Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

AAR’s win was a blow to gear leader Héroux-Devtek, the Canadian incumbent, according to analysts.

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Worldwide defense industry revenues are expected to grow 3.2% in 2017, Deloitte says in its latest global aerospace and defense forecast.

NASA’s Mission Control remotely commanded the International Space Station’s Canadian robot arm to move Pressurized Mating Adapter-3 from the Node 3 Tranquility module to the Node 2 Harmony module on March 26.

The Indian Space Research Organization is carrying out studies to support the “best use of satellite-derived information to develop methodologies” for making predictions about natural disasters.

Japan Marine United has delivered the Japanese navy’s fourth helicopter carrier, right on time after 41 months of construction.

Oil and gas helicopter operator CHC says it is has emerged as an “economically robust and agile competitor,” 10 months after filing for bankruptcy.

Malaysia will probably accept an offer from Japan for surplus P-3C Orion maritime patrollers if it can persuade Tokyo to pay for refurbishment.

Congressional auditors warn that Boeing's KC-46 tanker is in danger of falling even further behind schedule.

BOEING has $24.7m U.S. Air Force contract to provide 18 QF-16 full-scale aerial targets and associated warranties through April 27, 2021.

The new NASA authorization directs the next NASA administrator to deliver a plan for the International Space Station (ISS) “to transition in a step-wise approach.

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Spacewalking astronauts advanced efforts to equip the International Space Station (ISS) with a second U.S. segment commercial crew docking port on March 24.

The U.S. Defense Department wants input from allies and industry on future global wideband satellite communications architectures.

Britain’s Royal Navy has retired the last of its Lynx helicopters.

Engineers at NASA’s Stennis Space Center hot-fire tested an RS-25 developmental rocket engine for the heavy-lift Space Launch System March 23 with an upgraded electronic controller intended to help lift an Orion capsule toward a flight around the Moon.

Russia had another strong year of defense exports in 2016, keeping its second-place spot on the global arms market, although new orders hit a five-year low.

The price of a U.S. Air Force F-35A fell below $100 million for the first time in the latest low-rate initial production lot. But that’s not good enough, the Pentagon says.

Indo-Russian joint venture BrahMos Aerospace is expecting to sign its first export contract with an undisclosed country by year’s end.

U.S. AIR FORCE delivered four F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft from Ogden Air Logistics Complex to the Indonesian air force March 14.

Biofuel blends can reduce the particle emissions that form contrails by 50-70%, according to the results of NASA-led research flights.

Boeing is ramping up production of the AH-64E Apache Guardian attack helicopter from five to eight aircraft per month.

With 100 small satellites soon to begin full-up operation as a commercial Earth-observation constellation, Planet has learned a number of valuable lessons.

The dual-payload launch of Brazilian and South Korean communications satellites on an Ariane 5 has been postponed indefinitely due to the ongoing strikes in French Guiana.

With Leonardo’s North American arm replacing Raytheon as prime, the T-100 bid for the U.S. Air Force’s coveted $16 billion T-X contract will come in at a lower price, according to a top company executive.