Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Tony Osborne
UK UAS developer Blue Bear has begun flight testing along a flight corridor established for BVLOS test work in conjunction with Cranfield University.

By Michael Bruno
Arconic will break up, its days-old new leadership announced Feb. 8.
Defense and Space

By Mark Carreau
Northrop Grumman’s 10th NASA-contracted Cygnus resupply mission spacecraft departed the International Station (ISS) Feb. 8.
Defense and Space

By Bradley Perrett
Japan has grounded its Kawasaki Heavy Industries P-1 maritime patrollers following rudder damage to one of them, local media say.
Defense and Space

By Arie Egozi
The U.S. Army plans to purchase Israel’s Iron Dome system.
Defense and Space

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BOEING has $23.1m U.S. Navy contract for avionics equipment repair of F/A-18 aircraft.

The U.S. Navy has confirmed a Foreign Military Sale with Bahrain for 12 Bell AH-1Z attack helicopters.

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Navy has confirmed a Foreign Military Sale with Bahrain for 12 Bell AH-1Z attack helicopters.
Defense and Space

RUSSIA test-launched an RS-24 Yars intercontinental ballistic missile from Plesetsk Cosmodrome Feb. 6, the Russian defense ministry announced.

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has received a follow-on order worth $93 million from the Indian Navy.

By Michael Bruno
Triumph Group is rushing toward the potential climax of its three-year restructuring, the major aerostructures provider’s chief executive indicated Feb. 7.
Defense and Space

By Bill Carey
Virgin Galactic pilots Mark Stucky and C.J. Sturckow received their commercial astronaut wings Feb. 7 at the headquarters of the U.S. Transportation Department.
Defense and Space

By Steve Trimble
A U.S. defense expert says the U.S. Navy should redesign the Lockheed Martin F-35C to perform a future role as a fleet defense fighter and long-range bomber escort.
Defense and Space

By Michael Bruno
Aerojet Rocketdyne (AJR) on Feb. 7 claimed it achieved the “top major milestones” of an “aggressive” four-year restructuring program.
Defense and Space

By Bill Carey
Aireon announced Feb. 7 that it has formally received control from Iridium of the final six receiver payloads it has placed on new Iridium Next satellites, completing its space-based aircraft surveillance network.
Defense and Space

By Tony Osborne
The head of NHIndustries (NHI), the company behind the NH90 military utility helicopter, says another 50 aircraft could be sold in the next 3-4 years.
Defense and Space

By Tony Osborne
The Australian Defense Forces (ADF) have become the first NH90 operator to use the aircraft in the special forces mission.
Defense and Space

By Lee Hudson
Expect to see the U.S. Air Force continuing investment in the small satellite launch industry because it is more responsive than traditional providers.
Defense and Space

By Molly McMillin
A potential partnership between Embraer and Boeing would, if OK'd, benefit Embraer’s executive jet division, which would become Embraer’s largest division.

By Mark Carreau
The National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine see new promise for scientific discovery as well as commercial lunar lander advances in NASA’s Lunar Science and Exploration Initiative.
Defense and Space

India’s two new Boeing 777-300 ERs, being modified to carry heads of state, will soon be equipped with missile warning and countermeasure dispensing systems.
Defense and Space

By Thierry Dubois
Airbus has signed a five-year memorandum of agreement (MoA) with Dassault Systemes to cooperate on the implementation of a full suite of software tools.
Defense and Space

By Thierry Dubois
The in-development Ariane 6 launcher can only be seen as a transitional solution to compete with SpaceX’s rockets and must evolve rapidly, says the Cour des Comptes, the French equivalent of the U.S. GAO.
Defense and Space

CP TECHNOLOGIES will modernize mission control computers for Hellenic Navy and Air Force P-3B Orion aircraft.