Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

A Kansas technical college is paying people to move to Wichita, Kansas, to train for jobs with local aviation and manufacturing operations.

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The U.S. Navy will hold an industry collaborative exchange in March to improve tactical aircraft programs.

A Kansas technical college is paying people to move here to train for jobs with local aviation and manufacturing operations.

Astronics, a key sub-tier supplier of aircraft passenger seat power and other products to the aerospace and defense industries, has closed the sale of its semiconductor business unit.

NASA is considering buying two more seats on Russian Soyuz capsules flying to the International Space Station.

India will soon begin an ambitious program to develop a Supersonic Omni Role Trainer Aircraft (Sport).

A European satellite has demonstrated a harpoon system designed to capture debris in orbit.

LOCKHEED MARTIN has $14.5m U.S. Navy contract for initial lay-in of repair material for seven F-35 Lightning II aircraft.

Airbus has become the founding partner for Air Race E, the first race series for electric aircraft.

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In early February, a delegation of Roscosmos State Corp. visited Vostochny spaceport in Russia’s Far East, the site of a new launch pad for the future super-heavy rocket that will be used for planned flights to the Moon.

Spain has formally joined France and Germany to support the development of a European Future Combat Air System (FCAS).

Korea Aerospace Industries unveiled the first structural component produced for the KF-X fighter during a Feb. 14 factory ceremony.

NASA’s newly selected SPHEREx mission will survey distant galaxies and the Milky Way to help chart the evolution of the universe and the presence of water and organics.

Airbus has taken yet another financial hit on the development of the A400M, but says it managed to achieve a “significant de-risking” of the airlifter in 2018.

Germany is expected to place a follow-on order for Eurofighters as it looks to replace its older-model Tranche 1 aircraft.

In his first speech as NASA’s deputy administrator, James Morhard emphasized that the space agency’s future depends on private industry partnerships.

Los Angeles-based startup Relativity Space has been granted a patent for a machine-learning technique for its additive manufacturing process.

LOCKHEED MARTIN has $212m U.S. Navy contract for work to adapt Aegis Weapon System for Japan’s navy.

India’s state-run defense agency has tested an indigenously developed ramjet propulsion technology for long-range, air-to-air missiles.

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SpaceX on Feb. 11 filed a protest with the U.S. Government Accountability Office over NASA’s $148.3 million award to ULA to launch its Lucy asteroid explorer.

Long-running efforts to re-establish communications with NASA’s intrepid Opportunity rover on Mars have come to a close.

With the Amazon effect driving demand for rapid delivery of e-commerce goods, U.S. startup Elroy Air plans to fly a full-scale prototype of its unmanned cargo aircraft this year.