Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

Rolls-Royce has released the first images of an all-electric demonstration aircraft.

The U.S. Air Force has named the MH-139A utility helicopter the Grey Wolf.

Days after Boeing announced a production halt of the 737 MAX, the three major U.S. credit rating agencies have turned slightly negative on the manufacturer with new outlooks that stress growing demands on the company’s credit access and softening cash prospects.

The Pentagon acquisition executive and her Indian counterpart have agreed to a U.S.-India Defense Technology Initiative.

A Soyuz-2 launcher operated by Arianespace from Kourou, French Guiana, placed five satellites into orbit on Dec. 18.

Honeywell is partnering with iTRACE and SecureMarketing to fight counterfeit activity in the e-commerce market of aerospace products using blockchain tech.

Five months after being sidelined as NASA’s chief of human spaceflight, William Gerstenmaier has left the agency.

Although market research has started to replace the USAF's E-4B NAOC fleet alone, the search continues for a single aircraft that could replace not only the NAOC but also U.S. Navy’s E-6B TACAMO fleet and the C-32A “Air Force Two” executive airlift fleet.

The second of five RQ-4Ds destined for NATO’s Alliance Ground Surveillance Force has been delivered to Italy.

Leonardo has begun flight tests of the latest iteration of its Osprey active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar.

The company has tested miniaturized radar warning receiver technology in support the UK’s Tempest fighter.

With finance ministry approval, the defense ministry has achieved its aim of putting a line for Future Fighter development in the budget.

Amazon plans to open an R&D and prototype manufacturing center in Redmond, Washington, to oversee development of its Kuiper sat broadband program.

Russia’s new bomber will enter service in 2027, a senior Ministry of Defense official said.

Fielding counter-small unmanned aircraft systems is a priority for the Pentagon in 2020.

The DOD has launched a new effort to streamline the process for getting information about hostile radar emitters into the threat libraries of combat platforms.

Saudi Arabia has announced plans to reduce defense spending by 8% in 2020.

The U.S. government and Sikorsky have solidified a production fix for the CH-53K King Stallion exhaust gas reingestion problem.

More highly integrated composite structure is a possible technology for a future Chinese fighter.

Private equity-backed Shimtech Industries has purchased Fastener Technology Corp.

Airbus is beginning talks with workforce representatives to address cost structure and boost the division’s long-term competitiveness.

BELL has $815m U.S. Navy performance-based logistics requirements contract for repair/upgrade/replacement of 35 items on the UH-1Y, AH-1Z helicopter.

Lockheed Martin formally opened a new assembly line for F-16 Block 70 aircraft in Greenville, South Carolina, on Dec. 17.

AIDC of China and LOCKHEED MARTIN signed agreement Dec. 17 to establish F-16 maintenance hub in Taiwan, China News Agency says.

The deal gives Leidos an instant foothold in Huntsville, increasingly the epicenter of U.S. missile and military space work