Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

In an addendum to NASA’s report on the physiological episodes plaguing USN F/A-18 pilots, the agency concluded Boeing showed “no initiative” to fix the problem.
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Congress has proposed that the U.S. Air Force both develop an Advanced Battle Management System and retain its current J-Stars program.
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By Marhalim Abas
Indonesia is interested in buying more Boeing AH-64E Apache attack helicopters to add to the eight aircraft it ordered in 2013, an industry source says.
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By Tony Osborne
Italy’s Piaggio Aerospace is looking to receive a green light from the Italian government to begin development of its next-generation MALE UAS.
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By Tony Osborne
Saab says it is encouraged by the outlook for potential sales of its Gripen fighter jet.
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By Tony Osborne
British aircrews are gearing up to fly four of the UK’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighters across the Atlantic to their permanent main operating base.
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By Michael Bruno
Aerospace fasteners and machined parts provider Wesco Aircraft, which also provides supply chain management services, has unveiled a business turnaround plan.
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SAAB unveiled 5,000-square-meter Gripen fighter aerostructures plant, Saab Aeronáutica Montagens (SAM), in São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil.

Noise is a critical concern for Uber as it develops its Elevate vision of operating networks of hundreds, even thousands of eVTOL air taxis over congested cities.

By Irene Klotz
The Trump administration’s plan to cut off direct U.S. funding for the International Space Station (ISS) in 2025 drew a sharp, bipartisan rebuke May 16.
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By Graham Warwick
An advanced rotorcraft that can fit within the same deck space as the H-1 but is fast enough to sprint ahead of the V-22 are among key attributes the USMC is seeking from the planned FVL program.
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By Graham Warwick
The U.S. Marine Corps has taken delivery of its first Sikorsky CH-53L King Stallion heavylift helicopter.
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By Michael Bruno
The U.S. part of U.K.-based BAE Systems could be responsible for roughly half of the aerospace and defense prime contractor’s annual sales come 2020.
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By Mark Carreau
NASA astronauts Drew Feustel and Ricky Arnold exchanged a pair of external ISS thermal control system components during a May 16 spacewalk.
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By Arie Egozi
The Israeli Air Force has completed the upgrade of its first C-130H after a yearlong modification that extends the aircraft’s lifespan with advanced avionics.
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By Jay Menon
India’s space agency plans to add four backup navigation satellites to keep its indigenous navigation satellite system effective.
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By Graham Warwick
U.S. Army Special Operations Aviation Command has ID'd 9 key areas where it seeks tech advances to assure a comparative advantage over peer and near-peer foes.
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By Graham Warwick
A U.S. Army UH-60M Black Hawk is to be converted to full-authority digital flight control under a cooperative research and development agreement with Sikorsky.
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By Graham Warwick
Bell’s V-280 advanced tiltrotor has flown in cruise mode, with nacelles horizontal, finishing the transition from vertical to forward flight for the 1st time.
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By Michael Bruno
Aircraft structures and parts provider Triumph Group has divested three more business units as the company’s slogs through a corporate turnaround.
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BOEING has $16.2m U.S. Air Force contract for BLU-127 warhead cases.

Tuesday morning the Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee will hear testimony on U.S. Army posture from service secretary Mark Esper and Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley and more.

The Boeing Co., Mesa, Arizona, has been awarded a maximum $39,169,336 firm-fixed-price delivery order (ZB81) against a five-year contract (SPE4A1-14-G-0007) for rotary wing blades.

By Graham Warwick
Development of the improved Boeing CH-47F Block II version of the Chinook heavylift helicopter for the U.S. Army is accelerating.
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By Irene Klotz
When the Vulcan rocket debuts in 2020, its Centaur upper stage will be powered by Aerojet Rocketdyne’s’s RL10 engines.
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