Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

SEVILLE, Spain — Airbus is urging Europe’s governments to get behind an initiative to firmly establish the continent as a leading UAV producer. In a

LOS ANGELES — Stratolaunch Systems, the secretive Paul Allen-backed developer of a responsive commercial space launch system now called Stratolaunch

ARLINGTON, Virginia — While the Pentagon may be directing the U.S. Navy to take a pause in negotiating contracts for Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) when

SpaceX founder Elon Musk says the company has not been approached by the U.S. Air Force for a potential settlement in the company’s legal dispute over

LONDON – U.K. air crash investigators have called for improvements to flight manuals, life rafts and testing of steel components following the

A convoy of seven driverless trucks led by a fully unmanned vehicle has been demonstrated in road tests of an autonomy kit developed by Lockheed

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Lockheed Martin is proposing co-development of a low-altitude anti-aircraft missile as part of its offer of the Medium Extended Air Defense System

More than a dozen years after the U.S. Army first set out to replace the Hellfire anti-tank missile, potential bidders have been briefed on the draft

AUTHORIZING NASA: The House of Representatives on June 9 approved the NASA Authorization Act of 2014 (H.R. 4412) by a vote of 401-2, authorizing a

A House panel approved a bill that provides $220 million to move the Pentagon toward a “full and open competition” to develop a domestically produced

GETAFE, Spain — Airbus Defense and Space will offer a new version of its A330 multi-role tanker-transport, using improvements developed for the

The House Appropriations Committee has passed a $491 billion Pentagon spending bill for fiscal 2015 that backs the U.S. Air Force plan to begin to

SEVILLE, Spain — Airbus Defense and Space says sales and roles for its C295 twin-turboprop transport aircraft are increasing as the company announces

An Insitu ScanEagle is to be flown from Desert Rock Airport in Nevada to gather data on the integration of unmanned aircraft into national airspace

Stakeholders continue to build a bullish position on aerostructures leader Spirit Aerosystems – despite clear challenges in the short and medium term

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FORT WORTH — As preparations continue for the first overseas deployment of the F-35B to the U.K., Lockheed Martin has marked the delivery of the 101st aircraft and is working on more than 80 additional Joint Strike Fighters in various states of completion between long-lead assembly and final power-up.

SEVILLE, Spain — Airbus Defense and Space says it is responding to its first requests for information or proposals for the A400M airlifter as it pushes to achieve its second export customer. “We are responding to eight or nine RFPs or RFIs about the A400M,” said Antonio Rodriguez Barberan, head of commercial for military aircraft at Airbus Defense and Space, speaking in Seville June 9. “Our target is to get an award before the year’s end.”

DISCONNECT: A new Center for a New American Security (CNAS) report based on the findings of a task force co-chaired by former Deputy Defense Secretary

HOUSTON — The emerging U.S. commercial spaceflight industry is concerned that fiscal 2015 funding for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program (CCP) will not be

BAE Systems has begun manufacturing the first parts for Hawk jet trainers destined for the Royal Air Force of Oman. The company announced on June 4

During the past year China’s military has continued to invest in low-observable technology and the Asian giant is expected to persist on that course

Laser light originating on the International Space Station has delivered a short video to the Earth’s surface, in a test of technology that may

SINGAPORE — The search for the lost Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has reinforced the need for long-range maritime surveillance aircraft, defense