustainable Impact Capital and Saudi Arabia’s Neom Investment Bank as co-leads in the funding round.

NZAero has completed development and certification work on its SuperPac 750XL-II utility turboprop, a re-engined and upgraded version of the company’s 750XL.

The Hinds will bolster Serbia’s existing fleet of the type and further expand the Balkan country’s military firepower amid its modernization efforts.

Development of the Super Sonic Strike Missile (3SM) Tyrfing is to be led by Kongsberg for Norway and Germany.

The test rocket went through a complete launch countdown procedure in French Guiana followed by full firing of the core stage’s Vulcain 2.1 engine.

The Capability Coalition Ground Based Air Defense is led by France and Germany and focused on delivering more equipment to Ukraine as it faces continuing Russian attacks.

The UK is to install a telescope on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus to improve British space domain awareness capabilities.

After its invasion of Ukraine, Russia may be able to re-build its military within 6-10 years—a new white paper argues that NATO needs to have modernized before then.

Canadian Space Agency astronaut Joshua Kutryk has been named the third crew member for the first operational mission of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner to the ISS.

India’s space economy could reach $77 billion in value by 2030 from $15 billion in 2023, according to a recent report by the Indian media Inc42.

The ramp up is taking place at Northrop’s Linthicum, Maryland, facility.

NASA has announced research grants and cooperative agreements focused on studies into how plant and animal biological systems will respond to lunar regolith.

Austria plans to expand its ground-based air defense capabilities with the procurement of a long-range (more than 50-km) system.

Germany has formally contracted for three additional Boeing P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft, just days after funding was approved by the Parliament.