Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

Need to go fishing for pirates or smugglers? London-based Horizon Technologies has a signals intelligence pod for that.

After a number of difficulties and delays with Raytheon’s next-generation ground control system for GPS III satellites, the U.S. Air Force has accepted delivery of an initial version.

The Turkish government appears to have selected local microwave electronics firm Aselsan for its Stand-Off Jammer program, seeking four aircraft.

The Philippines finally has confirmed an order for six Embraer A-29 Super Tucanos to fill a light attack requirement.

Boeing’s proposed double-range AGM-84 Harpoon Block II Plus has been launched from an F/A-18 as part of a preliminary flight-test campaign.

The USAF has grounded the Beechcraft T-6 Texan II training aircraft at Vance AFB after five pilots reported physiological episodes with hypoxia-like symptoms.

They were warned, but shareholders of aerospace supply chain management provider Wesco Aircraft still shaved almost 4% off the company’s stock price Nov. 29.

The U.S. Air Force relieved Lt. Col. Jason Heard of command of the Air Force Thunderbirds demonstration team after concerns arose about his leadership approach.

Ranking officers with the U.S. military services concede that their weapons systems training technologies are dated, dispersed and lagging in interoperability.

NASA has cleared SpaceX to use a previously flown Falcon 9 first stage for its upcoming cargo run to the International Space Station.

The U.S. Air Force has revealed its top propulsion research priorities for the next decade.

Boeing built a sophisticated weapons system trainer early in the process of building its new-design jet with Saab for the U.S. Air Force’s T-X trainer requirement.

When it comes to information warfare, don’t expect the Aussies to sit back and play nice.

BAE Systems says negotiations with Qatar to purchase 24 Eurofighter Typhoons have been concluded.

Shareholders of aerospace and defense provider Orbital ATK on Nov. 29 overwhelmingly OK'd the company’s takeover by prime defense contractor Northrop Grumman.

Rocket Lab will live stream the second test flight of its Electron low-cost small satellite launch vehicle, the 10-day launch window for which opens on Dec 8.

Scottish prosecutors will hold a Fatal Accident Inquiry into the November 2013 Clutha helicopter crash in Glasgow, Scotland, that killed 10 people.

The U.S. Air Force is embarking on a comprehensive study of electronic warfare systems needed to prevail in a 21st century peer conflict.

Since being stood up in April 2003, the U.S. Air Force’s shadowy Rapid Capabilities Office has expanded significantly, now overseeing 30 weapons programs valued at more than $30 billion over the next five years.

AIRBUS HELICOPTERS’ second NH90 Sea Lion for German Navy performed first flight at Donauwörth Nov. 24. Deliveries to begin late 2019. THALES completed acquisition of UK-based startup AVEILLANT LTD. (holographic radar technology). LOCKHEED MARTIN has $37.7m U.S. Navy contract for software conversions for structure and systems datasets in support of F-35 Lot 10 production.

North Korea fired a ballistic missile into the Sea of Japan Nov. 28, the U.S. Department of Defense announced, Pyongyang’s first missile launch since September.

NASA’s multibillion-dollar Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope is undergoing a near-term, top-to-bottom cost/benefit analysis and a descoping of the technically challenging coronagraph.

XCOR Aerospace, which eyed a foothold in the suborbital market with its Lynx spaceplane, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy Nov. 8.

The U.S. Air Force this month kicked off a $403 million competition to extend the life of Lockheed Martin F-16 fighters built since 1988.

A Russian weather satellite and 18 smallsats—including 10 nanosatellites owned by Spire Global—failed to reach their intended orbits on Nov. 28.