Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

FINAL C-17: Boeing has completed the main wing spar of the 279th and final C-17, marking the start of assembly for the last military airlifter to be

NASA has competitively selected a suite of seven advanced instruments for its planned Mars 2020 rover that scientists hope will find evidence life has

ABOARD THE CNS HAIKOU/ABOARD THE USS RONALD REAGAN — President Ronald Reagan’s famous catchphrase, “Peace through strength,” features predominantly

By Jay Menon
NEW DELHI — Indian space scientists are conducting a special study to ensure the safety of their satellites and prevent orbital collisions in view of

HOUSTON — The European Space Agency’s Gravity field steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE) mission team announced its fifth and most accurate

HELO HANDOFF: Airbus Helicopters handed over the first example of its new EC145 T2 light twin-engine helicopter to German air ambulance operator DRF

Teams aboard the U.S. ship MV Cape Ray continue to neutralize materials from Syria’s declared chemical stockpile, Pentagon officials say. Using the

The Arleigh-Burke class guided-missile destroyer DDG 56 USS John S. McCain took part in a boarding exercise involving visit, board, search and seizure

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By Tony Osborne
LONDON — Airbus Defense and Space is negotiating with the seven launch customers for the A400M over delays in implementing the airlifter’s tactical

By Tony Osborne
LONDON — Italian prosecutors have ended their investigations into alleged corruption surrounding the sale of 12 AW101 helicopters to the Indian air

UH-60 UPGRADE: The U.S. Army has chosen AAR to upgrade and overhaul Auxiliary Power Units (APUs) for its UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, the company

KOUROU, French Guiana — An Ariane 5 ES launch vehicle lifted Europe’s fifth and last Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV-5) to low Earth orbit July 29

The U.S. unit of Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. will make space available on an SSTL-150 bus to be launched in mid-2016 for third-party hosted

The sudden and unexpected appearance of the Chinese AGI 853 Dongdiao intelligence-gathering ship in international waters off the coast of Hawaii

HOUSTON — International Space Station commander Steve Swanson can expect a “scenic” weekend in more ways than one, as he virtually joins friends and

By Tony Osborne
Tony Osborne, LONDON — The U.K. House of Lords is to launch an inquiry into the civil use of UAVs prompted by concerns over safety and privacy. The

Easing geopolitical tensions between South Korea and Japan would make it easier to provide ballistic missile defense (BMD) and greater overall

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KOUROU, French Guiana — A new round of U.S. and European sanctions leveled at Russia’s rising aggression against Ukraine could slow a key decision

Eyeing emerging threats while acknowledging the constrained budget environment in Washington, U.S. Air Force Air Combat Command Chief Gen. Mike

JAVELIN TEST: Raytheon and Lockheed Martin recently fired a Javelin missile from a remote weapon station installed on a wheeled vehicle at Redstone

By Tony Osborne
LONDON — The U.K. Defense Ministry has secured funding to retain its fleet of General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles after the end of

By Tony Osborne
LONDON — The aerospace arm of engineering company GKN has recorded reduced sales but slightly higher profits during the first six months of 2014. The

The first two of four U.S. Air Force Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program (GSSAP) satellites – designed to provide unprecedented