Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

In April, the U.S. Navy temporarily suspended some T-45 operations and introduced low-altitude flight restrictions following a spike in reports of hypoxia-like physiological episodes

Switzerland’s Federal Council has given the green light for the country to proceed with a program to purchase new fighter jets and a ground-based air defense system.

The U.S. Justice Department has forced high-profile aerospace and defense acquirer TransDigm Group to dispose of a recently purchased company at a loss, executives disclosed in a surprise revelation Nov. 9.

Turkey-based communications operator Turksat has ordered two satellites from Airbus Defense and Space.

Antonov, the manufacturer some of the world’s largest aircraft has unveiled its smallest.

MBDA and SAFRAN will partner to offer MMP missile for Australia’s Land 400 armored vehicle program.

Richard “Dick” Gordon Jr., an early record-setting NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy aviator who walked in space more than 50 years ago has died.

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The U.S. Air Force still hasn’t decided whether to proceed with a “J-Stars 2.0," or whether to buy a light attack fleet for low-threat counterinsurgency operations and combat pilot training.

Airbus has lifted the veil on a new fighter concept that could form the shape of a future Franco-German combat aircraft.

Aerospace and defense supplier Ducommun has begun a corporate restructuring and review process that will cost $22-25 million through 2018, starting in the company’s aerostructures unit, executives announced this month.

With proposals due by Nov. 20 for the U.S. Air Force’s competitive Launch Service Agreements program, United Launch Alliance CEO Tory Bruno says he “doesn’t know” which engine will be used on Vulcan because the rocket firm still hasn’t made that decision.

In the final stretch of the fight against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria, air commanders believe sending the F-35 to theater would go a long way toward deconflicting operations between the coalition and Russian air forces.

The U.S. Air Force’s Arnold Engineering Development Complex has released new details and the first image of the three-stream adaptive fan engine testing conducted with Pratt & Whitney earlier this year.

Uber has signed an agreement to cooperate with NASA on developing low-altitude airspace traffic management to support the demonstrations.

SpaceX's Falcon 9 Block 5 was due to debut this year, but that schedule is in doubt following an incident during setup of a Merlin Block 5 qualification test in McGregor, Texas, on Nov. 4.

Triumph Group’s long, hard slog to turn around its business remains tough, financial analysts said Nov. 8 after the supplier reported quarterly earnings results.

India has conducted the fifth test of its first indigenously developed subsonic cruise missile, Nirbhay.

Instead of being a Space Corps, Air Force Space Command will be modeled after the Army Air Corps of the early 1990s.

The $692 billion defense policy bill boosts missile defense and aviation accounts considerably compared to the White House’s May budget request.

LOCKHEED MARTIN has $260m U.S. Navy contract to upgrade four Greek P-3Bs, extending service lives by 15,000 flight hours per aircraft.

Orbital ATK on Oct. 27 completed a structural acceptance test on the first motor high-strength composite case for the company’s Next Generation Launch (NGL) program.

The first launch of NASA’s Space Launch System rocket, which is slated to send an uncrewed Orion capsule on a trial run around the Moon, likely won’t occur until June 2020.

Germany appears to be favoring the Lockheed Martin F-35 as the successor to the Panavia Tornado.

An activist stock investor has targeted AeroVironment, one of the leading suppliers of small unmanned aircraft to the U.S. military.