Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

The Advanced Turbine Engine Company is heading into a preliminary design review on the Alternate Concept Engine, a next-generation U.S. Army engine initiative.

Are government contract officers easing up when it comes to getting more bang for the buck for taxpayers? Not according to the chief executive of Leidos.

Orbital ATK apparently has been on a spending binge of business investments as the closing of the company's purchase by Northrop Grumman nears.

U.S. truck maker Workhorse Group has joined the ranks of companies flight testing full-size eVTOL aircraft.

The U.S. Air Force has announced its existing Boeing B-1B and Northrop Grumman B-2A bomber bases as “reasonable alternatives” to host the Northrop B-21 Raider.

BAE Systems has partnered with British UAV developer Prismatic to develop a high-flying competitor to Airbus’ Zephyr UAV.

Firefly Aerospace is targeting an operational tempo of one mission every two weeks as it ramps up tests of the Lightning and Reaver engines.

GENERAL DYNAMICS has $23.3m U.S. Air Force contract for BLU-134/B improved lethality warhead.

Boeing announced May 1 that it has struck a $4.25 billion deal to acquire Miami-headquartered aircraft parts distribution, composites and aftermarket supplier KLX Inc.’s Aerospace Solutions Group.

South Africa’s Paramount Group has added Boeing subsidiary Aviall to the team offering the Bronco II light attack/reconnaissance aircraft for the U.S. market.

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The U.S. GAO has cited a troubling trend in cost and schedule growth among 26 major NASA projects, with a combined cost estimate of $61 billion.

The fourth satellite of the U.S. Air Force’s Space Based Infrared System constellation has achieved “first light,” beaming back its first images to Earth.

A C-130H cargo aircraft assigned to the Puerto Rico Air National Guard crashed in Savannah, Georgia, on May 2 and “there were fatalities,” the USAF said.

Harris, one of the top 15 suppliers to the F-35, is eyeing more work on the Joint Strike Fighter.

Textron Systems has unveiled a hybrid rotary/fixed-wing vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) unmanned aircraft system (UAS).

Intel is carving out a growing niche in the commercial unmanned aircraft market.

Sierra Nevada Corp. and Textron Aviation have renewed their commitment to the U.S. Army’s Fixed-Wing Utility Aircraft (FUA) program.

Engineers have completed performance testing of a prototype nuclear fission reactor capable of producing 1 kW of electricity, NASA said.

India’s first indigenously-developed light combat aircraft (LCA) Tejas has successfully test-fired an air-to-air beyond visual range missile.

A congressman is confident that a $350 million NASA appropriation will pay for a second Mobile Launch Platform for the Space Launch System at KSC.

“E.I.S Aircraft Operations is a high-growth business which provides airborne training at a disruptively low price,” Qinetiq CEO Steve Wadey said.

Dynetics’ victory over General Atomics Aeronautical Systems for the Darpa Gremlins Phase 3 program has given air vehicle supplier Kratos cause for celebration.

Insitu has launched a commercial, exportable and certifiable version of its ScanEagle long-endurance unmanned aircraft system (UAS).

LOCKHEED MARTIN has $828.7m U.S. Army foreign military sales contract for Guided Multiple Launch Rocket Systems for Finland, South Korea, Romania.