Norway’s Kongsberg Defense & Aerospace has received its first export order for the Joint Strike Missile, with a contract from Japan for deliveries to arm its F-35As.
U.S. defense officials are accepting an overall reduction in aircraft unit procurement in the fiscal 2020 budget request, as interest rises in the next generation of hypersonic, fixed-wing and rotary-wing capabilities.
The Trump administration's "masterpiece" defense budget request already is receiving blowback from lawmakers who say the nascent request is “divorced from reality.”
NASA’s fiscal 2020 budget request supports the ongoing X-57 Maxwell electric-propulsion and X-59 QueSST low-boom supersonic flight demonstrators, but some within the agency are concerned about future X-planes.
Australia could decide this year whether and how to proceed with a mid-life update of its six Boeing 737 Airborne Early Warning & Control aircraft, according to Boeing.
The U.S. Air Force Rapid Sustainment Office hopes to gain airline maintenance best practices to reduce sustainment costs and improve readiness of its C-5 Galaxy fleet.
The March 13 isssue of Aerospace Daily & Defense Report may be delivered later than usual to allow for our comprehensive coverage of the Trump administration’s fiscal 2020 defense budget proposal.
The U.S. Air Force resumed accepting deliveries of KC-46 tankers on March 11 after a 12-day hiatus caused by the discovery of foreign object debris on completed aircraft. on Feb. 28, followed by a sixth delivery on March 1.
The Trump administration’s $21 billion, 2020 NASA budget proposal seeks to achieve a 2028 return to the lunar surface with astronauts while working with global partners to reach Mars and other deep-space destinations.
The DOD is submitting a fiscal 2020 budget requesting $546 billion in base spending and a contentious $165 billion overseas contingency operations account.
Autonomy, artificial intelligence and universal connectivity feature heavily in a vision for aerospace's future from the Aerospace Industries Association.
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NORTHROP GRUMMAN has $322.5m U.S. Navy contract for work to develop new solid rocket motor for the AGM-88G Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile – Extended Range (AARGM-ER) for use on F/A-18E/F, EA-18G and F-35A/C aircraft.
