Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

Ceres, the dwarf planet that has been the focus of NASA’s Dawn mission, is apparently still evolving as a water-bearing planetary body.

The Russian military has confirmed that the launch of the new Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile was a silo ejection test.

THOMAS INSTRUMENT has $7.9m U.S. Air Force contract for remanufacture of B-1 mechanical actuators.

On Tuesday afternoon the U.S. military services’ various cyber commands appear before the Senate Armed Services cybersecurity subcommittee for a posture hearing.

Smoothly transitioning NASA’s direct financial support of the International Space Station (ISS) to the private sector by 2025 appears challenged by potential obstacles.

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Airbus has produced the first two test assets of OneWeb’s constellation of 900 low Earth orbit communications satellites.

The U.S. Navy is looking for a new digital system to monitor pressure and oxygen levels in the cockpit of its Boeing F/A-18s.

Early leaders in the rapidly evolving electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) market are emerging.

A shakeout is coming in the aerostructures industry over the next 18 months, according to one major provider’s CEO.

South Korean moves to establish an army airborne division are raising the possibility of additional orders for such helicopters as Boeing AH-64 Apaches, CH-47 Chinooks and Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) Surions.

Kratos has been cleared by the U.S. State Department to begin marketing its Unmanned Tactical Aerial Platform-22 Mako to “U.S. ally and partner nations.”

Chinese space industry group Casc is upgrading its Long March 6 space launcher, adding provision for orbital telemetry and third-stage engine restarts, industry officials say.

The Philippines has taken delivery of Boeing Insitu ScanEagle UAVs, boosting its intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities.

Pittsburgh-based Astrobotic Technology, Inc., and its Carnegie Mellon University partner plan to pursue development of a 2-kg commercial CubeSat rover platform.

The advanced NASA/NOAA Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-S has achieved geostationary orbit and been redesignated GOES 17.

AIRBUS HELICOPTERS has $273.3m U.S. Army contract for 35 UH-72A aircraft.

A point-to-point distribution system using small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) is to be tested by the U.S. Marine Corps.

Pilots at the USAF's two F-35 training hubs are suffering from a severe shortage of spare parts and limited capacity to repair those that are broken.

The head of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency wants to conduct another end-to-end demonstration of Raytheon’s newest exoatmospheric ballistic missile interceptor.

Switzerland’s government plans to give the Swiss public the opportunity to vote on whether the country should buy new fighters and an air defense system.

Robert Lightfoot, who has been serving as NASA’s acting administrator since the inauguration of President Donald Trump, will leave the agency.

Spirit AeroSystems CEO and President Tom Gentile says he is watching what is happening at rival and supplier GKN Aerospace.

Spirit AeroSystems believes new additive manufacturing techniques it is developing could help the company eventually save 70% in costs on aircraft material.

Effective Space, a UK-based startup developing a fleet of in-space, satellite-servicing vehicles, plans to launch its first two space drones in 2020.