Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

FINLAND, NORWAY and SWEDEN’s air forces will host multinational Arctic Challenge Exercise 2017 in the airspace over the northern areas of the host countries May 22 to June 2.

Nineteen Republicans in Congress are appealing to President Donald Trump to exempt military acquisition from the current hiring freeze for all federal civilian workers.

Feb. 6-8—Second Annual SmallSat Symposium, Silicon Valley 2017, Mountain View, California. For more information go to http://smallsatshow.com/

The U.S. Air Force’s F-35A made its debut at the toughest Red Flag yet, and not only dominated the air space but made the legacy aircraft in the force package even deadlier, according to pilots.

The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee is urging the Pentagon to prioritize aircraft modernization in a supplemental budget request expected by March 1.

An expected boost to U.S. defense spending under President Donald Trump may last only five years, if that long, and the snapback to lower budgets could be harsher than before.

Boeing will fabricate the berthing mechanism for the commercial airlock that NanoRacks is developing to attach to the International Space Station.

NASA’s Osiris-Rex asteroid sample return spacecraft scan two Earth-Sun Lagrange points for the presence of Trojan asteroids this month.

The 21-in.-dia. Standard Missile-3 being cooperatively developed by the U.S. and Japan has intercepted its first ballistic missile target.

Safran has begun studies into the use of hybrid power on helicopters as a solution to cut fuel consumption.

The Navy has asked Congress to buy one fewer Triton UAV to pay for cost overruns in development.

BAE Systems has confirmed it will debut a prototype of its Advanced Hawk concept at the Aero-India airshow later this month.

Google’s parent company Alphabet is saying so long to its former Skybox Imaging unit, which it bought in 2014.

Raytheon Standard Missile 3 Block 2A achieves success in first Missile Defense Agency (MDA) tests in Hawaii.

NORTHROP GRUMMAN has $35.8m U.S. Air Force contract to construct a new 45,900-sq.-ft. coatings facility at Air Force Plant 42.

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is unveiling to the market a system called ADA that protects avionics from a direct electronic attack.

View the Forecast Friday: Western Fighter Aircraft Deliveries: 2017-2026 chart in PDF format.

Bell is preparing its prototype V-280 Valor next-generation tiltrotor for ground-vibration testing as it pushes to achieve first flight by September of this year.

Advanced composites provider Hexcel has invested $10 million more in additive manufacturer Oxford Performance Materials, which is making 3D printed parts for Boeing's CST-100 Starliner.

In the latest F-35 contract agreement, covering 90 aircraft, the price of all three variants is down significantly.

Diamond Aircraft has received an order for five training aircraft from Patria Aviation in Finland to be delivered this year.

In his first meeting with President Donald Trump, the U.S. Air Force chief told the new commander-in-chief that the service needs more people and resources to fulfill its missions at home and abroad.

NASA’s Juno mission spacecraft swooped close to Jupiter’s swirling cloud tops for a fourth time early Feb. 2.

As Northrop and Raytheon’s T-X ambitions fall apart, a new candidate has emerged: the Stavatti Aerospace Javelin.

Arconic, the Alcoa successor focusing on aerospace, defense and automotive OEMs, is the latest mid-tier industry provider to fall under the bull’s-eye of an activist investor.