Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

ArianeGroup has inaugurated the production line for the nozzles of the P120C solid propellant booster, which will be used on the Ariane 6 and Vega C launchers.

L3 Technologies is acquiring two cybersecurity companies.

The prototype General Atomics MQ-9B SkyGuardian UAV has touched down on the eve of the Royal International Air Tattoo after a milestone Transatlantic crossing.

NASA and Essity are developing a deep-space spacesuit undergarment to help astronauts counter post-mission health concerns from low blood pressure.

Internet-broadcasting balloons and package-delivering drones are graduating as independent businesses from Alphabet X, the advanced projects arm of Google’s parent company.

Bratislava will purchase 14 F-16Vs, the Slovak defense ministry announced July 11, making it the first European nation to operate the F-16V.

The upgraded helicopters will add new capability into the U.S. Army’s special operations fleet and mark the start of a CH-47F/MH-47G Block II production line expected to continue into the late 2020s.

Northrop Grumman hopes the Fire Scout's debut at the Royal International Air Tatoo will help build awareness of the platform’s capability as European navies consider rotary-wing UAVs for their warships.

CHINA launched 32nd Beidou navigation satellite aboard a Long March 3A rocket from Xichang July 10.

India’s space agency is looking at the possibility of a winged spaceplane.

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Rocket Lab plans to add a second launch site for its small-satellite booster Electron and expects to decide from among four U.S. spaceports in August.

NASA needs to firm up contingency plans in case SpaceX or Boeing requires more time to get their commercial space taxis certified for crew ferry flights to the ISS, a GAO report says.

L3 Technologies has acquired Applied Defense Solutions, an aerospace engineering, software development and space situational awareness company for $50 million.

Kratos displayed the first three of its high-speed, highly maneuverable subsonic aerial targets at its California production facility July 11.

Cadence Aerospace will acquire Wichita-based Perfekta.

Cadence Aerospace will acquire Wichita-based Perfekta.

The Boeing-manufactured F/A-18E/F Super Hornets for Kuwait will be a “crossover” of Block III with new features like an advanced cockpit system.

The U.S. State Department cleared two potential sales to the United Kingdom and Denmark for Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (Amraams).

The $58.3 million sale of a British aerospace supplier to a Chinese owner has been called off after the UK government intervened on national security grounds.

The DOD is setting up a Joint Artificial Intelligence Center and tapping the Defense Innovation Board to engage with stakeholders with a goal of producing recommended principles.

PKL SERVICES INC. has $10.2m U.S. Air Force contract for Republic of Singapore Air Force F-15 maintenance and operations training.

On Tuesday in Washington Maj. Gen. William Cooley of the Air Force Research Lab and Tim Grayson, director of Darpa’s Strategic Technology Office, will discuss manned-unmanned aircraft teamin.

PKL Services Inc., Poway, California, has been awarded a $10,236,530 firm-fixed-price contract for military aircraft F15 SG maintenance and operations training.

CPI Aerostructures has signed a long-term contract with Honda Aircraft Co. to build the noise-attenuating engine inlet for the HondaJet Elite business jet.