Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

GOTHENBURG, Sweden — The electronic warfare (EW) system of the new JAS 39E Gripen fighter will feature active electronically scanned array (AESA) transmit-receive antennas based on gallium-nitride technology, Saab tells Aviation Week.

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GOTHENBURG, Sweden – In a surprise announcement today, Saab unveiled a series of new land- and sea-based radars based on gallium-nitride technology

For aerospace and defense shareholders, cash is becoming king, particularly in the form of stock dividends and share buybacks. Whether it is a herd

NEW HULLS: U.S. Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command has awarded General Dynamics Land Systems a $163 million contract to convert 93 flat-bottom

NEW DELHI – A $350 million joint missile program by India and Israel in the works since 2006 is finally seeing steady progress with the first test of

A hyperspectral imager on the International Space Station developed by the U.S. Navy to test littoral-warfare support from space is finding new life

Boeing recently received its first production order for the Ship’s Signal Exploitation Equipment (Ssee) Modifications program from the U.S. Navy, as

Mobile satellite communications provider Inmarsat will offer basic, two-way communications services to track commercial airline flights free of charge

Recent events in the Ukraine could prompt Congress to rethink the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) in the region, suggests a recent

Lockheed Martin Space Systems will use cameras supplied by Malin Space Systems on the Osiris-Rex asteroid-sample-return spacecraft it is building for

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Selected aerospace and defense contracts for the week of May 5-9, 2014. Selected aerospace and defense contracts for May 5, 2014 AIR FORCE Alliant

The U.S. Air Force is defending its sole-source buy of launches from United Launch Alliance (ULA) as a “good deal” for the taxpayer, amid a lawsuit

A confluence of scientific discovery and a stable of powerful backers on Capitol Hill has given a boost to the prospects of a robotic mission to study

UAV EVOLUTION: Northrop Grumman has teamed with Yamaha Motor to develop an autonomous version of the RMax remotely piloted helicopter, widely used in

Boeing has begun flying the first production AH-6i light-attack/reconnaissance helicopter as it prepares to begin deliveries to its launch customer

MOSCOW — Russia’s government arms trade agency Rosoboronexport has confirmed it will make the first export deliveries of Mil Mi-28NE attack

LONDON — Helicopter contracts for the U.K. defense ministry have helped increase sales for Italian aerospace and defense conglomerate Finmeccanica

LONDON — The U.K. Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is revising plans for two new rules governing offshore helicopter safety. In February, the regulator

EasyJet plans to demonstrate using a swarm of small unmanned air vehicles to check its aircraft for damage, to replace manual inspections and reduce

HOUSTON – The early May 8 loss of an International Space Station power channel, one of eight primary U.S. segment circuits, is not expected to affect

LONDON — The U.K. defense ministry has revealed plans to retain some of its airborne early warning (AEW) radar-equipped Westland Sea King Mk. 7

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Rockwell Collins and Boeing have upgraded the mission computer hardware on an experimental Boeing H-6U Unmanned Little Bird (ULB) to run new software