Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

Australian engine manufacturer Orbital UAV has signed a long-term agreement with Insitu to provide propulsion systems for use across its range of UAS.

A series of live fire trials have pitted Leonardo’s Miysis directed infrared countermeasures system against potential man-portable surface-to-air missiles.

The combined company would be named L3 Harris Technologies and would be the sixth largest defense company in the U.S. and a top 10 defense company globally.

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Lockheed Martin has delivered the 300th Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system interceptor.

BOEING announced investment in satellite propulsion startup ACCION SYSTEMS INC. of Boston, which produces Tiled Ionic Liquid Electrospray in-space propulsion system.

Deputy Defense Secretary Pat Shanahan says there are two concurrent efforts concerning military space within the Pentagon: space reorganization and doctrine.

The next month or so is expected to be big for followers of aerospace and defense supplier Arconic.

DynCorp CEO George Krivo discusses how the military and logistics services company has worked to stabilize itself through boom and bust cycles in the industry.

Singapore-based fuel-cell producer HES Energy Systems has unveiled its concept for a hydrogen-electric four-seat regional aircraft, building on its experience developing hydrogen propulsion systems for unmanned aircraft.

Ron Draper, Textron Aviation senior vice president of integrated supply chain, has been named president and CEO of the Wichita aircraft manufacturer.

Bell is to collaborate with Japanese package-delivery company Yamato on aerial logistics using electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) unmanned aircraft.

Czech aircraft manufacturer Aero Vodochody has rolled out the first pre-series model of the L-39NG jet trainer.

General Electric is working with CargoLogicAir on a detailed study to re-engine the cargo operator’s fleet of Antonov An-124 freighters with the CF6-80C2 turbofan.

Bruce N. Whitman, chairman, president and CEO of FlightSafety International, died at his home in Greenwich, Connecticut, on Oct. 10 after a brief period of failing health.

RUSSIAN NAVY’s Baltic Fleet took delivery of five recently modernized Ka-27M ASW helicopters Oct. 5.

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NASA intends to conduct its own inquiry into the Oct. 11 Soyuz MS-10 launch abort.

Aerospace and defense suppliers have a “very bullish” outlook, according to Canaccord Genuity analyst Ken Herbert and his latest supply chain survey.

An accident investigation team identified an issue with the jet’s fuel tube, which is a common component across all three variants of the stealthy fighter.

The booster anomaly was identified shortly after liftoff on Oct. 11, triggering a ballistic re-entry of the capsule and subjecting the crew to higher-than-normal G forces.

Dassault has issued a “clarification” to confirm that Rafale aircraft parts will be delivered by year’s end as part of agreed offsets.

The National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine (NAS) is urging NASA and other organizations involved in the search for life beyond Earth to embrace an approach that recognizes a broader range of scientific and technical disciplines and participants with a stake in the effort.

India has test-launched a short-range Quick Reaction Surface-to-Air Missile, giving another boost to the country’s evolving ballistic missile defense system.

LOCKHEED MARTIN has $333.3m U.S. Navy contract for new procurement of Trident II (D5) Deployed Systems Support.