Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

NASA’s New Horizons carried out a small course-correction maneuver Dec. 9.

Boeing says it is “focused on the competition, not promotional flights,” having already submitted its T-X proposal in March and the corresponding flight-test data in June.

Experiment results on Europe’s Microscope mini-sat have confirmed a key principle in Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity, French space agency CNES says.

The contract also comes just days after Qatar signed up to purchase 12 additional Dassault Rafales from France adding to the 24 it already has on order as well as the 36 Boeing F-15QA Advanced Eagles being purchased from the United States.

Northrop Grumman on Dec. 7 formally announced it won a $750 million logistics and support services contract for the U.S. Army’s fleet of 75 intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft.

L-3 COMMUNICATIONS VERTEX AEROSPACE LLC has $10.3m U.S. Air Force contract for T-1A logistics support.

Bell-Boeing is gearing up to induct the first of more than 250 MV-22 Osprey tiltrotors into a program that will standardize the fleet.

Japan intends to arm its new F-35 with the medium-range Joint Strike Missile following North Korea’s most recent intercontinental ballistic missile test.

Advanced composites provider Hexcel has acquired additive manufacturer Oxford Performance Materials' aerospace and defense business.

Bell Helicopter is progressing toward first flight of the V-280 Valor slower than hoped, having missed the target months of September, October and November.

India is aiming to step up its satellite launches next year by having one mission per month as it tries to magnify its presence in the global space business.

BELL BOEING JPO has $18m U.S. Navy contract for technical analysis, engineering and integration services in support of V-22 aircraft.

United Launch Alliance (ULA) has postponed the launch of the National Reconnaissance Office’s classified NROL-47 spacecraft from its previous target of this month to no earlier than Jan. 10, 2018.

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The Pentagon’s top weapons buyer believes the department can reduce the timeline to get new equipment on contract by as much as 50%.

The U.S. National Laboratory portion of the International Space Station is host to a growing commercial research and development interest.

The UK Space Agency announced Dec. 7 it was committing £200,000 ($269,000) for four new business incubators to try to help grow Britain’s space industry.

Even before Dassault delivers the first Rafale fighter to Qatar in 2018, the country has ordered another 12 aircraft.

The Bigelow Expandable Activity Module will remain aboard the International Space Station for at least another three years under a fixed-price contract.

Raytheon is forming a formal subsidiary for its work in the United Arab Emirates, executives announced Dec. 7.

Already long delayed, the NASA-led, $8.8 billion, 5- to 10-year James Webb Space Telescope mission could face additional schedule setbacks and cost issues.

Global Aviation Technologies will update 19 C-21A jets, the military designation for the Learjet 35A, for the U.S. Air Force.

Cape Canaveral's Launch Complex 40 returned to service on Dec 6 after a 14-month repair and refurbishment following an explosion on the pad.

AEROJET ROCKETDYNE, INC. appointed Steve Warren chief communications officer.

President Donald Trump has tapped former NASA Administrator Mike Griffin to be under secretary of defense for research and engineering, effective Feb. 1.