Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

The Indian Navy for the first time successfully conducted a cooperative engagement firing of its Medium Range Surface to Air Missile (MRSAM).

Sikorsky is working to identify a solution to the engine gas reingestion problem on the CH-53K by July.

The U.S. Transportation Department has reconstituted the FAA’s Drone Advisory Committee (DAC) and scheduled a June 6 meeting of the high-level advisory group.

Private Chinese space launcher builder Landspace has tested a complete methane-burning space launch main engine, laying the groundwork for a move to higher thrust.

IHI Corp. said it is aiming for international joint development of a combat-aircraft engine.

Bad weather over the Indian Ocean forced seven Dassault Rafales of the French Navy to divert to an airbase in Indonesia on May 18.

Honeywell International is mulling further divestitures or changes to its business portfolio, the conglomerate’s top executive said May 20.

BELL BOEING has $42.2m U.S. Navy contract for V-22 fleet software sustainment incl. engineering and technical support and on-aircraft avionics for the Marine Corps and Air Force.

Airbus has appointed Antoine Bouvier and Patrick de Castelbajac to new senior executive positions in the group.

MARTIN BAKER has $21.5m U.S. Navy contract for nonrecurring engineering associated with SKU-10A/A ejection seats for U.S. Navy, Australia.

Under Secretary of the U.S. Air Force Matthew P. Donovan will become acting secretary of the Air Force on June 1.

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The production award comes as the program grapples with a critical design flaw.

First flight puts the program back on track for a low-rate production decision in September.

The new COO and president of BAE Systems Inc., Tom Arseneault, is taking the reins as new acquisition trends and technology demands reshape the defense sector.

U.S. Army Secretary Mark Esper is challenging the rotorcraft industrial base to provide a heavy vertical lift aircraft for the future to combat China and Russia.

First flight of the Airbus E-Fan X hybrid-electric hybrid-regional aircraft demonstrator has slipped into 2021, from 2020.

The Israeli Air Force is accelerating the process of selecting new vertical lift platforms.

The Russian Aerospace Forces will increase its order for Sukhoi Su-57 fifth-generation fighters by more than four times.

India’s second Moon mission, Chandrayaan-2, will carry 13 payloads and one passive experiment instrument from NASA, the Indian Space Research Organization says.

Airbus has appointed Antoine Bouvier and Patrick de Castelbajac to new senior executive positions in the group.

A Dynetics-led team has been selected over Raytheon to develop a 100-kW high-energy laser weapon system for demonstration by the U.S. Army in fiscal 2022.

BAE SYSTEMS extended agreement with MAGELLAN AEROSPACE for continued production of F-35 Lightning II horizontal tail assemblies.

The Pentagon is weighing options for how to replace its most highly protected military communications satellites, the Advanced Extremely High Frequency system.

NASA on May 16 hired 11 companies for studies and prototypes of descent modules, orbit-transfer stages and refueling capabilities.