Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

The U.S. Navy is working hard to develop a pilot syllabus and conduct unit-level events to fold fifth-generation fighter capability into the carrier air wing.

U.S. antitrust officials have cleared French defense giant Thales to complete its roughly $5.5 billion acquisition of digital security company Gemalto.

The Pentagon has sent a legislative proposal to Capitol Hill that anticipates establishing a Space Force headquarters in fiscal 2020 comprising 200 people for about $72 million.

Leonardo Helicopters has developed a new training concept for pilots and engineers preparing for its AW609 commercial tiltrotor.

Berlin’s STH program is set to choose between Boeing’s CH-47 Chinook and the Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion to replace its aging fleet of 70 licence-produced Sikorsky CH-53G Stallions.

Space stalwart Maxar Technologies has decided to cut 4% of its staff, drop marquee brands in a restructuring, and keep its geostationary satellite manufacturing business.

The International Court of Justice has called upon the UK to cede its control of the British Indian Ocean Territories (BIOT), the site of the U.S. airbase on Diego Garcia.

GENERAL ELECTRIC AVIATION has $366.2m U.S. Navy contract for T-64 engine repair.

Though SpaceX’s upcoming Demo-1 mission will be an uncrewed test flight, the opportunity to move small amounts of cargo to and from the International Space Station (ISS) will not be wasted.

The U.S. Air Force has paused deliveries of KC-46 tankers from Boeing after discovering foreign object debris on aircraft that were set for delivery.

AVIATION WEEK NETWORK estimates that by the end of 2018, there were 4,821 Western-designed aircraft performing military transport missions.

Strike Fighter Squadron 147, the “Argonauts,” will be the Navy’s first unit to deploy with the F-35C.

Sikorsky is prepping for the first flights of two fully assembled HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopters (CRH) in mid-2019.

Nanosatellite hopeful Sky and Space Global may yet make good on its payment obligations to manufacturer GomSpace, but it did not come in time for GomSpace’s latest quarterly report.

The Northrop Grumman B-21 bomber is making progress in development despite previously disclosed problems, a senior U.S. Air Force official said Feb. 28.

BAE Systems has upgraded its ASQ-239 electronic warfare system with new hardware that reduces its size and power requirements, as well as replaces obsolescent components.

Portugal’s air force has selected Collins Aerospace to upgrade its C-130H Hercules flight decks, the company announced Feb. 27.

For the first time, the U.S. Air Force carried out a forward air refueling point (FARP) operation from the MC-130J Commando II to the F-35A Lightning II.

USAF leaders stopped short of endorsing the service’s budget request to buy 80 Boeing F-15X fighters on Feb. 28 at the Air Warfare Symposium.

Tucson, Arizona-based based World View Enterprises has announced the appointment of new CEO Ryan Hartman, former president and CEO of Insitu.

The Italian government is set to save the Piaggio P.1HH Hammerhead UAV program using money set aside for the development of the more advanced P.2HH program.

Italy’s decision to integrate the far-flying MBDA Meteor on the Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning is improving the missile maker’s chances with Australia.

The Japanese Coast Guard plans to hold a demonstration in 2020 to assess surveillance drones, an industry source said.

THE U.S. AIR FORCE’S General Atomics-made Block 50 ground control station controlled an MQ-9 Reaper for the first time.

Boeing on Feb. 26 nominated former Trump administration diplomat and South Carolina Gov Nikki Haley to join the company’s board of directors.