A day before the Aero India Show 2019, two Indian Air Force Hawks of the Surya Kiran Aerobatics Team collided in midair Feb. 19 while rehearsing near the Yelahanka airbase in Bengaluru.
Lockheed Martin Corp., Rotary and Mission Systems, Moorestown, New Jersey, has been awarded a $211,996,197 cost-plus-incentive-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to previously-awarded contract N00024-18-C-5105 for incorporation of remaining Baseline J7 scope for new-construction DDG Aegis Weapon System J7 Baseline development and integration in support of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).
A Honeywell/Pratt & Whitney JV filed a protest with the GAO Feb. 19 concerning the U.S. Army’s decision to award GE a $517 million contract for the service’s Improved Turbine Engine Program.
Western aerospace providers are continuing to build up their Indian facilities, with Thales and Magellan Aerospace announcing they opened new sites in Bengaluru.
British defense supplier Cobham will give Boeing the equivalent of $111 million to settle a dispute over problematic parts provided for the USAF KC-46A.
The White House has retreated from establishing a separate U.S. military department for space but claims it is a future priority, a senior Trump administration official says.
The USAF awarded roughly $738.7 million in launch services contracts Feb. 19 to the United Launch Alliance and SpaceX for future Pentagon and NRO missions.
Cargo UAV startup Sabrewing Aircraft is getting fresh funding and should be able to complete a full-sized preproduction prototype of its Rhaegal vehicle and begin “preliminary” flight testing in time for another key funding infusion eyed in the third quarter.
Boeing and Embraer are in talks with five countries to buy the KC-390, including at least two that have opened discussions since the two manufacturers announced a formal partnership.
The UAE Armed Forces opened the IDEX exhibition on Feb. 17 with a fly-past of the country’s recently inaugurated armed Black Hawk making its public flying debut at the show.
Company CEO Hakan Bushke says his company has had “fruitful discussions” with the UK and other partners on FCAS as he presented the company’s 2018 annual results Feb. 15.
