Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

Deliveries of Korea Aerospace Industries Surion utility helicopters to the Republic of Korea Marine Corps have begun.

The Vulcain 2.1 engine, which will power the main stage of the Ariane 6 launcher, completed a successful first test firing on Jan. 22.

A squadron of A-10 Warthog touched down at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Jan. 19 to join the newest phase of the 16-year war against the Taliban.

Deputy Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan is implementing a series of congressionally mandated measures that effectively strip the U.S. Air Force of much of its space authority, and may develop a roadmap for establishing a separate military department for space activities.

EUROSAM consortium of MBDA and THALES has new five-year In Service Support contract from Occar for French and Italian land and naval systems (SAAM-Fr, SAAM-It, PAAMS and SAMP/T) and Aster missiles (Aster 15, Aster 30 and Aster 30 Block 1) from France, Italy and the UK.

Retired NASA astronauts Scott Altman and Tom Jones will join 95 other men and women as members of the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in ceremonies scheduled for April 21 at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida

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Turkey warned the U.S. before its air strikes against positions in Northern Syria occupied by U.S.-backed forces Jan. 20, Defense Secretary James Mattis says.

The head of the U.S. NNSA has stepped down the same day the semi-autonomous branch of the DOE braced for a partial government shutdown.

Orders and deliveries at Airbus Helicopters took a slight dip in 2017, with the company recording 409 deliveries in 2017 compared with 418 in 2016.

Orders and deliveries at Airbus Helicopters took a slight dip in 2017, with the company recording 409 deliveries in 2017 compared with 418 in 2016.

The U.S. State Department has approved a potential but likely sale of Lockheed Martin F-35 to Belgium through the Foreign Military Sales process.

A UK ejection seat maker has pleaded guilty to breaches of health and safety rules over the inadvertent ejection of a member of the Red Arrows aerobatic team.

The successful test of Rocket Lab's Electron rocket clears the way for the start of commercial operations later this year.

The long-awaited engine test of SpaceX's new triple-core Falcon Heavy rocket will not proceed due to the suspension of non-essential U.S. government services.

As the blame game begins, government agencies including the U.S. Defense Department, FAA and NASA will begin furloughing staff and shutting down facilities.

TERMA NORTH AMERICA INC. has $44.3m U.S. Air Force contract for 3D audio system for F-16 C and D model aircraft.

George Industries has taken over Numerical Precision, a specialist manufacturer of parts for satellites, aircraft and other aerospace and defense programs.

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Defense Secretary James Mattis says if the federal government shuts down maintenance on critical equipment, training for the reserve force, and intelligence operations around the world will cease, and over half of the Department of Defense’s civilian workforce will be furloughed.

As the U.S. federal government prepares for another shutdown, the Pentagon says it must now be ready for a military showdown.

Indonesia has taken delivery of the last two of 24 refurbished F-16C/Ds ordered in 2012.

Progress on the Anglo-French development of a joint UCAV demonstrator to meet national future combat air capabilities appears to be stalled.

Britain’s Serious Fraud Office is probing countermeasures and defense electronics firm Chemring over allegations of corruption and the use of intermediaries.