Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

Textron is tapping into the market for low-cost intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft through new subsidiary Pipistrel, the Slovenian general aviation pioneer.

The findings could affect the flight testing of new concepts in the UK.

Carnegie Mellon University has launched an initiative to study a distributed computing architecture for nanosatellites.

A Northrop Grumman MQ-8C Fire Scout has completed a demonstration of a prototype airborne mine countermeasure system as the U.S. Navy continues to evaluate the mission’s future.

The U.S. Air Force recently tested releasing the new B61-12 nuclear bomb using a radar-aided system to guide the weapon in a GPS-degraded environment, the service said.

Safran Helicopter Engines and India’s Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. have agreed to jointly develop an engine for the future Indian Multi-Role Helicopter, aiming at service entry with Indian forces late this decade

Boeing sees opportunities to add about 50 more P-8 Poseidon orders to its existing total of 183, as it sees interest growing amid tensions in Europe.

The UK Defense Ministry is exploring the wider use of uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) and alternatives to rotorcraft to undertake the roles performed by crewed helicopters.

Boeing says the E/A-18G Growler electronic attack jet may be down but it is not out.

Elbit Systems is pitching its X-Sight helmet-mounted display systems to the U.S. Army and individual companies competing for the Future Vertical Lift program.

The Nigerian military has emerged as the first confirmed buyer of the commercially encrypted data link developed by the U.S. Air Force.

The South Korea Air Force is potentially looking to develop a Generation-5.5 fighter based on the Korea Aerospace Industries KF-21 Boramae, under the so-called KF-XX program.

Airbus Helicopters has delivered the 7,000th helicopter from the Ecureuil family of single-engine light helicopters.

Thermoplastic composites and ceramics are seen as crucial to aviation’s sustainability efforts.

The Defense Innovation Unit’s (DIU) Hybrid Space Architecture program has issued several contracts to companies to develop and demonstrate a space-based network architecture for communications across commercial and government satellites in multiple orbits.

Iris Automation and Sagetech Avionics have partnered to bring cooperative and noncooperative traffic detection and collision avoidance capabilities to drones operating beyond visual line of sight.

Stellar Solutions, a global aerospace and systems engineering services firm, has unveiled Stellar Ventures, a woman-led venture capital firm investing in the next generation of space entrepreneurs, the company said July 7.

NASA’s small Capstone mission satellite successfully carried out a delayed midday trajectory correction maneuver on July 7.

The European Space Agency (ESA), its commercial partners and potential customers are eagerly awaiting the inaugural launch of the Vega-C rocket.

The first of the 3,000shp.-class engines in the development program has completed more than 100 hr. of run time since an initial “light off” event on March 22, GE says.

Overair is using prepreg carbon fiber from Toray Composite Materials to build the full-scale prototype of its Butterfly tilt-rotor electric vertical takeoff and landing air taxi.

The AeroDelft student team from Delft Technical University, the Netherlands, has flown a subscale prototype under its Project Phoenix to convert a light general aviation aircraft to liquid-hydrogen propulsion.

A Minotaur II+ rocket, the first launch test supporting the development of the Mk21A re-entry vehicle, exploded shortly after launch late July 6 at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.

Roscosmos State Space Corp. is eager to launch new Angara modular rockets from its Vostochny commercial spaceport in 2023.

Norway’s Kongsberg has signed an initial contract with the Australian government worth NOK489 million ($48.9 million) for the company’s Naval Strike Missile.