Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Irene Klotz
Rookie astronaut Jeanette Epps has been replaced as a flight engineer for the ISS Expedition 56/57 mission by her backup, Serena Auñón-Chancellor.
Defense

AEROJET ROCKETDYNE has $20m U.S. Air Force contract for advanced solid boost technology

The U.S. Congress is considering legislation that would block the U.S. government from buying or leasing equipment or services from Chinese companies Huawei, ZTE or the affiliates of those companies.

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The U.S. Air Force has stood up a team to investigate the unexplained physiological episodes happening across the service’s fighter aircraft.
Defense

By Mark Carreau
The NASA-led, 15-nation International Space Station’s operations will continue as usual even if there is a U.S. government shutdown Jan. 20.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Britain will send Chinook helicopters to Africa to provide logistic support to French troops tackling Islamic extremism in the Sahel region.
Defense

By Mark Carreau
NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson quickly puts her finger on two major challenges facing astronauts traveling to deep space destinations like the Moon and Mars.
Space

House Speaker Paul Ryan has appealed for passage of a stopgap spending measure to avert a government shutdown, or risk further harming a strained military.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Bill Carey
WASHINGTON—Industry, government and academia should start research into the requirements of a comprehensive “in-time aviation safety management system” (IASMS) that would continuously monitor all components of the U.S. national airspace system (NAS), the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine recommends in a NASA-funded study released Jan. 18.
Air Transport

The U.S. Air Force’s number two civilian is warning that continued budget gridlock could delay the fielding of Northrop Grumman’s B-21 stealth bomber.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Marhalim Abas
Indonesia will sign a much-delayed contract for 11 Sukhoi Su-35 Flankers before the end of January if the newly appointed air force chief of staff has his way.
Defense

By Jay Menon
India’s navy wants to acquire a third aircraft carrier along with more than 50 foreign aircraft to operate from it.
Defense

By Jay Menon
India has again test-fired its indigenous Agni-V long-range, surface-to-surface ballistic missile.
Defense

CAE purchased 45% of shares in PELESYS (aviation training systems/courseware).

Israel’s UVision has demonstrated an extended-range loitering munition, using a moving vehicle and a human in various scenarios to show the system’s ability to track, lock on and precisely strike a target as well as its ability to abort the mission.

Lord Co., Erie, Pennsylvania, is being awarded a $27,067,123 five-year firm-fixed-price, long-term contract for repair of three items used on the V-22 aircraft.

By Irene Klotz
British startup Effective Space Solutions will launch two robotic spacecraft called Space Drones in 2020 to service two comm sats for an undisclosed operator.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
British Engineering and aero-engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce is considering spinning off its money losing Commercial Marine business.
Defense

The upcoming launch of the USAF's fourth Sbirs missile warning satellite will feature a launch vehicle deorbiting maneuver designed to limit space junk.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
Unexpected severe vibrations generated during OEI flight trials of Bell’s 525 helicopter caused the fatal crash of the first prototype, the NTSB has concluded.
Defense

By Thierry Dubois
The French ministry of interior has ordered six Q400 multirole airtankers from firefighting aircraft specialist Conair.
Defense

By Mark Carreau
The U.S. government and private sector are being drawn closer together in what could become a new “golden age” of space, according to one 30-year industry veteran.
Defense

The U.S. Navy would be with re-equipped with nuclear-tipped cruise missiles under the Trump administration’s new nuclear strategy.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Michael Bruno
GE Chairman and CEO John Flannery says he is reconsidering how to structure the industrial giant.
Defense