Defense and Space

The service is creating a replicated threat in a degraded and denied environment, Brig. Gen. Walter Rugen, Future Vertical Lift cross functional team director, told Aerospace DAILY July 16 at Ft. Myer in Arlington, Virginia.

U.S. President Donald Trump has nominated surface warfare officer Vice Adm. Mike Gilday to be the 32nd chief of naval operations.

“[The] Chandrayaan-2 launch, which was called off due to a technical snag on July 15, 2019, is now rescheduled at 2:43 pm IST (local time) on Monday, July 22,” according to a senior official at the state-run Indian Space Research Organization.

Countering cruise missile attacks by Chinese bombers from the eastern side of Japan is a key role for the modernized aircraft.

UK study and investment spur new interest in Mach 5 flight.

Since last December, the upper echelons of Pentagon leadership remain in disarray, and enduring stability seems elusive.

The announcement moves the UK into the exclusive club of nations vying to develop hypersonic weapons and aircraft, joining China, France, Japan, Russia and the U.S.

Turkey made more than 900 F-35 parts and assigned $1 billion in industrial partnership work across its supplier base.

Commercial operators Tenax Aerospace and Grand Sky Development have signed agreements for purchase rights, but details have not been not released.

The problem was discovered during testing at a component supplier that ULA declined to identify.

The mystery of the universe’s expansion seems to have deepened based on new measurements from the NASA/European Space Agency Hubble Space Telescope.

KAI would deliver two FA-50s in 2020 and eight in 2021 under the proposed deal, South Korean news service Maeil reported.

Boaz Levi, executive vice president and general manager of IAI’s systems, missiles & space group, says, “This contract is a breakthrough as it advances us from system development and delivery to looking after the operational needs of our customers.”

The UAE may have to rethink its Earth surveillance plan after Vega mission failure destroys country’s first high-performance observation satellite.

Canberra seeks information on a proven and mature armed helicopter. Bell and Boeing will propose the Viper and Apache, Airbus a Tiger modernization.

How will U.S.-Turkey impasse over air defense systems be resolved?

Former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis ordered the Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps to get mission capable rates above 80% by the end of fiscal 2019.

“It’s a very tough situation that they’re in, and it’s a very tough situation that we’ve been placed in the United States,” President Trump told reporters July 16. “With all of that being said, we’re working through it."

“The committee denies the proposed $15 million increase to SDA Space Technology Development in its entirety,” HASC leaders wrote in a July 3 letter to Pentagon Comptroller David Norquist obtained by Aerospace DAILY.

The arrival of two new fighters brings the total number of F-35s delivered to the Israeli Air Force to 16.

Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates is scheduled to launch Sept. 25 as a Russian spaceflight participant.

Despite the fact that Israel selected the Italian M-346 trainer over the South Korean T-50, Seoul has continued to show interest in Israeli systems.

Conscription a key component in Swedish air force’s plans for wartime dispersal.

The investigation into the April 20 accident remains underway, but SpaceX has closed in on the cause of the explosion.

The Chandrayaan-2 lunar mission countdown was aborted 56 min. before its scheduled liftoff at 2:51 a.m. local time July 15.