Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Irene Klotz
The first six of a planned 600-member broadband sat constellation owned and operated by OneWeb arrived at the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana, on Jan. 22.
Defense

By Michael Bruno
United Technologies expects high-single digit organic sales growth at engine-maker Pratt & Whitney this year, and mid-single digits at the new Collins Aerospace.
Defense

By Mark Carreau
Earth’s life-essential elements may have been delivered through the same impact with a Mars-sized planetary body that produced the Moon more than 4.4 billion years ago, a research effort says.
Space

By Lee Hudson
A government watchdog organization is concerned that the U.S. Army plans to mature technology for Future Vertical Lift, long-range precision fires and air and missile defense modernization to a level lower than recommended by leading practices.
Defense

By Mark Carreau
It was the 10th test flight since April 29, 2015, for New Shepard, which may be ready to launch human passengers by the end of 2019.
Defense

By Steve Trimble
A grainy picture that surfaced Jan. 23 on a Russian web site purportedly reveals the Sukhoi Okhotnik-B stealthy unmanned strike aircraft.
Defense

India’s state-run space agency will launch an exclusive satellite for the country’s home ministry to help secure the country’s borders.
Defense

By Michael Bruno
AeroVironment’s secretive, high-altitude pseudo-satellite (HAPS) program aimed at the 5G market has “generated close to $75 million-plus” worth of orders.
Defense

By Bill Carey
Boeing says it has completed the first flight of an autonomous passenger air vehicle (PAV) prototype developed by subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences.

By Bill Carey
FAA said it received two reports from incoming flights to EWR at 5 p.m. local time of a drone flying at about 3,500 ft. above Teterboro, New Jersey, to the northeast.
Air Transport

By Irene Klotz
NASA astronaut Eric Boe, one of three crewmembers assigned to make a flight test aboard Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft, has been pulled from the mission.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
France and Germany have pledged to strengthen their bilateral defense cooperation following the signing of a new treaty.
Defense

This week’s planned launch of India’s Microsat-R remote sensing satellite will feature a unique experiment involving the PSLV's fourth stage.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
Germany’s Rheinmetall and Britain’s BAE Systems have agreed to create a joint venture to support a series of upcoming British combat vehicle programs.
Defense

By Maksim Pyadushkin
A Russian Air Force Tupolev Tu-22M3 strategic bomber crashed Jan. 22 at the Olenegrosk military airfield in the Murmansk region of northern Russia.
Defense

By Thierry Dubois
ArianeGroup has signed a contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) for a one-year feasibility study on exploiting lunar natural resources by 2025.
Defense

By Arie Egozi
As part of preparations for a full-scale intercept test with the Arrow-3 ballistic missile defense system to be performed in Alaska, Israel and the U.S. have tested the missile over the Mediterranean.
Defense

By Michael Bruno
A decision by embattled aerospace and defense supplier Arconic to not sell itself means a longer road to recovery for shareholders, analysts said.
Defense

By Michael Bruno
Prior-year restructuring and the continuing upswing of aerospace and defense end-markets boosted Allegheny Technologies in 2018.
Defense

By Molly McMillin
Luxaviation Group has signed an agreement to sell ExecuJet’s global maintenance activities to Dassault Aviation.

By Tony Osborne
Ivory Coast has ordered a single Airbus C295 twin-turboprop airlifter for its air force, the airframer announced Jan. 21.
Defense

By Arie Egozi
The purchases of Israel Military Industries by Elbit Systems and Aeronautics by Rafael will allow these firms to address the needs of the Israeli Air Force for UAS.
Defense

By Guy Norris
In a shocking move just three months after founder Paul Allen's death, Stratolaunch has abandoned development of a family of dedicated launchers and PGA rocket engines.
Space

RHEINMETALL has Swedish armed forces contract to supply 47 MAN Military Vehicles for transporting RAYTHEON-made Patriot air defense systems.

Philippines defense minister Delfin Lorenzana has announced that the purchase of 16 S-70i Black Hawk helicopters will proceed.