Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

New L3 Technologies CEO Chris Kubasik is wasting little time trying to grow the New York-based aerospace and defense company’s international work, announcing Jan. 4 that L3 is setting up advisory boards staffed with local industry experts in Australia, Canada and the UK.

As Russian pilots leverage the close quarters of the air campaign in Iraq and Syria to gather intel on U.S. operations, one U.S. aircraft could be vulnerable to prying eyes—the F-22 Raptor.

NASA’s GOLD mission is poised to demonstrate a new kind of agency “ride share” science strategy as it lifts off atop an Ariane 5 rocket in late January.

Legacy U.S. defense contractors are expected to make significant cash infusions into their pension funds under the new tax law in the U.S.

India’s space agency will kick off the new year on Jan. 10 by launching its Earth observation satellite Cartosat-2 series along with 30 other foreign sats.

RAYTHEON has $36.7m U.S. Air Force contract for Advanced Technology Receiver Card.

Underlining the trend toward 3-D printed larger metal parts for aerospace applications, Sciaky says it sold four of its multimillion-dollar EBAM electron beam additive manufacturing machines in December.

Orbital ATK’s NGL received another boost this week, with the rocket manufacturer entering into a Crada with the USAF.

Aurora Flight Sciences is flying high after securing a $48 million contract from the USAF to develop a certifiable version of its long-endurance Orion UAV.

Modularity, reuse, flexibility and architectural evolution are essential concepts for SNC in the challenge to develop a concept for a Deep Space Gateway.

The completion of the ISS Design Certification Review for Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner brings the ULA Atlas V rocket a step closer to human spaceflight.

Airbus will cut the production rate for its A400M airlifter to ensure what it calls a “sustainable future” for the aircraft.

Boeing is still working to fix three deficiencies related to the refueling process of the KC-46 that must be resolved before the tanker can enter service.

Two of the most widely used military UAVs may soon be available with new propulsion system options that will significantly extend their endurance.

Airbus is taking the Polish government to an arbitration tribunal over Warsaw’s conduct in canceling a multibillion-dollar contract for multimission helos.

India has approved the purchases of precision-guided bombs from Russia and Barak missiles from Israel in deals worth a total of about $270 million.

NORDAM GROUP INC. has $52.4m and BOEING has $49.1m in U.S. Navy contracts for the repair of F/A-18 A-D series aircraft outer wing panels.

The U.S. Air Force has awarded the Boeing Co. an estimated $17.5 million contract modification for C/KC-135 engineering sustainment support.

UTAS, a division of Goodrich, Westford, Massachusetts, has been awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with an initial ceiling of $22,899,665, predominately firm-fixed-price.

Textron recently seized a chance to prove its Scorpion light fighter could be the right fit as a low-cost alternative to existing ISR platforms for the USAF.

The U.S. Air Force is clamping down on quality controls among its EELV suppliers after the Pentagon’s inspector general identified 181 nonconformities.

Sciaky says it sold four of its multimillion-dollar EBAM electron beam additive manufacturing machines in December.

AeroVironment has formed a joint venture with Japanese telecommunications provider SoftBank to develop “high-altitude pseudo-satellites,” or HAPS.

The abdication of TransDigm Group’s CFO may not have anything to do with the company's financial situation, but it could add to investor hesitations.

Leonardo has received European Aviation Safety Agency certification for its AW109 Trekker twin-engine light helicopter.