Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

NASA’s Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel is sounding an urgent note as the agency’s Commercial Crew Program prepares for test flights of SpaceX and Boeing vehicles.

“Bowling pin,” then “snowman” and now “giant pancake” and “thick, dented walnut,” That’s how NASA’s New Horizons mission team has moved along with its description of Ultima Thule.

Boeing delivered the fifth KC-46 aircraft to the U.S. Air Force on Feb. 8—the first to Altus AFB, Oklahoma.

Multinational aerospace engine and component company Safran has finalized the acquisition of Collins Aerospace’s electromechanical systems business unit.

Australia will begin upgrading its facilities next year at a Malaysian base from which it patrols the South China Sea and north Indian Ocean.

The Israel state comptroller says he will investigate Israel’s Air Force One program, which is lagging behind schedule and eclipsing its original budget.

The UK's decision to leave the European Union could force a launch startup to move to Germany.

The likelihood of using air taxis varies significantly among the four locations in which people were surveyed.

The UK's RAF is planning to introduce a fleet of network-enabled UAS that will be able to confuse and overwhelm ground-based enemy air defenses.

Honeywell and Curtiss-Wright Corp. have partnered to develop a new generation of cockpit voice and flight-data recorders (CVR/FDR).

RAYTHEON/LOCKHEED MARTIN JAVELIN JV has $26.2m U.S. Army contract for Command Launch Unit retrofits.

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A Jan. 31 Aerospace DAILY article said L3 Technologies “this quarter will cut headcount by 12%, including possible layoffs,” as it looks to close its merger with Harris Corp.

UK UAS developer Blue Bear has begun flight testing along a flight corridor established for BVLOS test work in conjunction with Cranfield University.

Arconic will break up, its days-old new leadership announced Feb. 8.

Northrop Grumman’s 10th NASA-contracted Cygnus resupply mission spacecraft departed the International Station (ISS) Feb. 8.

Japan has grounded its Kawasaki Heavy Industries P-1 maritime patrollers following rudder damage to one of them, local media say.

The U.S. Army plans to purchase Israel’s Iron Dome system.

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BOEING has $23.1m U.S. Navy contract for avionics equipment repair of F/A-18 aircraft.

The U.S. Navy has confirmed a Foreign Military Sale with Bahrain for 12 Bell AH-1Z attack helicopters.

The U.S. Navy has confirmed a Foreign Military Sale with Bahrain for 12 Bell AH-1Z attack helicopters.

RUSSIA test-launched an RS-24 Yars intercontinental ballistic missile from Plesetsk Cosmodrome Feb. 6, the Russian defense ministry announced.

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has received a follow-on order worth $93 million from the Indian Navy.

Triumph Group is rushing toward the potential climax of its three-year restructuring, the major aerostructures provider’s chief executive indicated Feb. 7.