Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

The FAA on Dec. 26 released its long-awaited proposed rule outlining requirements for drones to transmit identifying information to the ground.

The U.S. military has conducted its first field test of the Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) technology to identify and defeat a simulated cruise missile threat

The Netherlands, United Arab Emirates and U.K. have signed orders for Boeing to remanufacture a total of 47 AH-64 Apache helicopters to the E-model standard.

Textron will not become a pure aerospace and defense company in the near term.

The U.S. Navy has formed an F-35 maintenance team that can respond to a crisis at a moment’s notice.

A key piece of the EA-18G’s first major upgrade since the airborne electronic attack aircraft entered service a decade ago is now under contract

Russian President Vladimir Putin referred for the first time in a speech on Dec. 24 to the “land- and sea-based” versions of the Zircon weapon.

Italian manufacturer Piaggio Aerospace has signed a $221 million contract with the Italian Ministry of Defense for nine P.180 Avanti EVO turboprop aircraft.

The first delivery of Russia’s Sukhoi Su-57 fifth-generation fighter is likely to be postponed after the aircraft crashed Dec. 24 during a test flight.

The first Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk for South Korea arrived at an airfield in the south of the country on Dec. 23.

A Russian air force commander has revealed plans to introduce a sixth-generation, unmanned bomber by 2040.

The South Korean defense ministry plans to order 36-48 Boeing AH-64E Apaches.

Selected U.S. Military Contracts For The Week Of Dec. 16 - Dec. 20, 2019

LOCKHEED MARTIN has $7b U.S. Air Force contract for F-22 sustainment. RAYTHEON has $1b U.S. Navy contract for multiyear procurement of fiscal 2019

Venture-capital watcher PitchBook expects electric air-taxi startups to receive a record level of investment in 2020

In observance of the year-end holidays, Aerospace Daily & Defense Report will not publish again until the issue dated Jan. 3. In the interim

The U.S. Army has started browsing the market for an alternative turboshaft engine to power the heavy-lift fleet of Boeing CH-47 and MH-47 Chinooks.

Congress has moved to spare the upgrade program for the Boeing CH-47F Chinook from a five-year deferral proposed earlier this year by the U.S. Army.

Leonardo has carried out the first flight of a Eurofighter Typhoon destined for the Kuwait Air Force.

The acting U.S. Navy secretary is holding a “Make Ford Ready” summit Jan. 9 that will feature all government and industry stakeholders who will focus on achieving four tasks to ensure the USS Gerald R. Ford deploys on time.

A powered target simulating a cruise missile was shot down by a guided 2.75-in. rocket fired by a Lockheed Martin F-16 to demonstrate a relatively affordable capability to defend bases from attacks by waves of cheap cruise missiles.

Japan will extended local assembly of Lockheed Martin F-35s by at least two years.

The FAA has agreed to pause its evaluation of a commercial space launch site proposed by Camden County, Georgia, on the U.S. Atlantic coast.

Whether more management heads roll at Boeing remains to be seen now that Dennis Muilenburg has been fired as chief executive.

LOS ANGELES - Safran has joined supersonic jet developer Aerion as a “major partner” for its 12-seater AS2 Mach 1.4 corporate transport currently in