Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

EMBRAER finished its KC-390 demonstration tour spanning 40 days, 19 countries, and 130 total flight hours.

The Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) has demonstrated the automatic takeoff and landing of a tiltrotor unmanned aircraft system (UAS) on a moving ship.

The July 21 story “NASA Pushing Ahead With Electric X-plane,” contained two errors.

Congressional support is building for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) proposed space-based sensor layer for persistent tracking and discrimination of missiles.

As the U.S. Air Force prepares to solicit industry for development of an air-launched hypersonic conventional strike weapon, for the first time the service is outlining its approach to operationalizing high-speed capability for a wide range of roles.

U.S. startup ARCA Space plans the first spaceflight on an aerospike rocket engine in August.

Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance has been awarded a contract by the French Defense Procurement Agency for both the “Maintenance in Operational Condition” and cockpit upgrade of the French Air Force’s four Boeing E-3 Sentry aircraft.

Satellite views reveal new evidence for the presence of OH- and/or H20-bearing chemistry trapped in widespread lunar volcanic deposits.

Reporting its second quarter results, a bullish Boeing declared $4.5 billion in cash earnings, approximately double previous estimates.

Aerojet Rocketdyne reports a successful test of the third of four RS-25 controllers for the quartet of space shuttle-era rocket engines that are to power the first stage of NASA’s Space Launch System.

U.S. airports could play a role in accelerating the availability of sustainable aviation fuels, says a study conducted for Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.

The Korea Aerospace Industries KF-X fighter will have a two-seat version, developers have confirmed.

North Dakota’s Grand Sky unmanned aircraft business park is planning to begin commercial beyond-visual-line-of-sight flights in mid-August following final approval and equipment installation.

PRESIDENT TRUMP commissioned USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) July 22 in Norfolk, VA.

On Tuesday morning the Center for Strategic and International Studies hosts a forum on Future Vertical Lift.

General Electric Co., Cincinnati, has been awarded a not-to-exceed $409,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract for next generation thermal, power, and controls (NGT-PAC).

The subcommittee markup would provide $2.15 billion for the Space Launch System, an addition of $212 million over the president’s request.

Bell Helicopter is about to begin tethered ground tests of its V-280 Valor tiltrotor ahead of first flight in September.

Czech aircraft manufacturer Aero Vodochody has begun assembly of four of its new L-39NG jet trainers in preparation for development and testing of the new-generation aircraft.

Collisions between small-scale unmanned air vehicles and manned fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft could cause critical damage, tests performed by British agencies have found.

Japan’s first privately developed rocket has been scheduled for launch on July 29 by developer Interstellar Technologies (IST).

The U.S. Air Force intends to buy as many as 1,200 GBU-49 Enhanced Paveway II smart bombs from Raytheon to arm the Lockheed Martin F-35A.

Lockheed Martin is developing a new wing for the AGM-158B Joint Air-to-Surface Stand-off Missile (Jassm) that could extend its range well beyond 500 nm.

The UK Royal Air Force is studying options to upgrade its Tranche 1 model Eurofighter Typhoons to keep them in service until 2035.

Ten years after its initial approval, India’s long-awaited international competition to build six advanced submarines has begun.