Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

Harris Corp., Lynchburg, Virginia (W52P2J-18-D-0008); Motorola Solutions Inc., Linthicum Heights, Maryland (W52P1J-18-D-0009); Icom America Inc., Kirkland, Washington (W52P1J-18-D-0010); E.F. Johnson Co., Irving, Texas (W52P1J-18-D-0011)

On Tuesday morning the House Transportation Committee will discuss “Commercial Space Transportation Regulatory Reform: Stakeholder Perspectives” with witnesses from Blue Origin, SpaceX and United Launch Alliance.

LOCKHEED MARTIN has $1.12b U.S. Air Force contract for 16 F-16 V Block 70 aircraft for Bahrain.

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency is pursuing missile defense sensors to address one of the primary threats facing the nation: hypersonic missiles.

U.S. Navy acquisition executive Hondo Geurts says the CH-53K helicopter is on a “90-day bend in the curve” to prove it can meet its technical requirements.

NASA’s interest in leading a Mars sample return mission with international partnerships has struck a chord.

Australia will upgrade its facilities at the Royal Malaysian Air Force Butterworth air base in preparation for the deployment of Boeing P-8As.

Australia has cut its programmed force of Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton maritime patrollers to six.

Boeing HorizonX Ventures has led a $16 million investment on Silicon Valley-based Matternet, an early leader in the emerging urban drone delivery market.

The U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center has expanded a contract agreement with Aerojet Rocketdyne to continue developing the AR1 booster and an upper-stage RL10C-X engine.

Counter-drone system provider Dedrone said it won first place in the third of three “ThunderDrone” rapid prototyping events.

When it comes to investing in space-related businesses, companies often have been reluctant to pursue what they perceive to be big risks. But the organizers of a new study on the size of the space market think change is coming.

General Atomics’ SkyGuardian UAV is to make a transatlantic crossing for its international debut at this year’s Royal International Air Tattoo.

Potentially blinding laser weapons are increasingly being pointed at U.S. military aircrews.

A pilot was killed when an A-29 Super Tucano crashed in New Mexico while participating in a U.S. Air Force light attack experiment, the service said.

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LOCKHEED MARTIN has $364.6m U.S. Army contract for Army Tactical Missile (Atacm) and Launching Assembly Service Life Extension program for the U.S. and Romania.

Transport Canada has selected four organizations for a pilot project to conduct proof-of-concept trials of flying unmanned aircraft systems beyond visual line of sight in civilian airspace.

One of the USAF's top acquisition programs, the Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider, will complete its critical design review by year’s end, a senior official says.

President Trump has told NASA to make a fresh assessment of the Federally Funded Research and Development Center model for operating the agency’s field centers.

South Korea has chosen the Boeing P-8 Poseidon over competing maritime patrollers offered by Airbus, L3 and Saab.

Satellite operators Airbus and Planet are to combine their respective capabilities in high-resolution and global, frequent-revisit Earth observation for joint offerings.

U.S. civil and military officials are backing the Trump administration’s push to place responsibility for space traffic management in the Department of Commerce.

Elbit Systems will buy state-owned IMI Systems, the weapons maker once known as Israel Military Industries, for about $495 million up front, confirming a long-expected consolidation of Israeli defense companies.

KONGSBERG has NOK220m ($27m) contract from Norwegian Defense Materiel Agency to adapt Naval Strike Missile (NSM) for Germany.