Defense and Space

The indigenously developed Advanced Air Defense interceptor missile was test-fired from a defense test facility on Abdul Kalam Island, off the eastern coast of Odisha, on Aug. 2

NOAA issued a notice of intent to award a sole-source contract to procure seven Coyotes and upgrade two existing UAS. The aircraft will be fitted with an integrated meteorological/oceanographic payload.

The head of U.S. Strategic Command plans to move quickly to develop requirements for a space-based missile defense tracking system, which he thinks can be accomplished affordably.

Joining a fleet of six destroyers being upgraded to intercept ballistic missiles, the new ship, Maya, is due to enter service by March 2020

Development programs or off-the-shelf acquisition are possible for Japanese requirements for electronic warfare aircraft.

Israel inches toward UAS carriers; Bulgaria reopens fighter contest; Indonesia C-130, Su-35 deliveries delayed to 2019; U.S. sells more munitions abroad.

Operating profits for the first six months of 2018 dropped to £792 million ($1 billion) compared with £885 million in 2017.

“What we have not done is we have never chosen in the past to weaponize [hypersonics]," Pentagon research chief Michael Griffin says. "Now others are doing so."

Italian aerospace and defense company Leonardo says it has overcome helicopter production and delivery glitches that led to investor concern about one of the most profitable elements of the business.

The Boeing Aerospace & Autonomy Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts, will be operated by Boeing subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences, which already has a research and development center close to MIT.

The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) has taken delivery of a second Aegis destroyer in a program that is running late but now appears to have stabilized.

The development of an increasing number of UAS for maritime missions is prompting the Israeli Navy and air force to ask with increasing seriousness whether a UAS carrier is needed.

The U.S. Marine Corps has taken delivery of the Pentagon’s first-ever gallium nitride radar, known as the TPS-80 Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR), one month ahead of schedule.

Shares of Melbourne, Florida-based Harris grew nearly 10% on July 31 after the midsized A&D supplier unveiled robust results for its recently finished fiscal 2018.

All year, Russia has been fending off nighttime raids conducted by small, lawnmower-engine-powered aircraft.

Citing a shortfall in combat capacity, the U.S. Air Force Association’s Mitchell Institute proposes the near-term fielding of manned-unmanned fighter teams.

Boeing has tracked down the cause of a propellant leak during a June hot-fire test of the CST-100 Starliner launch abort engines.

The highly anticipated report from Deputy Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan on how the Pentagon should manage and organize its space forces will not be released on Aug. 1 as directed by Congress.

Maxar Technologies is mulling what to do with its geostationary satellite manufacturing business in light of the ongoing market slump.

Japan has chosen the Lockheed Martin Long Range Discrimination Radar over the rival Raytheon SPY-6 as the sensor for the country's Aegis Ashore ballistic missile defense program.

Major aerospace and defense supplier Arconic has decided to sell its Building and Construction Systems business.

Only UK companies are being allowed to tender for a sovereign program for a low-cost unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV), according to the Royal Air Force.

A Minuteman III ICBM test launch was terminated over the Pacific Ocean early in the morning on July 31, according to the U.S. Air Force’s Global Strike Command.

General Atomics has completed its fourth wind tunnel test in its pursuit of the U.S. Navy’s MQ-25A Stingray unmanned refueling tanker competition.

The U.S. Air Force is determining what facilities, funding and manpower it will need for its Rapid Sustainment Office.