Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

The agency is ordering 22 AW169Ms, Leonardo announced Nov. 12.

Japan is considering acquiring the General Atomics Avenger unmanned combat aircraft for naval surveillance beginning in the late 2020s.

Indonesia is likely to put into service a locally made surface-to-surface missile within two years, the manufacturer says.

India’s HTT 40 basic trainer aircraft has cleared its first spin test, considered one of the most challenging elements of any aircraft development program.

Boeing and Safran have received regulatory approvals to begin operations of their new auxiliary power units (APUs) joint venture.

The U.S. president's remarks during a Veterans Day celebration tempered a low-grade diplomatic dispute with the host nation.

The military will present multiple options, and Macron plans to make a decision on the fate of military space at the beginning of next year.

While France has proposed creating a European military, the U.S. is pushing back, arguing the construct would threaten its industrial base and NATO.

A group of landowners that farm the land on the A’Mhoine Peninsula in Northern Scotland have voted 59% in favor of moving forward with the spaceport project.

BOEING has $18.5m U.S. Air Force contract for aircraft guidance/navigation system repairs.

Rep. John Culberson’s (R-Texas) devotion to space exploration may have caught up with him in the 2018 midterm elections, as he lost to Democrat Lizzie Fletcher.

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Germany has restarted its heavy-lift helicopter (STH) competition after Berlin approved an uptick in funding for a series of procurement programs.

Dassault and the French government have withdrawn the Rafale fighter from the competition to replace Canada’s aging CF-18s.

The Pentagon has confirmed that Defense Chief Management Officer John Gibson turned in his resignation Nov. 5.

Missile manufacturer MBDA has been awarded a long-awaited contract by the French government to develop an enhanced version of the Mica air-to-air missile.

Indonesia has contracted with Korea Aerospace Industries for three KT-1B turboprop trainers and upgrades that will take its TA-50 training jets close to the FA-50 light-attack standard.

French armament procurement agency DGA is targeting early 2019 for the start of joint Franco-German studies on the Future Combat Air System (FCAS).

NASA now considers the SpaceX Falcon 9 to be a Category 3 launch vehicle, suitable for flying its most expensive and critical spacecraft.

Indonesia has not signed a contract for the purchase of Lockheed Martin C-130J transporters, despite claims of a delivery of five aircraft next year.

Leonardo Helicopters has sold 15 of its AW139 twin-engine medium helicopters in China and has signed agreements that could pave the way for sales of another 160 aircraft from its product line.

Indonesia has ordered indigenously manufactured ground-based air surveillance radars to provide better coverage of the vast archipelagic nation.

Rep. John Culberson’s (R-Texas) devotion to space exploration may have caught up with him in the 2018 midterm elections, as he lost to Democrat Lizzie Fletcher.

A gathering was held at Ellington Airport near Johnson Space Center Nov. 8 to inspect 10 flight control consoles reconditioned in a $5 million campaign to restore the Mission Control Center.

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is hoping to propose its conformal airborne early warning (AEW) derivative of the Gulfstream G550 business jet to the UK RAF.