Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

Indonesian Aerospace has signed letters of intent to supply three aircraft—two maritime patrollers and a transporter—to two African countries.

Test flights of the MUAV surveillance drone have begun at a Republic of Korea Air Force base, revealing additions including what appear to be weapon pylons.

India has approved the final technical configuration of Russian Helicopters’ Ka-226T light utility helicopter.

The milestone comes as Boeing works with the U.S. government to further expand the customer base for the maritime patroller, which is slowly edging the long-serving Lockheed P-3 Orion out of front-line use.

The Russian military is ready to buy additional Ilyushin Il-112V light transport aircraft, despite delays with its development.

South Korea has provisionally chosen LIG Nex1 to build five reconnaissance satellites due for launch between 2020 and 2023.

The emergence of Boeing and Rolls-Royce as new backers represents a significant endorsement for Reaction, which is designing and testing an air-breathing, combined-cycle rocket engine concept dubbed Sabre.

SRC INC. has $57.5m U.S. Air Force contract for Counter-UAV supplies.

The F-35 has made its Latin American debut by appearing on static display at the FIDAE Airshow.

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The DOD is examining the entire F-35 supply chain for opportunities to compete components and repair work, a top Defense Department official says.

The U.S. Navy expects to have five Northrop Grumman E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft modified with aerial refueling capability by year’s end,

Two Indian companies have teamed up with separate Israel-based firms to manufacture unmanned aerial vehicles for the Indian military.

Analysis of Virgin Galactic’s initial test flight of the SS2 shows the spacecraft performed as good as, or in some cases better, than model-based predictions.

Boeing has captured another $25 million to continue preliminary design work on the new Air Force One aircraft, VC-25B, the U.S. Air Force announced April 10.

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

BOEING has $49.5m U.S. Army contract for Royal Saudi Air Force F-15SA OEM.

This week the Navy League’s annual Sea-Air-Space conference is underway near Washington, while a slew of hearings are planned inside the beltway.

Even with its recent push to return astronauts to the lunar environs, NASA has not given up on landing astronauts on Mars.

A decline in long-term maintenance planning is a big reason for a spike in military aviation accidents in the last few years, an ex-Pentagon official says.

If the U.S. Air Force ditches J-Stars, the U.S. Navy could step in with a customized version of the Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft.

NASA has cleared Aerojet Rocketdyne to begin production of the Evolutionary Xenon Thruster-Commercial propulsion unit for future space science missions.

Honeywell’s BendixKing business unit unveiled a new touchscreen primary flight display (PFD) for experimental aircraft.

Sikorsky has lifted the veil on a series of technological enhancements that could help keep its Black Hawk utility helicopter potentially relevant until the 2070s.

Discussions have been only preliminary but could result in a full military base being established, Australian media report.