Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

A U.S. Navy training squadron has paused flight operations after a fatal crash of a T-45 Goshawk in East Tennessee that left two pilots dead.

Ride-hailing giant Uber is focusing its efforts to develop an urban air transport network on airspace access and ground infrastructure.

India has approved the sale of a 10% stake in its military airframer Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL) through an initial public offering (IPO).

BOEING has $41.5m U.S. Defense Logistics Agency contract for F/A-18 E/F spare parts.

An Indian Air Force (IAF) trainer aircraft crashed in the southern state of Telangana Sept. 28, the latest in a series of air mishaps for the country’s military.

“Clearly a lower tax rate is beneficial for most of the stocks we cover,” said Canaccord Genuity A&D analyst Ken Herbert.

Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg has voiced support for President Donald Trump’s tax reform initiatives, calling them a "big enabler."

Bell Helicopter has completed assembly of the first two AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters for the Pakistan Army.

SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk has unveiled BFR, a new methane-fueled reusable space transportation system.

India requires at least 75 additional satellites by 2021 to meet the country’s growing demand for space-based research and applications, according to the country’s space agency.

NASA and ROSCOSMOS signed an agreement Sept. 27 at International Astronautical Congress in Adelaide, Australia, pledging continued research on Deep Space Gateway-type concepts. PATRIA HELICOPTERS AB has €7.1m ($8.3m), four-year contract to maintain Norwegian Armed Forces’ Bell 412 helicopters.

North America

If the White House is looking to cut costs on the Air Force One program by ditching the ability to refuel in flight, Congress may overrule it. Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) asked Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford at his reconfirmation hearing about the U.S. Air Force’s decision.

The planned launch of NASA’s $8.8 billion James Webb Space Telescope is slipping from October 2018 to between March and June of 2019.

Belgium’s involvement in the Dutch-led new European Multinational Multi-Role Tanker Transport Fleet will result in the fleet size growing to eight aircraft.

France’s 2018 government finance bill details the aeronautical equipment that the French Air Force, Navy and Army will receive and order as part of their ongoing fleet and weapons renewal.

Kawasaki Heavy Industries, with the blessing of the Japanese government, has begun promoting its C-2 long-range cargo aircraft to the U.S. military.

Bell Helicopter has completed assembly of the first Japanese Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey and passed it along to the U.S. government for final modification and delivery.

Japan will fly a testbed reusable sounding rocket in the fiscal year beginning in April 2018, aiming to demonstrate vertical landings and 24-hr. turnarounds—capabilities that could later be applied to the first stage of a space launcher.

India’s landmark Mars orbiter, Mangalyaan, has completed three years in orbit around the Red Planet and is still in good health.

The evaluation will look at how to tie together disaggregated sensors in ways that were not possible in 1991 when J-Stars was first fielded.

Lockheed Martin is ramping up development of hypersonic system technology as observers report the first sightings of a demonstrator vehicle believed to be linked to the Skunk Works’ planned SR-72 high-speed aircraft project.

LOCKHEED MARTIN has $60m U.S. Navy contract to identify/execute projects to reduce F-35 costs; 28.9m or non-recurring special tooling and special test equipment to meet F-35 production rates; $11.8m for F-35 Lightning II low-rate initial production Lot 11 procurement of diminishing manufacturing sources and material shortages management support.

An Italian Air Force test pilot was killed Sept. 24 in the crash of a Eurofighter Typhoon at an air display.

The Trump administration plans to restrict Russian surveillance flights over certain regions of the U.S. in response to alleged violations of the Open Skies Treaty by Moscow.