Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

Airbus Helicopters is preparing to ramp up production rates of its H175 super-medium and H225 heavy helicopter.

AERO PRECISION INDUSTRIES LLC has $24.1m U.S. Defense Logistics Agency contract for aviation-related spare parts and related services.

Bell Helicopter has dropped the “Helicopter” from its name in a radical rebranding.

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Arianespace has unveiled the results of an investigation into Ariane 5’s “trajectory deviation.”

Boeing has been selected as one of the potential suppliers for Canada’s future fighter aircraft.

XTI Aircraft Company’s TriFan 600 prototype is on budget and on schedule for a first flight later this year, the company said.

Swedish airframer Saab has rolled out the first of three GlobalEye airborne early warning aircraft destined for the United Arab Emirates.

An ejection seat manufacturer has been fined £1.1 million in connection with the death of a member of the British Red Arrows aerobatic team.

BRAZIL formally began integration phase of four Riachuelo-class (Scorpene) submarines Feb. 20 at submarine naval complex in Itaguai.

India is planning to launch its second space observatory—Astrosat-2—to conduct further studies in astronomy and astrophysics.

The U.S. Air Force is moving forward with the BLU-136/B, a 2,000-lb. bomb designed to wreak havoc without leaving behind unexploded ordnance.

SpaceX put an advanced radar-imaging spacecraft known as Paz into orbit for Madrid-based Hisdesat and then dispatched two prototype websats.

South Africa’s Paramount Group says a newly announced U.S. version of its Mwari multimission aircraft is aimed at a wide range of potential missions.

Beechcraft King Air 350s modified by Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) could form the basis of the Kuwaiti Air Force’s first dedicated airborne surveillance fleet.

Aerojet Rocketdyne's RS-25 rocket engine throttled up to its highest thrust level yet—113% of its original design level—during a 260-sec. test firing.

Astronomers are incensed to learn that the Trump administration is moving to cancel the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST).

The Pentagon’s proposed reintroduction of a nuclear sea-launched cruise missile is not expected to happen for another “seven to 10 years,” the department says.

The U.S. Air Force hopes to get its T-6 Texan II trainers back in the skies by Feb. 26 with some interim measures in place to ensure pilots are not breathing potentially toxic air during flight, as engineers continue investigating what is wrong with the aircraft’s oxygen system.

The Saras light transport aircraft has completed its second test flight in two months, rekindling hopes of a revival of India's civil aircraft program.

Bell Helicopter has dropped the term “Helicopter” from its name in a radical rebranding.

Sikorsky has begun final assembly of the U.S. Air Force’s first future Combat Rescue Helicopter, the HH-60W, in Stratford, Connecticut, the company says.

In the run-up to the Air Force Association's annual air warfare symposium, Secretary Heather Wilson says the service is looking to pivot from the counterterrorism fight in the Middle East to preparing for a potential clash with China.

NASA’s aging Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), which doubles as a communications relay for the Curiosity and Opportunity surface rovers, is undergoing a troubleshooting session following a Feb. 15 low battery voltage event.

Leidos, Reston, Virginia (W5J9CQ-18-D-0001); and General Dynamics One Source, Fairfax, Virginia (W5J9CQ-18-D-0002), will share in a $200,000,000 hybrid (cost-plus-fixed-fee and firm-fixed-price) contract for noncommercial technical services to assist in coordination, integration, and synchronization of geospatial information requirements and standards across the U.S. Army