Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

South Korea has chosen LIG Nex1 as the maker of an air-to-ground cruise missile that the country’s defense technology agency has been working on.

South Korea still hopes to integrate U.S. air-to-air missiles on the Korea Aerospace Industries KF-X fighter after the aircraft makes its first flight.

Raytheon is proposing a multisensor aircraft based on the Bombardier Global 6500 for a South Korean ground-surveillance requirement, partnering with Korean Air.

Fielding of the U.S. Army’s Long Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW) could be delayed by a year if a proposed budget cut by Congress is enacted, a Lockheed Martin executive says.

Sikorsky has responded to a third request for proposals from South Korea for maritime anti-submarine helicopters, a representative said.

Norwegian rocket maker Nammo expects a positive decision this week to launch a concept demonstrator for a new air-breathing missile propulsion system.

This week the Association of the U.S. Army’s annual symposium is underway in Washington, expected to draw more than 30,000 attendees.

RUSSIAN HELICOPTERS will merge its MIL and KAMOV helicopter design bureaus into NATIONAL HELICOPTER CENTER.

New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, New Mexico, has been awarded a $92,980,000 cost-reimbursement, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for Playas Electronic Attack & Cyber Environment research and development.

The next step in the antitrust review process for the proposed merger of Raytheon and UTC could happen within a month, UTC Chief Executive Officer Greg Hayes said Oct. 14.

An alliance has been formed to promote the creation of a commercially operated civilian supersonic corridor to allow developers of supersonic transports to flight test their aircraft over land.

Boeing is maintaining a veil of secrecy surrounding its design of the U.S. Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft, and is the only vendor that has not disclosed details of its offering.

Space situational awareness startup LeoLabs has completed its first radar installation outside the U.S.

Karem Aircraft has teamed with Northrop Grumman and Raytheon to propose its AR40 active-rotor, winged, compound helicopter for the U.S. Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft program.

The Philippines Air Force is expected to take delivery of six Embraer A-29 Super Tucano light attack planes by February 2020.

The U.S. State Department has approved a potential sale of the Beechcraft T-6 Texan turboprop trainer to North Africa’s Tunisia.

Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) is aiming to develop an electronic warfare version of the P-1 maritime patroller.

Kawasaki Heavy Industries is planning to expand its aerospace business by 15.3% in the three fiscal years to March 2021.

Honeywell has started early testing of a significant new upgrade for the T55 turboshaft engine.

“We’re still partnered very much so with the Marine Corps and SOCOM on this effort,” an Army program official tells Aerospace DAILY. “We’ve promised to be overly transparent and overly communicate to make sure everyone who is partnered with us feels like we are taking their positions and points into account.”

The UAS are the Martin UAV/Northrop Grumman V-BAT, Textron Hybrid Quad Aerosonde, Arcturus UAV Jump and L3Harris FVR.

The Raider-X coaxial rigid-rotor compound helicopter is a development of the S-97 Raider prototype now in flight testing, but is about 20% larger.

Aero Engine Corp. of China has produced turbine-engine parts in ceramic matrix composite, a material that offers low weight and high resistance to temperature.

UK-owned F-35B fighters landed on the HMS Queen Elizabeth II for the first time on Oct. 13 off the Atlantic coast of Florida to initiate operational testing the new aircraft carrier.

Boeing has demoted Dennis Muilenburg on the board of directors, and giving the chair seat to the company’s leading independent director, David Calhoun, in the wake of the 737 MAX fiasco. Muilenburg will remain president and CEO.