Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Steve Trimble
The USAF canceled acquisition plans for a new boost phase missile interceptor after the undisclosed contractor became unwilling to accept a cost-sharing agreement.
Defense and Space

By Lee Hudson
L3Harris Technologies has showcased its Venom adversary air mission software suite integrating air-to-air capabilities using commercial-off-the shelf components.
Defense and Space

QINETIQ announced Banshee NG target for simulating high-speed aerial threats.

L Squared Capital Partners announced it has committed $60 million of equity to Raptor Scientific, LLC.

Oct. 15-17—MRO Europe, London, U.K. For more information go to https://events.aviationweek.com/en/home.html

This week the U.S. House of Representatives takes up a continuing budget resolution to fund the government from Oct. 1 and provide more time to pass full-year appropriations.

RAYTHEON has $427.3m U.S. Army contract for Common Sensor Payload systems, spare parts and engineering and system support services.

Solid State Scientific Corp., Hollis, New Hampshire, has been awarded a $59,000,000 firm-fixed-price and cost-plus-fixed-fee hybrid contract for Air Force Weather Enterprise (AFW) Product-as-a-Service/Infrastructure-as-a-Service.

By Steve Trimble
A group of high-altitude RQ-4 unmanned aircraft systems will be drafted into service to support an upcoming series of hypersonic missile flight tests, the commander of the Air Force Flight Test Center (AFFTC) says in an interview.
Defense and Space

By Tony Osborne
General Atomics has been awarded a £100 million contract by the UK defense ministry for test and evaluation activities required to bring the UK’s new Protector medium-altitude, long-endurance air system to the front line.
Defense and Space

By Michael Bruno
Elbit Systems of America will continue to look for bolt-on acquisitions providing specialty technology and L3Harris is expected to continue divesting parts of its newly combined business portfolio now that the companies have closed the sale of a night vision business.
Defense and Space

By Steve Trimble
U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command is interested in alternatives to Fairchild Dornier 328 turboprops to support future troop transport missions, Lt. Gen. Jim Slife says.
Defense and Space

By Lee Hudson
The Air Force Association has awarded General Atomics a Citation of Honor because of the company’s advocacy of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) and aerospace education.
Defense and Space

By Bradley Perrett
The Japanese defense ministry wants to spend ¥20 billion ($190 million) on development of the country’s next combat aircraft in the coming fiscal year, the Gendai business magazine reported, citing a ministry official.
Defense and Space

By Lee Hudson
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems will demonstrate the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory’s Agile Condor technology using a MQ-9 remotely piloted aircraft (RPA).
Defense and Space

By Mark Carreau
Seeking to raise the bar for achievements in space, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine wants the U.S. to lead the team that someday discovers extraterrestrial life.
Space

By Lee Hudson
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems says its Multi-Mission Control and Metis systems will reduce MQ-9 aircrew manning by 50%.
Defense and Space

By Tony Osborne
The Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) has taken delivery of its first F-35 to be assembled in Italy.
Defense and Space

By Steve Trimble
The decision clears Northrop to submit an independent bid for the Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent contract on Dec. 13, as Boeing decided in July to withdraw plans to make a competing offer.
Defense and Space

By Steve Trimble
U.S. Navy planners have started to assemble a team to study a sea-based version of a family of Future Vertical Lift aircraft to replace Sikorsky MH-60s and unmanned Northrop Grumman MQ-8s.
Defense and Space

By Lee Hudson
The Senate Appropriations Committee is unhappy with the U.S. Army not giving advanced notice to congressional defense committees when realigning program budgets identified during the Pentagon's “Night Court” review.
Defense and Space

By Lee Hudson
The Senate Appropriations Committee is unsupportive of the U.S. Air Force continuing its light attack aircraft experiment and is encouraging the service to revert to its initial plan.
Defense and Space

By Graham Warwick
Infrastructure investment banker Nexa Capital Partners has formed Urban Air Mobility (UAM) Geomatics, a business intelligence entity focused on helping industry to use geospatial data to accelerate investment in the nascent market.

By Graham Warwick
French hybrid-electric aircraft startup VoltAero is developing a power module for use in multiple applications including helicopters.

By Bill Carey
Swiss company Meteomatics and TruWeather Solutions of the U.S. have formed a partnership to provide “hyperlocal” weather forecasting using data-gathering drones to support commercial drone operations.