Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

The USMC wants to prioritize a manned high-speed attack rotorcraft from the technologies that emerge from the U.S. Army’s Future Vertical Lift studies.

A 2018 NASA spending boost appears to offer the agency some flexibility in launch plans for the first and second test flights of the SLS and Orion crew capsule.

The U.S. Marine Corps is looking at adopting the ship-killing Naval Strike Missile, jointly built by Norway’s Kongsberg and Raytheon.

As part of its bid for India’s 110 fighter aircraft requirement, Boeing is laying the groundwork to produce its F/A-18E/F Block III Super Hornet in the country.

The Czech Republic has upgraded its Saab Gripens to give them an enhanced air-to-ground capability.

India’s state-run space agency has successfully launched the eighth spacecraft in the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System, IRNSS-1I.

Indonesian Aerospace has signed letters of intent to supply three aircraft—two maritime patrollers and a transporter—to two African countries.

Test flights of the MUAV surveillance drone have begun at a Republic of Korea Air Force base, revealing additions including what appear to be weapon pylons.

India has approved the final technical configuration of Russian Helicopters’ Ka-226T light utility helicopter.

The milestone comes as Boeing works with the U.S. government to further expand the customer base for the maritime patroller, which is slowly edging the long-serving Lockheed P-3 Orion out of front-line use.

The Russian military is ready to buy additional Ilyushin Il-112V light transport aircraft, despite delays with its development.

South Korea has provisionally chosen LIG Nex1 to build five reconnaissance satellites due for launch between 2020 and 2023.

The emergence of Boeing and Rolls-Royce as new backers represents a significant endorsement for Reaction, which is designing and testing an air-breathing, combined-cycle rocket engine concept dubbed Sabre.

SRC INC. has $57.5m U.S. Air Force contract for Counter-UAV supplies.

The F-35 has made its Latin American debut by appearing on static display at the FIDAE Airshow.

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The DOD is examining the entire F-35 supply chain for opportunities to compete components and repair work, a top Defense Department official says.

The U.S. Navy expects to have five Northrop Grumman E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft modified with aerial refueling capability by year’s end,

Two Indian companies have teamed up with separate Israel-based firms to manufacture unmanned aerial vehicles for the Indian military.

Analysis of Virgin Galactic’s initial test flight of the SS2 shows the spacecraft performed as good as, or in some cases better, than model-based predictions.

Boeing has captured another $25 million to continue preliminary design work on the new Air Force One aircraft, VC-25B, the U.S. Air Force announced April 10.

Australia has become the first country apart from the U.S. to receive Lockheed Martin F-35s with software of the fully operational, Block 3F standard.

BOEING has $49.5m U.S. Army contract for Royal Saudi Air Force F-15SA OEM.

This week the Navy League’s annual Sea-Air-Space conference is underway near Washington, while a slew of hearings are planned inside the beltway.

Even with its recent push to return astronauts to the lunar environs, NASA has not given up on landing astronauts on Mars.