Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Graham Warwick
Flyability, a Swiss startup developing collision-tolerant drones for operation in confined spaces, has raised $11 million in a Series A financing round.

By Steve Trimble
U.S. Defense Undersecretary Mike Griffin is reconsidering the merits of missiles that use older, semi-active radar technology to home-in on targets.
Defense

By Bradley Perrett
A Japanese demonstrator fighter engine has been run to full thrust with no problems, a program official says.
Defense

India’s state-run space agency is preparing to launch its GSAT-29 high throughput communication satellite on a heavy-lift GSLV Mk. 3 on Nov. 14.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
European and international partners are moving toward the launch of an experimental hypersonic glider in 2020.

LONGBOW LLC has $9m U.S. Army contract for laser and longbow Hellfire engineering services.

Nov. 13-14—2018 Canadian Aerospace Summit, Shaw Centre, Ottawa. For more information go to https://aerospacesummit.ca/

Thanks in part to regulatory reform efforts by the Trump administration, U.S. arms exports rose 13% during fiscal 2018 to reach $192.3 billion.

By Thierry Dubois
Euroconsult’s annual satellite market forecast is predicting a fast decrease in the average value of a satellite—minus 15% compared to last year’s study.
Defense

By Irene Klotz
A Rocket Lab Electron booster lifted off from New Zealand’s Mahia Peninsula on Nov. 11.
Defense

By Steve Trimble
A pilot’s mistakes, a maintenance crew’s failures and a “culture and climate of complacency” are cited as factors in a USAF report on a fatal WC-130H crash.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
The agency is ordering 22 AW169Ms, Leonardo announced Nov. 12.
Defense

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

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

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.
Defense

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

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

By Lee Hudson
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.
Defense

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

By Tony Osborne
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.
Defense

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.

​View the Fleet Snapshot: Royal Australian Air Force chart in PDF format.

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

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