Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Bradley Perrett
Boeing has begun a three-year program in Australia to develop technologies for autonomous vehicles and deepen its understanding of how to satisfy regulators.
Program Management

LOCKHEED MARTIN broke ground on new $350m, 266,000-sq.-ft. satellite production factory in Denver, due for completion in 2020.

Russia’s Soyuz MS-06 capsule descended to a wintry landing in Central Kazakhstan on Feb. 27 at 9:31 p.m. EST, ending a 168-day mission.

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By Mark Carreau
GOES-S was launched atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral on March 1.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
Airbus will build a second commercial helicopter in the U.S. to support a niche emergency medical services (EMS) market.
Defense

By Michael Bruno
Lockheed Martin says its future satellite factory near Denver is on track for completion in 2020 as planned.
Defense

By Guy Norris
Terrafugia has revealed details of two hybrid vertical takeoff and landing urban mobility and cargo transport study concepts at Heli-Expo in Las Vegas.
Defense

Raytheon has been selected by Lockheed Martin to produce electro-optical distributed aperture systems (EO-DAS) for the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II.
Program Management

By Graham Warwick
Lockheed Martin’s high-energy fiber laser technology has scored another success.
Defense

What if a warfighter could install an antenna on his F-16 and establish a commercial internet connection?
Defense

By Graham Warwick
Darpa’s director has confirmed that the U.S. will flight test operational prototypes of a weapon similar to the Kinzhal air-launched hypersonic strike missile.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
Airbus has signed a strategic partnering agreement with Blade, a move it believes will help it better understand the fledgling urban air mobility business.
Defense

“I will tell you, as the program executive officer I am not satisfied,” Pentagon F-35 chief Vice Adm. Mat Winter told reporters during a Feb. 28 media roundtable.
Defense

By Thierry Dubois
France’s armed forces ministry has launched a program to renew the country’s fleet of electronic intelligence aircraft with three special-mission Falcon jets.
Defense

RAYTHEON has $48m U.S. Navy contract for performance-based logistics support of the Phalanx close-in-weapon system.

Swedish military exports grew 2% in 2017, according to a new report from the Swedish Inspectorate of Strategic Products

By Jen DiMascio
Even though the DOD plans to spend over $8 billion on space in fiscal 2019, those in Congress and experts on space and budgeting say the U.S. needs to do more.
Space

The active electronically scanned array radars will soon enter operational service with Marine Air Control Sqdn.-1 at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, and MACS-2 of MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina.
Defense

By Jay Menon
India’s indigenous Tejas Light Combat Aircraft has successfully carried out a hot refueling, one of the capabilities highly desired in combat situations.
Optimizing Engines Through the Lifecycle

By Guy Norris
Robinson Helicopter is stepping up studies of a diesel-powered variant of its R44 light helicopter as part of plans to hike performance and reduce fuel burn.
Program Management

By Tony Osborne
Era Group has emerged as the second disclosed customer for the Leonardo AW609 commercial tiltrotor.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
The 407 GXi introduces Garmin’s G1000H NXi integrated avionics suite and an up-rated version of the Rolls-Royce M250 turbine engine.
Defense

By Guy Norris
Pratt & Whitney Canada has unveiled six new service packages as part of the company’s growing focus on tailored after-market support.
Program Management

LEONARDO’s Falco UAV family has reached 15,000 flight hours.