Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

German Aerospace Center DLR and the European Space Agency are evaluating the cost of continuing support for the International Space Station beyond the end of the decade.
Defense and Space

By Bradley Perrett
Korea Aerospace Industries will hold the system requirement review for the KF-X fighter program this month, kicking off full-scale development of the indigenous combat aircraft.
Defense and Space

The U.S. Navy would choose the Harpoon missile for its Littoral Combat Ship fleet only as a “worse-case” scenario, a Lockheed Martin official says.
Defense and Space

By Jay Menon
India has formulated new procedures for defense equipment acquisitions, giving top priority to indigenous production.
Defense and Space

By Maxim Pyadushkin
The Russian air force is expanding its Sukhoi-35S fleet with a 100 billion ruble ($1.4 billion) order for 50 more of the twin-engine fighters.
Defense and Space

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U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT approved possible $800m foreign military sale to ...

Electric-vehicle manufacturer Workhorse Group has conducted its first ...

NASA and Aerojet Rocketdyne are negotiating the final details of a public-private “tipping-point” partnership designed to produce a low-cost propulsion system for CubeSats that uses non-toxic “green” propellant in lieu of hydrazine.
Space

By Graham Warwick
Chinese small unmanned aircraft manufacturer Ehang has unveiled a single-passenger, vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) autonomous air vehicle with a scaled-up multicopter configuration similar to its Ghostdrone quadrotor and other consumer UAVs.

By Graham Warwick
Semiconductor manufacturer Intel is acquiring German multicopter unmanned aircraft and autopilot developer Ascending Technologies (Asctec), describing UAVs as “an important computing platform of the future.”

By Tony Osborne
A U.K. think tank is calling for more government action to help prevent the nefarious use of remotely controlled air vehicles by terrorist and criminal groups.
Defense and Space

A U.S. B-52 bomber conducted a low-level flight Jan. 9 in the vicinity of Osan, South Korea, in response to a recent nuclear test by North Korea, U.S. Pacific Command says.
Defense and Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA researchers report genetic and nutritional links to the vision changes experienced by astronauts assigned to live and work aboard the International Space Station.
Defense and Space

By Tony Osborne
NATO fighters performed 160 intercepts of Russian aircraft during Baltic Air Policing missions last year, the Lithuanian defense ministry has revealed.
Defense and Space

The U.S. Navy and U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) certified the latest version of the Aegis combat system earlier this month for the service’s destroyer fleet.
Defense and Space

By Jay Menon
India’s Reliance Defense Ltd. wants to establish a naval ship-building facility in the country at an estimated cost of 50 billion rupees ($748 million).
Defense and Space

It appears China landed three aircraft earlier this month on a newly built airfield located on an artificial island over Kagitingan, the Pentagon confirms.
Defense and Space

SWEDEN closed its FXM defense export agency Dec. 31.

North Korea’s declared hydrogen-bomb test has prompted the leaders of the armed services committees to ...

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Astronauts on the International Space Station will deploy a pair of cubesats as early as next month to test the ability of the tiny spacecraft to receive and distribute ground commands, and to find the best route to send data back to Earth autonomously.
Defense and Space

By Graham Warwick
The U.S. Air Force Research Lab is preparing to fly a Navmar TigerShark unmanned aircraft with 50 spray-on antennas across its airframe.
Defense and Space

By Jay Menon
India will launch its fifth navigation satellite later this month, moving the country closer to establishing its regional navigation system.
Defense and Space

By Tony Osborne
The U.K. government is in discussions with Japan over the possible joint development of a new air-to-air missile.
Defense and Space