Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

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PRATT & WHITNEY MILITARY ENGINES has $353.2m U.S. Navy contract for performance based logistics sustainment of F135 engines for F-35s for the Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, non-U.S. Department of Defense participants, foreign military Sales customers.

China wants to become the world leader in artificial intelligence (AI) by 2030, and the U.S. should make sure to keep pace, according to the former deputy defense secretary.

By Michael Bruno
Some analysts suspect U.S. defense budgets may be set up for a squeeze play by the early 2020s, while business aviation could feel an effect right away--good or bad.
Defense

The next-generation Vulcan Centaur rocket that ULA is developing to succeed its Atlas and Delta platforms will be outfitted with avionics by L3 Technologies.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
More-electric systems, engine-airframe integration and flight-deck apps are among new research projects to be backed by almost $73 million in UK government funding.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
Research into a new class of materials that promise to “revolutionize aircraft construction” is being funded by the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
Airbus has taken a stake in uAvionix, a startup developing miniaturized ADS-B transceivers for detect-and-avoid in UAVs.
Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
The U.S. Marine Corps plans to test an unmanned, disposable glider that can be launched from a transport aircraft to deliver supplies to ground forces.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
Slovenia’s Pipistrel Aircraft has created a Chinese company to produce the Alpha Electro and Panthera electric-powered light aircraft.
Defense

By Marhalim Abas
The possible foreign military sale of ordnance, equipment and services worth $415 million for a Singaporean training detachment of Boeing F-15s in Idaho has been OK'd.
Defense

BOEING’s P-8A Poseidon aircrew training system commenced delivery to Australia.

Sales of U.S. military equipment to allies totaled roughly $42 billion in fiscal 2017.

By Irene Klotz
CAPE CANAVERAL—On Tuesday, after a hiatus of 37 years, the quartet of thrusters at the rear of NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft successfully fired to test if they could keep the probe oriented with 10-millisecond pulses.
Defense

By Irene Klotz
The European Space Agency will invest in a new Vega small satellite launcher and a miniature reusable robotic spaceplane.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
Bahrain has formally agreed to purchase 16 new-build Block 70 F-16s.
Defense

The U.S. Air Force is moving forward with a plan to give the F-35A a moving target capability in 2018.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
Airbus has revealed it has ended serial production of the H120 single-engine light helicopter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
The private sector is expected to play a big role in sustaining the latest version of the future human deep space exploration strategy for moving humans beyond low Earth orbit.
Defense

By Kirby Harrison
Executive Flight Services has received FAA certification and has the capability to manage and fly Part 135 aircraft with 10 seats or more.
Business Aviation

INDRA and LOCKHEED MARTIN agreed to extend cooperation on S-band active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar for the Spanish Navy’s F-110 program and establish commercialization framework for other anti-air warfare opportunities.

Poland is looking for firepower, having asked the U.S. for the purchase of up to 150 Raytheon AIM-120C-7 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (Amraams) and Lockheed Martin High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (Himars).

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s proposed Deep Space Gateway is gathering enough interest among the U.S. ISS partnership to become part of the evolving Global Exploration Roadmap.
Space

As the man bridging the gap between military and commercial infrastructure, the commander of U.S. Transportation Command is leading the charge on cyber resiliency.
Defense