Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

India has unveiled a model of an upgraded version of the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA), the Tejas Mk. 2, labeled the Medium Weight Fighter.
Defense and Space

By Lee Hudson
The Pentagon has launched a commercial solutions opening program seeking proposals for innovative technologies to accelerate asymmetric defense capabilities.
Defense and Space

By Tony Osborne
The British government has stepped into a growing dispute over Germany’s unilateral embargo of arms to Saudi Arabia.
Defense and Space

Russian Helicopters Holding Company, a part of State Corporation Rostec, has signed a series of agreements with Indian companies to help make the Kamov Ka-226T in India.
Defense and Space

By Tony Osborne
Leonardo has lifted the veil on an enhanced version of its Hero rotary-wing unmanned air system (UAS).
Defense and Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA has selected sites in Nevada and Texas for the final phase of a four-year series of technical demonstrations to confirm the safety and effectiveness of the agency’s UAS traffic management system for drone traffic in urban areas.

By Tony Osborne
Airbus’ plans to ramp up production of its new H160 medium twin-engine helicopter could be impacted by the continued weakness in the oil and gas market.
Defense and Space

BrahMos Aerospace has unveiled a prototype of a new BrahMos NG missile that the company says could be installed on the Tejas Light Combat Aircraft.
Defense and Space

By Marhalim Abas
Vietnam is to acquire Insitu ScanEagle surveillance drones, Textron T-6 Texan II trainers and a coast guard cutter from the U.S, according to the top American military officer in the Indo-Pacific region.
Defense and Space

India’s state-run space agency is making preparations to launch the Emisat electronic intelligence (Elint) satellite in March.
Defense and Space

By Arie Egozi
Rafael has partially unveiled Rocks, a very long range, air-to-ground missile with a capability to penetrate heavily protected bunkers.
Defense and Space

By Tony Osborne
Airbus Helicopters has responded to the U.S. Army’s search for a Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) demonstration program.
Defense and Space

THE UAE ARMED FORCES signed a $41 million contract with DigitalGlobe for space imaging services. CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABS won a $191 million fixed

A day before the Aero India Show 2019, two Indian Air Force Hawks of the Surya Kiran Aerobatics Team collided in midair Feb. 19 while rehearsing near the Yelahanka airbase in Bengaluru.

Lockheed Martin Corp., Rotary and Mission Systems, Moorestown, New Jersey, has been awarded a $211,996,197 cost-plus-incentive-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to previously-awarded contract N00024-18-C-5105 for incorporation of remaining Baseline J7 scope for new-construction DDG Aegis Weapon System J7 Baseline development and integration in support of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).

By Lee Hudson
The USAF has tested an upgrade to the B-52, making the aircraft more lethal by nearly doubling the number of weapons that can be powered at one time.
Defense and Space

By Jen DiMascio
A Honeywell/Pratt & Whitney JV filed a protest with the GAO Feb. 19 concerning the U.S. Army’s decision to award GE a $517 million contract for the service’s Improved Turbine Engine Program.
Defense and Space

By Michael Bruno
Western aerospace providers are continuing to build up their Indian facilities, with Thales and Magellan Aerospace announcing they opened new sites in Bengaluru.
Defense and Space

By Michael Bruno
British defense supplier Cobham will give Boeing the equivalent of $111 million to settle a dispute over problematic parts provided for the USAF KC-46A.
Defense and Space

By Lee Hudson
The White House has retreated from establishing a separate U.S. military department for space but claims it is a future priority, a senior Trump administration official says.
Defense and Space

By Arie Egozi
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s initiative to privatize Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is meeting increased opposition.
Defense and Space

By Lee Hudson
The USAF awarded roughly $738.7 million in launch services contracts Feb. 19 to the United Launch Alliance and SpaceX for future Pentagon and NRO missions.
Defense and Space

By Michael Bruno
Cargo UAV startup Sabrewing Aircraft is getting fresh funding and should be able to complete a full-sized preproduction prototype of its Rhaegal vehicle and begin “preliminary” flight testing in time for another key funding infusion eyed in the third quarter.
Defense and Space

By Steve Trimble
A China shipbuilder has unveiled a new small unmanned aircraft system UAS that appears to be a copy of the Boeing Insitu Integrator.
Defense and Space

By Steve Trimble
The factory for the first U.A.E.-built manned combat aircraft will be completed by year’s end to support the Calidus B-250.
Defense and Space