Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

The development of an increasing number of UAS for maritime missions is prompting the Israeli Navy and air force to ask with increasing seriousness whether a UAS carrier is needed.

The U.S. Marine Corps has taken delivery of the Pentagon’s first-ever gallium nitride radar, known as the TPS-80 Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR), one month ahead of schedule.

Shares of Melbourne, Florida-based Harris grew nearly 10% on July 31 after the midsized A&D supplier unveiled robust results for its recently finished fiscal 2018.

BOEING and India completed first flights of Apache and Chinook helicopters to be delivered to Indian Air Force next year.

On Wednesday afternoon in Washington the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Space, Science and Competitiveness will conduct a hearing on the search for extrasolar life.

McKinsey and Company Inc., Washington, has been awarded an $8,447,163 modification (P00002) to contract FA8807-18-F-0010 for the space acquisition transformation.

Boeing has tracked down the cause of a propellant leak during a June hot-fire test of the CST-100 Starliner launch abort engines.

The highly anticipated report from Deputy Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan on how the Pentagon should manage and organize its space forces will not be released on Aug. 1 as directed by Congress.

Maxar Technologies is mulling what to do with its geostationary satellite manufacturing business in light of the ongoing market slump.

Japan has chosen the Lockheed Martin Long Range Discrimination Radar over the rival Raytheon SPY-6 as the sensor for the country's Aegis Ashore ballistic missile defense program.

Major aerospace and defense supplier Arconic has decided to sell its Building and Construction Systems business.

Only UK companies are being allowed to tender for a sovereign program for a low-cost unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV), according to the Royal Air Force.

A Minuteman III ICBM test launch was terminated over the Pacific Ocean early in the morning on July 31, according to the U.S. Air Force’s Global Strike Command.

General Atomics has completed its fourth wind tunnel test in its pursuit of the U.S. Navy’s MQ-25A Stingray unmanned refueling tanker competition.

The U.S. Air Force is determining what facilities, funding and manpower it will need for its Rapid Sustainment Office.

The Indonesian Air Force says it will begin receiving five Lockheed Martin C-130J Hercules in 2019, followed by a first batch of Sukhoi Su-35 fighters.

In agreement with the Brazilian Air Force, Embraer has determined the twin-engine airlifter will enter service in 2019 rather than at the end of this year.

Chinese space industry group Casc is developing a small, solid-propellant rocket that will closely compete with launchers of rival Casic.

Northrop Grumman’s ninth NASA-contracted resupply mission to the International Space Station ended as planned late July 30.

Rivals GE and Advanced Turbine Engine Company (ATEC) have submitted their proposals to the U.S.

U.S. AIR FORCE began its own depot maintenance at Robins AFB, GA, for E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System aircraft July 17, supplementing contractor efforts to deliver aircraft faster and increase the number available for operations.

The U.S. Marine Corps is preparing for the final flight of the Textron Systems RQ-7B Shadow unmanned aircraft system on July 29

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A consortium led by Garuda Robotics has been selected to develop an urban airspace management system for unmanned aircraft in the city-state of Singapore.

“In our judgment, NASA’s current plan to transition the station to commercial operation by 2025 is fraught with challenges and uncertainty,” the agency's inspector general says.