Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

Canada has chosen to contract with Leonardo to undertake a midlife update for its CH-149 Cormorant fleet of search and rescue (SAR) helicopters.

The UK Royal Navy has accepted the first modernized Leonardo EH/AW-101 Merlin Mk.4 into service.

Rocket Lab has rescheduled the first commercial mission of its Electron small satellite launcher during a two-week window that opens June 23.

French and Russian engine manufacturers Safran and Saturn have signed an agreement to re-engine the Beriev Be-200 amphibious aircraft with the SaM146 turbofan.

The Australian and Netherlands governments are holding Russia responsible for the shootdown of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17.

Embraer will refine its eVTOL urban air mobility design based on industry and public feedback after unveiling its initial concept at the Uber Elevate summit.

Small aerospace and defense supplier Ducommun is halfway through a $20-22 million corporate restructuring.

LOCKHEED MARTIN has $46.6m U.S. Army contract for post-deployment build-8.1 Patriot Advanced Capability-3 system ground and flight test support.

Lockheed Martin has successfully simulated the launch of its fifth Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF-5) satellite.

President Donald Trump on May 24 signed a space policy directive overhauling regulatory requirements for U.S. commercial space launches, remote sensing spacecraft and other ventures in Earth orbit and beyond.

The debut launch of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket will not count toward the seven successful flights required by NASA before it clears the new booster to fly astronauts, the agency said on May 23.

Move over “The Last Starfighter.” A new online game could revolutionize the way the U.S. Air Force finds and recruits young pilots.

India’s national space agency is targeting the launch of the GSAT-11 communication satellite for June.

Austria-based aircraft manufacturer Diamond Aircraft has completed the first flight of its DART-550 turboprop trainer.

Israel’s Tactical Robotics has conducted the first “mission-representative” demo of its Cormorant VTOL UAS for the Israel Defense Force.

Orbital ATK’s Cygnus resupply capsule successfully berthed to the International Space Station’s U.S. segment Unity module early May 24.

German industrial conglomerate Thyssenkrupp, which has aerospace and defense businesses worldwide, may be the latest aerospace and defense player to become the target of an activist shareholder well known to the sector.

Malaysia has frozen defense contract negotiations and may defer acquisition programs following a change of government on May 9.

The Dutch-led team that examined the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 says the surface-to-air missile system belonged to Russian armed forces.

NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity has resumed drilling rock after more than a year’s hiatus.

The UK government is providing £10.7 million ($14.3 million) in funding toward two research programs led by Rolls-Royce.

SAAB will supply AN/SPS-77 Sea Giraffe radar for two Philippine Navy frigates under U.S. Foreign Military Sales deal.

The UK’s National Audit Office is warning of a £2.9 billion ($3.9 billion) “affordability gap” in the country’s £51 billion nuclear submarine plans.

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine told a U.S. Senate CJS subcommittee that he intends to work through lingering cost and schedule obstacles facing the JWST.

Aerojet Rocketdyne plans to test fire the main engine for Boeing’s Phantom Express spaceplane 10 times in 10 days in June.