Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Marhalim Abas
The Philippines has commissioned two more Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) FA-50 light attack aircraft into service, increasing the fleet to four.
Defense and Space

By Graham Warwick
Darpa wants to give small combat units the means to manage swarms of robots.
Defense and Space

By Jay Menon
Former Indian air force chief S.P. Tyagi has been arrested on charges of alleged corruption in the AgustaWestland AW101 helicopters deal.
Defense and Space

U.S. AIR FORCE announced five candidate bases for next two Air National Guard F-35A locations.

Jim McNerney, former Boeing chairman, CEO and president, will help advise President-elect Donald Trump as part of the President’s Strategic and Policy Forum.

View the Fleet Snapshot: UK Royal Air Force Piloted Aircraft chart in PDF format.

Airbus’ C295W offering has triumphed in Canada over the Leonardo C-27J and Embraer KC-390.
Defense and Space

By Tony Osborne
Airbus Helicopters has begun flight testing the first of 18 naval NH90 Sealion helicopters planned for Germany’s air arm.
Defense and Space

By Jefferson Morris
Satellite operator Inmarsat has switched the launch of the Inmarsat S-band/Hellas-Sat 3 telecommunications spacecraft to Arianespace’s Ariane 5 rocket, as a result of delays in the launch schedule of original launch provider SpaceX.
Connected Aerospace

By Mark Carreau
Mars One, which proposes to become the first publicly traded venture to colonize the Red Planet, has delayed its proposed human settlement timetable.
Defense and Space

By Bradley Perrett
Japan’s proposed indigenous fighter would be larger than the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor and is designed around the carriage of missiles the size of the MBDA Meteor.
Defense and Space

The U.S. State Department has approved the possible sale of AH-64E Apaches to the United Arab Emirates and CH-47F Chinooks to Saudi Arabia.
Defense and Space

U.S., Canadian and Australian military forces will gain additional satellite communications bandwidth with the Dec. 7 launch of an upgraded Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) spacecraft from Cape Canaveral on a United Launch Alliance Delta IV.
Defense and Space

By Maxim Pyadushkin
The Russian armed forces have rearmed one brigade with the newest modification of the Buk medium surface-to-air missiles.
Defense and Space

U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT approved $156m foreign military sale to Finland of F/A-18 Mid-Life Upgrade Program and related support, equipment, and training.

FLIR Systems has acquired Oslo-based nano-class military UAV maker Prox Dynamics for about $134 million in cash.

View the U.S. Aerospace & Defense Industry Employment in PDF format.

By Jen DiMascio
A spending bill for early 2017 answers some of the Obama administration’s top procurement wishes—including allowing full production of aerial refueling tankers.
Defense and Space

By Mark Carreau
Small, agile and responsive, Houston Precision Fasteners (HPF) is one of an estimated 1,200 small businesses scattered across the U.S. that play limited yet significant roles in the development of NASA’s Space Launch System exploration rocket and its primary future payload, the Orion crew capsule.
Defense and Space

SpaceX has yet to present a final report to the FAA’s commercial space office, which licenses commercial launches, on the company's September pad explosion that destroyed an Israeli satellite.
Connected Aerospace

By Jay Menon
India has successfully launched Resourcesat 2A—the country’s latest Earth observation satellite.
Defense and Space

By Tony Osborne
The Chilean government has signed a contract with Sikorsky to purchase six S-70i International Black Hawks to fulfill a requirement for a new fleet of medium helicopters.
Defense and Space

Sikorsky is on pace to begin testing the new-generation HH-60W combat rescue helicopter ahead of schedule.
Defense and Space

By Molly McMillin
Beechcraft Corp. has announced enhancements to its King Air 350 special mission platform for higher performance.
Defense and Space

UNITED LAUNCH SERVICES LLC has $269m U.S. Air Force contract for fiscal 2017 launch vehicle production services in support of Delta IV Heavy rocket.