Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

Malaysia continues to grow as a low-cost aerospace supply chain node, as well as a potential marketplace for business aviation and commercial transport.

Two spacewalking cosmonauts trekked through a planned 6 to 7 hr. of science and technology activities outside the International Space Station on Aug. 15.

There will be a Defense Acquisition Board meeting this fall that nails down the cost and schedule of the F-35 Block 4, the Pentagon acquisition chief says.

The U.S. Air Force has deployed F-22 Raptors to Poland in what is the largest deployment of fifth-generation fighters into Eastern Europe yet.

Turkish Aerospace (TAI) is gearing up to offer its Anka medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) unmanned air system to Indonesia.

Stratolaunch Systems rolled out its giant twin-fuselage, air-launch rocket carrier aircraft in California for more preflight tests on Aug 3.

The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Aeolus satellite mission promises to become the first to provide low-altitude Earth wind profile data on a global scale.

The U.S. Navy opened an Innovation Hub (iHUB) this month at the Naval Air Warfare Command Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) in Patuxent River, Maryland.

The USAF has awarded Lockheed Martin a $2.9 billion contract to make three next-generation missile warning satellites destined for geosynchronous orbit.

LOCKHEED MARTIN has $480m U.S. Air Force contract for air-launched rapid response weapon critical design review, test and production readiness support.

Officials from the U.S. and Sweden on Aug. 10 formalized the agreement for Sweden to purchase Lockheed Martin’s Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) missiles and related support equipment.

The dramatic demand to train a new generation of commercial and military pilots is boosting the bottom line of Canada’s CAE.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) is not dropping its idea to consolidate Japan’s aircraft industry.

Boeing late Aug. 13 named Brendan Curran president of Boeing AvionX.

The Philippines Navy has fired its first guided munition, a Rafael Spike ER missile, as part of acceptance trials for the surface-to-surface system.

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has developed a very advanced satellite communication system for attack helicopters.

The German Navy has purchased a pair of Skeldar V-200 rotary-wing unmanned air vehicles for use from its Braunschweig-class corvettes.

The FAA has granted a two-year certificate of authorization to the Northern Plains UAS test site to fly large drones beyond visual line of sight of the operator.

India is inching closer to its goal of an armed Rotary Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (RUAV) with the successful test flight of a 10-kg (22-lb.) unmanned helicopter.

LOCKHEED MARTIN has $105m U.S. Navy contract for continued design maturation and development of contractually identified F-35 Block 4 common capabilities.

Thailand has contracted Saab to upgrade the country’s national command and control system for air defense, which is based on the company’s 9AIR product.

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The launch of India’s second lunar mission, Chandrayaan-2, which had been scheduled for October, has been postponed until next year to allow for more testing.

LOCKHEED MARTIN has $302m U.S. Navy contract for ancillary mission equipment for F-35 Lightning II low-rate initial production Lot 12 aircraft for U.S. military, foreign military sales customers.

This week Secretary of Defense James Mattis makes his first diplomatic trip to South America, visiting Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Colombia to assess military-to-military relations.