Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

General Electric announced June 12 that Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt will retire this year and be succeeded by John Flannery, current president and CEO of GE Healthcare.

Airbus is testing a permanent solution to the power gearbox (PGB) problems that held up deliveries and affected flight operations of the A400M airlifter last year.

The U.S. Navy has awarded Raytheon almost $9 million to complete a flight-test demonstration of the latest network-enabled JSOW C-1 configuration.

NASA has issued a draft request for proposals for development of its Quiet Supersonic Transport low-boom flight demonstrator, starting the clock ticking toward first flight of the new X-plane in early 2021.

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INDIAN NAVY completed 10,000 flight hours with BOEING P-8I

The House Science Committee is trying to remove barriers to commercial space companies with a new bill, the American Space Commerce Free Enterprise Act of 2017.

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The U.S. Air Force says flying operations at Luke AFB were canceled on June 9 “to synchronize operations and maintenance efforts toward safe flying.”

The U.S. Air Force says it will continue investing in the Aerojet Rocketdyne AR-1 engine as a potential replacement for the Russian-made RD-180.

“We expect France would be involved,” said Airbus’ head of military aircraft, Fernando Alonso, speaking to journalists here June 9. “It is clearly in our European interest to define one single system available to all."

Portugal looks set to become the first customer for Embraer’s KC-390 airlifter.

Even a 1% fuel savings on the C-17 would save the Pentagon millions of dollars annually.

India’s Tata Advanced Systems Ltd. has delivered the first crown and tailcone assembly for India's upcoming batch of CH-47F Chinooks.

SAFRAN completed €2.4b ($2.7b) sale of its identity and security activities to ADVENT INTERNATIONAL.

Democrats on the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee are pushing their own FAA reauthorization bill.

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The U.S. Navy has opted to fund Boeing’s upgraded F/A-18 Super Hornet “Block III” and plans to begin fielding the capability in fiscal 2019.

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems plans to demonstrate an ultra-high-speed laser satellite communications terminal for the MQ-9 Reaper and is separately proposing a high-power “kill laser” demonstration.

Something refreshing and welcome seemed to emerge as NASA introduced its 22nd astronaut selection class this week.

The battle in Germany between Israel Aerospace Industries’ Heron TP and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems’ MQ-9B SkyGuardian appears to have been won by the Heron TP, but California-based General Atomics is not conceding defeat just yet.

The new version has adapted the soda can-shaped jammer into a shape that makes it compatible with the chaff and flare dispensing systems used on the F-16 and F-15.

China’s main builder of space launchers is developing what it calls a low-cost rocket that is likely to replace part of its venerable Long March 3 series.

The campaign involved test sites in Alaska, New York, Nevada, North Dakota, Texas and Virginia.

All 122 passengers and crew of a Myanmar air force Avic Y-8F 200 transporter are believed to have been killed after the aircraft crashed into the Andaman Sea on June 7.