Subscription Required

 

Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, July 2, 2015 is published in Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, an Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) Market Briefing and is included with your AWIN membership.

Already a member of AWIN or subscribe to Aerospace Daily & Defense Report through your company? Login with your existing email and password.

Not a member?  Learn how you can access the market intelligence and data you need to stay abreast of what's happening in the aerospace and defense community.

LoginLearn How
Magazine Issue

Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, July 2, 2015

VOL. 253 NO. 2 July 02, 2015
Download PDF

Programs

article

USAF’s GSSAP Spy Satellites To Start Ops By October

Jul 01, 2015
The U.S. Air Force plans to declare its new, once-classified satellites designed specifically to spy on other spacecraft operational by the end of September, says Capt. Connie Dillon, a spokeswoman for Air Force Space Command.
article

SM-3 IIA, Aegis Ashore Face Busy Summer, Fall For Testing

Jul 01, 2015
Slated between October and December, the second flight test of the new SM-3 IIA ballistic missile interceptor will be the first flight of its new kill vehicle.
article

Australia To Convert Ex-Qantas A330s Into Tankers

Jul 01, 2015
Australia is ordering an additional pair of Airbus A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transports (MRTT) as the country beefs up its air transport fleet.
article

Advanced Hawkeye Aerial Refueling System Completes CDR

Jun 30, 2015
Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Navy recently conducted the critical design review (CDR) for the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye Aerial Refueling (AR) system, the company says.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

article

SpeedNews Defense & Space

Jul 01, 2015
BOEING has $358m Pentagon U.S. Navy contract for long-lead items for nine Full-Rate Production (FRP) Lot II P-8As; 16 FRP Lot III P-8As; and four Royal Australian Air Force FRP Lot III P-8As. UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORP. has $269m U.S. Air Force contract for F119 Engine Sustainment through the end of the year. AEROJET ROCKETDYNE completed on-orbit validation testing of XR-5 Hall Thruster for the unmanned X-37 spaceplane.

Funding & Policy

article

Marine Corps Commandant Nominee Named

Jul 01, 2015
Lt. Gen. Robert Neller is the White House nominee to be the next commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps. Currently heading U.S. Marine Corps Forces Command, Neller graduated from the University of Virginia and was commissioned via the Platoon Leaders Class program in May 1975.
article

Houston’s Ellington Airport Becomes 10th FAA-Licensed Launch Site

Jul 01, 2015
The move marked a milestone in the Houston Airport System’s vision for an urban spaceport whose development is paced by private sector investments and fueled in part by its longstanding ties to NASA’s Johnson Space Center.

Business

article

Scaled Says Rutan’s Innovation Culture Alive And Well

Jul 01, 2015
“The innovation and culture, the creativity and environment that we work so hard to protect is really the constant here,” says Kevin Mickey, president of the Mojave, California-based aircraft design and flight-test company. Scaled was formed in 1982 by Burt Rutan and acquired by Northrop in 2007.

Technology

article

Italian Army Demonstrating Manned-Unmanned Teaming

Jul 01, 2015
The Italian army plans to demonstrate a manned-unmanned teaming capability for its helicopters, which officials hope can be introduced toward the end of the decade.

Industry Data

article

U.S. Defense Appropriations Overview

Jul 01, 2015
View the PDF