Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Molly McMillin
Textron Aviation could deliver as many as 185 aircraft in 2018, up from 180 in 2017, Jefferies analyst Sheila Kahyaoglu predicts.
Defense and Space

By Arie Egozi
The Israeli Air Force is preparing a crew to operate the Boeing 767 that will carry the nation’s president and prime minister when it is delivered in 2019.
Defense and Space

By Lee Hudson
The DOD has awarded Bell-Boeing a roughly $4.2B contract modification to purchase 58 V-22s for the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Air Force and Japan.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bradley Perrett
Japan and Britain plan to begin test shots of the advanced version of the MBDA Meteor air-to-air missile in five years.
Defense and Space

By Bradley Perrett
China’s proposed Moon rocket will have a liftoff thrust approaching 6,000 metric tons, state space-launcher builder Calt says, providing new design details.
Defense and Space

By Mark Carreau
Work should be done to implement planetary protection policies as interest grows in Mars sample return and missions to other destinations where possible astrobiology could be at risk of cross-contamination from Earth, a new report says.
Defense and Space

By Tony Osborne
Leonardo officials are calling on the British defense ministry and the government to provide some clarity about future rotary-wing programs.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jay Menon
India’s national space agency has successfully tested the crew escape system for its proposed human spaceflight program.
Defense and Space

SCHIEBEL demonstrated Camcopter S-100 search-and-rescue/maritime surveillance capabilities to Belgian Navy June 21-July 1.

The first meeting of FAA’s rechartered Drone Advisory Committee (DAC) will be held July 17 in Santa Clara, California, a location that attests to the level of interest in drones in high-tech Silicon Valley.

In observance of the Independence Day holiday in the U.S.

By Jen DiMascio
Lockheed Martin simulated a deck-handling demonstration of its MQ-25 flying-wing design UAV in mid-May at its Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California, for U.S. Navy officials.
Defense and Space

KONGSBERG has NOK700m ($85.5m) Norwegian Defense Materiel Agency contract for JSM test missiles for F-35 integration.

NASA is renewing its contract with Caltech of Pasadena, California, for oversight of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory under a longstanding Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) model.

Lockheed Martin Corp., Fort Worth, is awarded $73,564,206 for modification P00037 to a previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee, fixed-price-incentive-firm contract (N00019-16-C-0004) to stand up depots outside the continental U.S. (OCONUS) for the maintenance

By Graham Warwick
Interstellar Technologies is investigating the failure of its Momo suborbital sounding rocket, which blew up immediately after liftoff on its second flight.
Space

By Bill Carey
Israel’s Elbit Systems will feature a “unique” portfolio of avionics upgrades for military and paramilitary aircraft at the Farnborough Airshow.
Defense and Space

By Irene Klotz
Mark Sirangelo, the public face and force behind Sierra Nevada’s Corp.’s Space Systems business, has resigned for personal reasons.
Defense and Space

By Lee Hudson
The USAF has canceled the flying portion of its light attack experiment, but is on track to release an RFP in December if the Pentagon decides to pursue the buy.
Defense and Space

By Tony Osborne
A UK defense panel wants the UK defense ministry to compete a potential requirement to replace the RAF's Boeing E-3 Sentry airborne early warning jets.
Defense and Space

By Graham Warwick
The U.S. Army intends to acquire multiple off-the-shelf air vehicles for operational demos to inform requirements for the planned FTUAS program.
Defense and Space

By Bill Carey
The first meeting of FAA’s rechartered Drone Advisory Committee (DAC) will be held July 17 in Santa Clara, California.
Defense and Space

By Marhalim Abas
The Philippines finally has received two Indonesian Aerospace NC212i light transport aircraft after a three-year delay.
Defense and Space

By Graham Warwick
Lockheed Martin has secured another hypersonic weapon-related contract, with a $40.5 million U.S. Navy award for booster technology development.
Defense and Space