Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Mark Carreau
The Himalayas are experiencing an accelerated loss of glacial ice, a Columbia University-led research effort has found.
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By Bill Carey
“It’s about time for an upgrade,” says Raytheon in a recent blog post, adding that it “is bidding on the (FENS) contract later this year.”
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By Mark Carreau
A NASA IG report on IT security at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory raises a range of concerns over the Caltech-managed facility’s vulnerability to cyberattack.
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By Lee Hudson
In the midst of its operational testing, the Boeing KC-46A Pegasus is making its international debut at the Paris Air Show.
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By Steve Trimble
The USAF has reconfirmed plans to move forward with the final phase of the competition to deliver a replacement for the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile.
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By Lee Hudson
Congress must negotiate a two-year budget deal before the 2020 presidential election heats up or the DOD and its defense industrial base will suffer, AIA CEO Eric Fanning says.
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NORWAY to invest NOK8b ($920m) in military air surveillance radars to monitor Norwegian airspace.

This week the Paris Air Show is underway in Le Bourget, with Aerospace DAILY on site bringing you the latest news and analysis from the year’s biggest aviation event.

LinQuest Corp., Los Angeles, has been awarded a $562,302,987 cost-plus-incentive-fee base plus six option years contract for systems engineering, integration and test (SEIT) support.

By Lee Hudson, Jen DiMascio
U.S. Acting Defense Secretary Pat Shanahan will not move forward with his confirmation process after allegations of a 2010 domestic fight between Shanahan and his now ex-wife surfaced in a news report.
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By Bill Carey
“DJI says that American data is safe, but its use of proprietary software networks means how would we know? Also, as a great power competitor, China has access to this rich flow of information,” an instructor with the National Defense University told a U.S. Senate committee June 18.
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By Molly McMillin
The aircraft would be equipped with the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node, or BACN, to increase communication coverage for deployed ground troops.
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By Lee Hudson
Sikorsky intends to offer the CH-53K in heavy-lift helicopter competitions in both nations.
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By Steve Trimble
“I think it will happen—no question about it. It will happen,” IAI Chairman Harel Locker said in an exclusive interview.
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By Helen Massy-Beresford
“I am proud to see our big companies moving out of their comfort zones to go further, being even more creative and setting themselves up to offer more creative mobility solutions,” said French Transport Minister Elisabeth Borne.

By Lee Hudson
U.S. Acting Defense Secretary Pat Shanahan will not move forward with his confirmation process after allegations of a 2010 domestic incident surfaced in a news report.
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By Steve Trimble, Joe Anselmo
One of the first casualties of the merger of the communications and sensing companies will be L3’s headquarters in New York City, which will be consolidated with Harris’ existing facility in Melbourne, Florida.

By Guy Norris
As the aerospace industry accelerates toward an electric future, Rolls-Royce has secured a jump-start on its strategic goals with the surprise acquisition of Siemen’s electric and hybrid electric aerospace propulsion unit.

By Lee Hudson
A new U.S. airborne mine countermeasures capability entered the Baltic Sea for the first time during an annual NATO military exercise led by U.S. Naval Forces Europe.
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By Tony Osborne
France’s Safran and Germany’s Diehl have agreed to work together to develop a small, lightweight tactical air-to-ground weapon: the Hussar.
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By Tony Osborne
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has partnered with Embraer to offer a low-cost Airborne Early Warning (AEW) radar platform.
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By Thierry Dubois
NASA is hunting for more partners for its Artemis program that aims to land humans on the Moon in 2024.
Space

By Steve Trimble
Raytheon Missile Systems and Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems have unveiled a partnership to co-develop a scramjet-powered hypersonic missile.
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By Guy Norris
UAS specialists General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has packaged control elements developed for its MQ-9B and earlier UAVs into an enhanced command and control capability.
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By Tony Osborne
Safran Helicopter Engines has achieved European Aviation Safety Agency certification of the Arrano turboshaft for Airbus’ new H160 twin-engine medium helicopter.
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