Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

U.S. Air Force student and instructor pilots have reported eight additional physiological events in the T-6 Texan II trainer since March 1.
Defense

By Irene Klotz
NASA’s planned April 16 launch of the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite mission was scrubbed hours from liftoff.
Space

By Irene Klotz
Stratolaunch Systems plans three more speed taxi tests of its twin-fuselage Stratolaunch aircraft before an initial test flight this summer,
Space

By Marhalim Abas
Leonardo is demonstrating two British AW159 helicopters in Malaysia as part of a campaign to meet a long-outstanding requirement for anti-submarine rotorcraft.
Defense

By Thierry Dubois
In the Franco-German vision, the future air combat system includes a manned combat aircraft along with unmanned elements and would succeed the in-service Rafale and Eurofighter Typhoon around 2040.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
The attack included 105 long-range cruise missiles, fired from U.S. Rockwell B-1B Lancer bombers, British Panavia Tornado GR4s, French Dassault Rafale fighters and ships in the Mediterranean
Defense

NORTHROP GRUMMAN has $209.7m U.S. Air Force contract for Large Aircraft Infrared Counter Measures (LAIRCM) equipment and support.

Sen. Armed Services Committee member Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) is asking U.S. Army Secretary Mark Esper for his views on the feasibility of assigning one of the future Security Forces Assistant Brigades (SFABs) to United States Africa Command (Africom).

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The Pentagon is laying the groundwork to dissolve the F-35 Joint Program Office.
Defense

By Michael Bruno
Concerns over the Western aerospace sector’s access to titanium crested again April 13 following comments from a key Russian lawmaker.
Defense

By Maxim Pyadushkin
The Admiral Kuznetzov carrier will return to service in 2021 after extensive repairs, the Russian defense ministry reported April 13, quoting Deputy Minister Yury Borisov.
Defense

The Pentagon’s top weapons buyer has appointed Jeff Boleng to lead the Department of Defense’s software acquisition strategy.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
The introduction of the F-35 into the USMC inventory is driving a need for another adversary air training capability to keep pilots’ air combat skills honed.
Defense

COBHAM has KOREA AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES LTD. contract to provide pilot oxygen system for the future KF-X fighter.

Australia has become the first country apart from the U.S. to receive Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightnings with software of the fully operational, Block 3F standard.

By Bradley Perrett
Japan’s industry ministry is backing a push by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) to increase cooperation among the country’s aerostructure suppliers.
Defense

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The F-35 finally completed flight testing on April 11, 2018, at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland, but it still has to complete its "final exam."
Defense

By Tony Osborne
The USMC wants to prioritize a manned high-speed attack rotorcraft from the technologies that emerge from the U.S. Army’s Future Vertical Lift studies.
Defense

By Mark Carreau
A 2018 NASA spending boost appears to offer the agency some flexibility in launch plans for the first and second test flights of the SLS and Orion crew capsule.
Space

The U.S. Marine Corps is looking at adopting the ship-killing Naval Strike Missile, jointly built by Norway’s Kongsberg and Raytheon.
Defense

By Jay Menon
As part of its bid for India’s 110 fighter aircraft requirement, Boeing is laying the groundwork to produce its F/A-18E/F Block III Super Hornet in the country.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
The Czech Republic has upgraded its Saab Gripens to give them an enhanced air-to-ground capability.
Defense

By Jay Menon
India’s state-run space agency has successfully launched the eighth spacecraft in the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System, IRNSS-1I.
Space