Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

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BAE SYSTEMS and DASSAULT have €150m ($190m) contract for feasibility phase of Future Combat Air System (FCAS), aimed at Anglo-French combat UAV

Orbital Sciences Corp. plans to reengine its Antares launch vehicle and use one or two alternate launch vehicles initially to meet its International

Singapore is to deploy a U.S.-supplied tethered-aerostat surveillance system early next year to monitor its airspace and surrounding seas and

Aerial refueling is the next big capability challenge for large unmanned military aircraft, and the Defense Department and industry should start

Stratolaunch Systems, a commercial satellite launch developer backed by Paul Allen, is shifting its strategy to focus its rocket system solely on

The U.S. Navy is looking for unmanned ground vehicles (UGV) that not only replace humans in dangerous situations, but can also be force enablers, a

MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER, Alabama—A high-tech version of 3D printing additive manufacturing (AM) that uses lasers and metal instead of heat and

PARIS—France will provide $3 billion in weapons and other military equipment to help Lebanon fight radical militants on its own soil under a Saudi

HOUSTON—A compact, precision re-entry vehicle under development by Intuitive Machines, LLC, in cooperation with NASA, could begin to return research

While the U.S. Navy is launching raids and other operations against terrorists in the Middle East, the Asia-Pacific rebalance remains a priority for

By Graham Warwick
Qinetiq has declared Llanbedr Airfield in Wales open for flight testing of civil and military unmanned aircraft, expanding the test-range capability

ASTRONICS has two five-year contracts from GENERAL DYNAMICS U.K. LTD. to support Bowman tactical comms system. TELESAT HOLDINGS INC. earned $228m in

By Guy Norris
The first pair of Lockheed Martin F-35Cs successfully completed arrested landings on the carrier USS Nimitz off the California coast on Nov. 3

Moody’s Investors Service has reaffirmed its ratings for United Technologies, including the company’s relatively high debt ratings, and has lifted its

Pentagon procurement czar Frank Kendall says he hopes to reduce the estimated operations and sustainment (O&S) cost of the F-35 fighter by 10-20% more

By Tony Osborne
LONDON—Aero-engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce says it plans to accelerate a cost-reduction exercise which will result in the loss of another 2,600 jobs

Israel has backed out of its plan to procure six Boeing V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft. Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon has notified the U.S. Defense

By Graham Warwick
Raytheon has begun flight testing a kit designed to improve and automate coordination between pilots and ground controllers to increase the speed and

With continued budget uncertainty but a widening array of evolving national security threats, the Pentagon is looking for modularity and commonality

By Tony Osborne
LONDON—Airtanker, the company that operates and supports the U.K. Royal Air Force’s (RAF) fleet of Airbus A330 Voyager aerial refueling aircraft, is

By Jay Menon
NEW DELHI—India’s ambition to indigenously manufacture more helicopters is gathering steam, with the government seeking local vendors to provide

The U.S. Navy’s DDG 53 USS John Paul Jones executed a series of five live-fire guided missile destroyer tests for the Aegis Baseline 9 Combat System

2nd AIRBUS A400M for U.K. Royal Air Force made first flight in Seville, Spain, Oct. 23. RAF’s "Atlas" fleet to be based at RAF Brize Norton. GENERAL

By Guy Norris
LOS ANGELES—The NTSB-led investigation team probing the cause of the Oct. 31 crash of Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo says 2 sec. before the vehicle