Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

Subaru is aiming for large cost reductions in production of a new version of the Bell 412 that the company will build for the Japanese army and civil customers.

Japan’s prospective requirement for attack helos is likely to include shipboard operation and entry into service no later than the mid-2020s.

UAS specialist General Atomics Aeronautical Systems wants to grow ties and work with defense suppliers and related businesses in Japan, the company said.

India’s national defense agency has successfully tested a new Stand-off Anti-Tank missile meant to bolster the military’s multi-platform launch capability.

DHS has developed a new low-cost antenna and has already transferred the technology to three unidentified companies for commercialization.

A Japanese final-assembly plant for Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightnings has capacity for continued and faster production after the country’s current order is complete.

GENERAL ATOMICS opened new office in New Delhi and appointed Pratesh Gandhi director of the company’s business in India.

The U.S. Navy is seeking an autonomous cargo-unmanned aerial system and will host an experiment in March to transport a 50-lb. payload.

A USAF plan to grow by 74 operational squadrons over the next 12 years may include a 400% increase in units dedicated to the electronic warfare mission.

A new Russian anti-ship missile and one of its likely U.S. countermeasures are racing to be fielded at sea by the end of next year.

NASA has selected nine companies eligible to fly small payloads to the surface of the Moon.

With a combined annual supply chain and outsourced budget of $9 billion, the leaders of the future L3 Harris Technologies defense and aerospace services giant will rein in those costs to help reach at least $500 million in savings over three years, the company’s COO-designate said Nov. 29.

German air rescue organization ADAC Luftrettung is to study the feasibility of using Volocopter eVTOL aircraft as air shuttles for emergency doctors.

Boeing and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) signed a cooperative agreement that covers commercial and military aviation, in Israel and globally.

A decade-long pursuit of a forward-firing gun system for the Bell Boeing V-22 tiltrotor aircraft is moving toward a flying experiment.

Details of SpaceX’s planned inflight abort test of the Crew Dragon spacecraft in 2019 have been revealed.

Under DARPA’s Concerto program, BAE Systems demoed a multifunction RF system that could simultaneously perform radar, comm relay and electronic attack in a payload that could be carried on a Group 3 UAV.

An unplanned redesign of the NGJ MB system played a role in the U.S. Navy’s rejection of a Raytheon bid to use the same pods for a NGJ Low Band demo program.

India’s national space agency has successfully put into orbit its first Hyper Spectral Imaging Satellite (HysIS).

New Rocket, Ltd. of Israel anticipates the flight readiness of a new green, in-space propulsion system by the end of the first quarter of 2019.

ALARUS CH2000s began flight testing in Peru on Nov. 21. Three CH2000s are due to be delivered in December 2018, with Peru planning to purchase 18 total.

Japanese e-commerce company Rakuten has conducted a trial to demonstrate that high-capacity, low-latency 5G mobile communications technology can support unmanned aircraft and ground delivery robots.

Nigeria has signed a tentative agreement to order 12 Sierra Nevada/Embraer A-29 light attack aircraft after a long and controversial acquisition process.

Cobham remains in “sensible discussions” with KC-46 prime contractor Boeing over suspended payments due to past issues with its refueling system for the tanker.

The UK has conducted its biggest trial yet of drones operating alongside manned aircraft in controlled airspace.