Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

An upgrade of one of Australia’s three huge Jindalee over-the-horizon radars will become initially operational in six years.

Mexico has been given a green light by the U.S. State Department to purchase Sikorsky MH-60R Seahawk anti-submarine and surface warfare helicopters.

Lockheed Martin plans to offer Japan a fighter design that combines features of the F-22 Raptor and F-35 Lightning, Reuters reports.

DRB-HICOM Defense Technologies, a Malaysian firm, is pitching the Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) Anka long-endurance drone for the country’s military.

Malaysia has signed a contract to convert three of its seven Indonesian Aerospace CN-235 transporters into maritime patrollers (MPAs).

The UK Serious Fraud Office has opened a criminal investigation into Ultra Electronics for suspected corruption in regard to business conduct in Algeria.

L3 TECHNOLOGIES has $30m U.S. Air Force contract for C-12 contractor logistics support.

Cobham has contracts from Lockheed Martin to provide space-rated life support and propulsion components for NASA’s Exploration Mission-2.

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L3 TECHNOLOGIES has $30m U.S. Air Force contract for C-12 contractor logistics support.

By the narrowest of margins, the U.S. Senate on April 19 confirmed U.S. Rep Jim Bridenstine to become the next NASA administrator.

Work has formally begun on a new set of facilities to support the UK Royal Air Force’s (RAF) new fleet of Boeing P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft.

The Trump administration has released an updated policy for the export of conventional weaponry, including unmanned aircraft.

NanoRacks has completed the critical design review phase for the airlock it plans to install aboard the International Space Station in late 2019.

The U.S. Air Force has backtracked on which platforms were involved in the massive strike operation on Syria's chemical weapons sites.

Canada will support the development of tech for optionally piloted helos, autonomous aerial logistics and urban air taxis led by Bell Helicopter Textron Canada.

Sierra Nevada expects to get aeroshell panels next month for the first orbital Dream Chaser, marking a key milestone in the run-up to the start of assembly.

A Space X Falcon 9 rocket soared off its Cape Canaveral launch pad April 18 to send NASA’s planet-hunting TESS telescope on its way to an operational orbit.

Cubic will sell Cubic Global Defense (CGD) Services to Valiant Integrated Services for $135 million cash.

Darpa is offering a top prize of $10 million to launch a payload into orbit with just a few days notice.

ITALY approved LEONARDO’s Mirach-40 (M-40) target drone for operations following testing at PISQ joint armed forces test range in Sardinia.

Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL), Goonhilly Earth Station and Astrobotic are partnering to create “a road map of innovations” concerning in-space communications relay for organizations operating on or around the Moon.

“Right now I’m very happy with how the program is progressing,” the U.S. Air Force's top uniformed acquisition official told Congress.

The rocket-powered missile will provide a precision strike capability against time-critical targets from both fighters and bombers.

Dynetics has been selected to demonstrate airborne launch and recovery of UAS from manned platforms under Darpa’s Gremlins program.