Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Irene Klotz
Kennedy Space Center will remain closed at least through Sept. 5 as slow-moving Hurricane Dorian grazes Florida’s eastern seaboard following its deadly pass by Grand Bahama and the Abacos Islands.
Defense and Space

UES Inc., Dayton, Ohio, has been awarded a $90,300,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for molecular assessment sensing technologies.

By Irene Klotz
SpaceX is investigating why its Starlink operations center failed to notice warnings of an increased risk of a collision between one of its low Earth orbiting websats and the European Space Agency Aeolus weather satellite.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Leonardo has lifted the lid on a comprehensive concept upgrade for Poland’s multirole W-3 Sokol helicopters.
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By Steve Trimble
The response to rising threats of U.S. sanctions on buyers of Russian arms swung between open defiance and quiet caution at the MAKS Air Show here on Aug. 27, as President Vladimir Putin formally cleared the Sukhoi Su-57 to enter the export market.
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By Mark Carreau
NASA's human exploration and science mission directorates are assessing a range of small-mission strategies to help prepare it for Mars at a brisker pace with high-value science missions at more affordable costs.
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By Bradley Perrett
The Japanese defense ministry has proposed to launch Future Fighter development in the fiscal year beginning in April 2020, and said it should proceed even if a hoped-for international partnership cannot be arranged.
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By Tony Osborne
British aerostructure supplier GKN Aerospace plans to shed 1,000 jobs as it undertakes an international restructuring.
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By Michael Bruno
Private equity investor AE Industrial Partners (AEI) announced Sept. 3 that it has acquired Triman Industries, a provider of highly engineered products and services to the global military aftermarket.
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By Marhalim Abas
Indonesian Aerospace has completed the first flight test of a CN-235 light transport built to test new equipment and capabilities for the type.
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India plans to unveil the Mark 2 variant of its Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) in 2022.
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Sterling Richmond
The F-CK-1 is a twin-engine, light fighter designed and manufactured by the Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC) for the Republic of China Air Force (ROCAF).

British Airways (BA) has taken a step toward powering its fleet with sustainable alternative jet fuel after its partner Velocys submitted an application to develop Europe’s first plant for turning household and commercial solid waste into liquid fuel.

UKRAINE tested Vilkha-M multiple launch rocket system using modernized missiles with increased strike radius Aug. 30 in the Odesa region.

By Jen DiMascio
The image revealed by the president is annotated, pointing out damage on the north side of the launch pad, support vehicles, a gantry service tower, mobile erector-launcher and trailer.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Airbus and the UK Defense Ministry have withdrawn the Eurofighter Typhoon from Canada’s fighter contest, citing the cost of security concerns and the softening of Ottawa’s industrial technological benefits policies.
Defense and Space

By Tony Osborne
The 60,000-ton ship departed the UK on Aug. 30 bound for the Eastern Seaboard of the U.S. where British and U.S. Marine Corps F-35Bs are expected to embark on the ship in late September.
Defense and Space

By Graham Warwick
As part of a campaign of experiments to evaluate directed-energy weapons for airbase defense, precision attack and aircraft defense, the U.S. Air Force is seeking information on systems that could shoot down cruise missiles.
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By Michael Bruno
Aerospace and defense training leader CAE will form a joint venture with Directional Aviation Capital’s affiliate Volo Sicuro and take a 50% stake in simulator-based training company Simcom, the companies announced Aug. 29.
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By Lee Hudson
The DOD's Joint Artificial Intelligence Center is looking to hire an ethicist as the military grapples with applying algorithms to real-world warfighting scenarios.
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By Mark Carreau
Tropical Storm Dorian is expected to become a Category 3 hurricane by late Aug. 30 and keep strengthening as it moves toward Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral.
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India’s space agency is working with its French counterpart to develop and launch a constellation of up to 10 sats for coastal security and maritime surveillance.
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By Bradley Perrett
The Japanese Ministry of Defense has proposed making an initial order for Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightnings in the coming fiscal year.
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By Lee Hudson
The U.S. Army has awarded two contracts that will help advance the Pentagon’s goal of fielding a prototype hypersonic weapon by fiscal 2023.
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By Maxim Pyadushkin
Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL) has started to modify the first five in-service Su-30MKI fighters of the Indian Air Force in its facility in the western Indian city of Nashik to carry BrahMos-A cruise missiles.
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