Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

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Industry Events Calendar

In-space manufacturing company Made In Space, Inc. (MIS) is relocating its headquarters and satellite manufacturing operations to a new facility in Jacksonville, Florida.

Brief news items of interest to aerospace and defense professionals.

Collins Aerospace will provide critical subsystems for Orion spacecraft crews assigned to resume human exploration of the lunar surface starting in 2024
Defense and Space

By Graham Warwick
The air vehicle was lost during the ground-recovery sequence, but Dynetics noted it has four test vehicles remaining.
Defense and Space

By Tony Osborne
Pakistan has given Turkey another year to secure export permits for the engines that will power a new fleet of attack helicopters being supplied by Ankara.
Defense and Space

By Steve Trimble
After describing the performance of military acquisition officials and defense contractors as a “nightmare,” U.S. Air Foirce Gen. John Hyten on Jan
Defense and Space

By Tony Osborne
Leonardo has conducted the long-awaited first flight of its Falco Xplorer unmanned aircraft system. The 1.3-metric-ton, medium-altitude, long
Defense and Space

By Lee Hudson
The Pentagon continues to assess whether signing a five-year performance-based logistics (PBL) contract with Lockheed Martin is the most cost
Defense and Space

By Thierry Dubois
An Ariane 5 placed the Konnect satellite for Eutelsat and India's GSAT-30 into orbit Jan. 16.
Defense and Space

By Lee Hudson
The U.S. Navy is conducting an environmental impact study that includes holding hearings in areas near potential sites for dismantling America's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.
Defense and Space

By Graham Warwick
Autonomous urban air mobility vehicles with centralized command and control will increase safety, Chinese air-taxi developer EHang says in a new white paper.
Aerospace

AVIATION WEEK NETWORK forecasts that over the next decade, 3,206 new western fighter aircraft will be built and delivered.
Defense and Space

Brief news items of interest to aerospace and defense professionals.

Bombardier is “reassessing future participation” in the Airbus A220 partnership and is looking to significantly lower its debt levels.

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Navy wants to replace the radio-frequency countermeasures and radar-warning receiver systems on its Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornets with a new electronic warfare system.
Defense and Space

By Steve Trimble
The Israeli Air Force has resumed flying its Sikorsky CH-53 fleet after a six-week grounding.\
Defense and Space

By Graham Warwick
UAVOS is developing a heavy-lift, long-range delivery drone based on the Robinson R22 light helicopter.
Defense and Space

By Mark Carreau
Ellen Ochoa will be the 34th recipient of the National Space Trophy, presented each year to a U.S. citizen for major contributions to the U.S. space program.
Defense and Space

By Bradley Perrett
The study is another sign that progress toward Japan's proposed Next Generation Fighter is advancing.
Defense and Space

Piotr Butowski
The Russian Navy has displayed a model of a new small missile that may be a direct successor to the Kh-25M and a complement to the Kh-38M.
Combat Aircraft

Brief news items of interest to aerospace and defense professionals.

Recent market intelligence items for aerospace and defense professionals.
Defense and Space

By Guy Norris
AFRL's X-60A hypersonic flying testbed has moved a step closer to initial flight tests.
Defense and Space