Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

The United Arab Emirates is seeking NASA’s assistance in planning a Mars colony simulation in the Emirati desert.

A SpaceX Dragon capsule with a near 3-ton cargo was on course to reach the International Space Station by early July 2 following a predawn June 29 liftoff atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral

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Vanilla Aircraft, a U.S. developer of UAS with ultra-long endurance, has been acquired by a joint venture formed by Platform Aerospace and an unnamed partner.

Generation Orbit Launch Services has completed the first hot-fire test of a full-scale prototype of its GOLauncher1 (GO1) hypersonic flight-test booster.

Washington State has formed an electric aircraft working group to explore the opportunities and challenges of electrifying aviation.

Singapore will choose a replacement for the F-16 in the coming months, its defense minister says, identifying the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning as a candidate.

The South Korean defense ministry has OK'd the preliminary design of the Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) KF-X fighter.

SpaceX’s 15th NASA-contracted Dragon resupply mission capsule reached the International Space Station early July 2.

This is the first installment of the third multiyear contract for the Osprey.

The Center for the Advancement of Science in Space has selected Joseph Vockley, a molecular geneticist, as its new president and executive director.

NASA is renewing its contract with Caltech of Pasadena, California, for oversight of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

India’s state-run space agency will launch a nanosatellite for an Australian startup later this year.

India’s second lunar mission—Chandrayaan-2, scheduled for launch in October—will explore the possibility of mining helium-3.

AVIATION WEEK NETWORK orecasts that over the next 10 years, the annual maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) demand generated by the world’s fleet of western-designed military aircraft will grow from $79.6 billion in 2018 to $82.8 billion in 2027, a compound annual growth rate of 0.44%, totaling $816.8 billion in demand over the forecast period.

BOEING has $1.5b U.S. Navy contract for 22 F/A-18E and six F/A-18F Super Hornets for Kuwait.

Qatar is planning to purchase nine Hawk jet trainers from BAE Systems as part of a wider deal to buy Eurofighter Typhoon fighters.

The Hungarian government has ordered a fleet of H145M twin-engine light helicopters from Airbus.

BAE Systems has won a competition to build nine frigates in a program that will vastly increase the air defense capabilities of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).

The USMC will be fielding a new tech in 2019 for its V-22 Ospreys that allows passengers to use voice, email, video and text communication while in flight.

A SpaceX Dragon capsule with a near 3-ton cargo was on course to reach the International Space Station early July 2 following a predawn liftoff.

The U.S. Army has briefed industry on its plan to conduct a competitive fly-off in 2023 between prototype armed scout rotorcraft.

U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT approved $860.4m Foreign Military Sale to Spain of five Aegis Weapons Systems (AWS) and associated equipment.

Russian Helicopters delivered six Mi-17-V helicopters to India’s border security force that were overhauled at Novosibirsk Aircraft Repair Plant (NARP).