Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

The U.S. Defense Department has awarded the initial contract to Lockheed Martin to support the first lot of full-rate production for the F-35A.

The European Space Agency council at the ministerial level opened Nov. 27 in Seville, Spain, to discuss a proposed increase in spending.

Tens of thousands of drone enthusiasts in the UK risk a £1,000 ($1,264) fine if they fail to register by Nov. 30, the Civil Aviation Authority has warned.

There is never anything simple about the design and delivery of aerospace and defense technology.

A new low-cost, low-weight system that offers the capability to detect and track submarines has completed a key set of at-sea trials.

Top Aces, an adversary air training provider, said Nov. 26 that it will receive $100 million in new financing.

The U.S. Air Force has retired the AGM-86C more than 45 years after the original Global Positioning System (GPS)-guided conventional air-launched cruise missile (CALCM) entered development.

Boeing Australia has conducted its first flight tests of autonomously teamed aircraft, apparently using two small jet-powered UAVs as surrogates for its Airpower Teaming System (ATS) “loyal wingman” unmanned aircraft.

Israel-based Elbit Systems looks forward to starting next year as a significantly larger player in its home market, as well as another home market in the U.S., managers suggested while reporting their latest quarterly earnings Nov. 26.

The U.S. Army awarded GENERAL ELECTRIC a $1.3 billion contract modification for T700 engine deliveries through 2024 for H-60 and AH-64 aircraft for the U.S. military, Foreign Military Sales and other government agencies.

The USAF has retired the AGM-86C more than 45 years after the original GPS-guided conventional air-launched cruise missile entered development.

Boeing has been awarded a $1 billion contract to upgrade NATO’s fleet of E-3A Sentry airborne early warning aircraft.

Russia’s military gave U.S. nuclear weapon inspectors a first, close-up look at the Avangard missile with the hypersonic glide vehicle over the last three days, according to state-owned wire service TASS.

The UAE is standing up a comprehensive system to train its RPAS pilots, sensor operators and mission specialists.

Space tourists could lift off from a spaceport in the United Arab Emirates under an agreement between the pioneering commercial space operator and the UAE.

Poland is returning its RSK MiG-29 “Fulcrum” fighter aircraft to flight status after it was grounded for much of 2019.

Russia’s JSC Rosoboronexport, a subsidiary of the state corporation Rostec, has begun marketing new-generation combat aircraft, according to Alexander Mikheev, director general.

A British startup has unveiled a one-fifth scale model of an innovative lunar lander in partnership with a Ukrainian manufacturer, and plans to test another vehicle in the UAE.

Pratt & Whitney Canada is to provide the powerplant for Russian Helicopters’ new VRT500 light helicopter.

Pratt & Whitney Canada is to provide the powerplant for Russian Helicopters’ new VRT500 light helicopter.

Raytheon says its Joint Stand-Off Weapon (JSOW) will be cleared to fly on the F-35A within days.

Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) has contracted MBDA to integrate the Meteor long-range air-to-air missile on the KF-X indigenous fighter.

The U.S. Army awarded BOEING $10 million Foreign Military Sales contract to integrate and retrofit 24 AH-6i light attack helicopters with a digital video recorder and the laser-guided Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System for Saudi Arabia.

BAE Systems Technology Solutions & Services Inc., Rockville, Maryland, has been awarded a $104,775,349 cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost reimbursable, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract.

The U.S. Navy has awarded contracts to the winners of four prize challenges for the Marine Air-Ground Task Force expeditionary unmanned aircraft system (MUX) for four individual mission payloads.