Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

The global small satellite market will expand at a compound annual growth rate of at least 19.54% through 2021.

Hurricane Nicole was forecast to strengthen before passing over or near Bermuda on Oct. 13, possibly triggering a further delay in an International Space Station resupply mission.

Based on lessons learned from operations of the International Space Station (ISS), the next-generation of space station is likely to be smaller, designed for a single purpose and possibly just crew-tended, NASA says.

Solid rocket motor manufacturers Aerojet Rocketdyne and Orbital ATK have been barred from exclusively teaming with prime contractors Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman or Boeing Defense, Space & Security for the U.S. Air Force’s forthcoming intercontinental ballistic missile competition.

The U.S. Air Force is looking forward to bringing online a capability that top brass say could fundamentally change the way the service conducts air refueling.

The main flight-test program of the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) X-2 fighter technology demonstrator will begin within weeks.

BAE SYSTEMS has $618.3m U.S. Navy contract for Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System II full-rate production Lots 5 through 7.

In Washington, Congress remains in recess until after the U.S. presidential election.

Selected U.S. military contracts for Oct. 3, 2016 U.S. NAVY General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. , Poway, California, is being awarded a $43,736

The T-X partners have run into an eleventh-hour snag in their joint bid for the lucrative contract, Aviation Week understands.

Northrop Grumman says an U.S. Air Force RQ-4B Global Hawk has flown another payload demonstrations aimed at re-hosting key U-2 sensors on the unmanned aircraft.

NASA's human-exploration planners are developing work schedules for the human-tended habitat they hope to put in orbit around the Moon in the coming decade.

Damages to NASA's Kennedy Space Center from Hurricane Matthew are expected to total “millions of dollars,” according to the center's director.

The Nautilus-X spacecraft concept is a "real option," a NASA retiree says.

Airbus CEO Tom Enders has reacted with fury over Poland’s decision to break off negotiations on a $3.5 billion deal for multi-role helicopters.

AeroVironment says its latest U.S. Army contract for the Switchblade remotely operated kamikaze drone supports an “urgent requirement” for the newest Block 10C variant.

The new CEO of Airbus Group’s Silicon Valley outpost, A3, has a background in autonomous air vehicles and flight controls.

The Finnish defense ministry will purchase 28 used Grob 115E piston-engine training aircraft from Babcock International to fulfill the country’s ab-initio/elementary pilot training needs.

Anglo-Japanese studies for improving the MBDA Meteor air-to-air missile with an advanced seeker could result in a new and larger weapon, officials here say.

The Italian ministry of defense has given the green light for the development of a new attack helicopter based on the Leonardo Helicopters AW149.

The Polish defense ministry says it will initiate a new program for a fleet of multi-role helicopters following cancellation of a deal with Airbus Helicopters for 50 H225M Caracals.

GENERAL DYNAMICS has U.S. Special Operations Command (Socom) contract worth up to $900m over five years for Socom Wide Mission Support (SWMS) program. U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT approved possible $65.3m Foreign Military Sale to Iraq of two Cessna AC-208 aircraft and related equipment, training and support. LOCKHEED MARTIN has $148.9m U.S. Navy contract for full-rate production of Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (Sewip) Block 2 systems.

The global aerospace and defense carbon brakes market will be worth $1.9 billion annually in 2021, according to Stratview Research, representing a compound annual growth rate of 7.6%. Commercial aircraft will remain the growth engine of the market, the researchers said. Like other subsectors, North America will be dominant by market size but Asia Pacific will be the fastest growing region.

Following supplier holdups, a key production problem on the second CST-100 spacecraft and other issues, Boeing has opted to delay its entire NASA commercial crew test and development program by six months.

Lockheed Martin Sikorsky’s S-97 Raider compound helicopter prototype has flown with retracted landing gear for the first time as envelope expansion continues toward a design speed of 220 kt. and faster.