Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Lee Hudson
The U.S. Navy has awarded a $41.8 million contract to B.L. Harbert International to build a hangar for the MQ-25A carrier-based unmanned refueling tanker.
Defense and Space

India has formally taken delivery of the first of 15 Chinook CH-47F heavy-lift transport helicopters from Boeing.
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By Graham Warwick
Boeing has made a "significant investment" in supersonic business-jet developer Aerion to accelerate development of its Mach 1.4 AS2.

By Irene Klotz
The first test of the methane-burning Raptor rocket engine marks a key step toward the start of flight tests of SpaceX's multipurpose, interplanetary-class space transportation system.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Leonardo has quietly started batch assembly of production-standard AW609 commercial tiltrotors.

By Jen DiMascio
Vivek Lall is vice president of strategy and business development at Lockheed Martin, leading the company’s effort to sell the F-16 Block 60 to India.
Defense and Space

By Guy Norris
A liquid hydrogen-powered unmanned multicopter flew continuously for 10 hr., 50 min. in South Korea on Jan. 23, setting a new endurance record.

By Michael Bruno
With the Marine Corps CH-53K from Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky going into initial production, and some “strategic programs”—likely including the Air Force B-21 from Northrop Grumman—heating up, Spirit expects to continue growing its defense-related business.
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By Guy Norris
Startup company Jaunt Air Mobility has acquired the rights to Carter Aviation Technologies’ slowed-rotor compound (SR/C) concept.

India has allocated 3 trillion rupees ($43 billion) for its fiscal 2019-20 defense budget.
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By Steve Trimble
Iranian military officials unveiled what they claimed was a new medium-range ground-launched cruise missile to mark the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Islamic Republic.
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By Steve Trimble
Putin directed Shoigu to begin adapting the launch system of the Kalibr cruise missile for ground forces and developing land-based hypersonic ballistic missiles with a medium- and intermediate-range capability.
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RAYTHEON has $33m U.S. Navy contract for engineering and manufacturing development of Miniature Air Launched Decoy-Navy.

Nanoracks logged five CubeSat deployments from the International Space Station’s Japanese Kibo lab module on Jan. 31.

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By Steve Trimble
The $517 million contract preserves GE’s role as the dominant U.S. supplier of turboshaft engines for current and future military helicopters.
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By Arie Egozi
A German and an Israeli company on Jan. 29 signed a teaming agreement to offer commercial Lunar Surface Access Service.
Defense and Space

By Bill Carey
Photos posted on Twitter show bureau officials posing with a DJI Phantom on a table, while another small quadcopter is shown in a plastic bag.
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By Arie Egozi
The Israeli Defense Force’s long-term plans call for buying missiles to add firepower to ground units if the Air Force’s firepower is limited.
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By Steve Trimble
A keel beam corrosion scare earlier this year caused the USAF to briefly ground 396 KC-135s for a fleet-wide inspection that identified 15 affected aircraft.
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By Michael Bruno
“We’re very confident about our aero outlook for 2019,” Honeywell Chairman and CEO Darius Adamczyk said Feb. 1.
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By Mark Carreau
NASA has selected the Atlas V for the 2021 launching of Lucy, a 12-year mission to explore the Trojan asteroids that accompany Jupiter as it orbits the Sun.
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By Steve Trimble
The U.S. and Russian militaries will be free to develop ground-launched, medium- and intermediate-range ballistic and cruise missiles after Aug. 2.
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By Tony Osborne
Germany has excluded the F-35 as a potential replacement for the Panavia Tornado and shortlisted both the Eurofighter and Boeing’s F/A-18 Super Hornet.
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By Tony Osborne
UK lawmakers warn that the affordability gap in the country’s defense spending plans could widen to $20 billion if it does not bring its planning under control.
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