Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Thierry Dubois
Safran's new terms for acquiring Zodiac Aerospace have resulted in €1 billion ($1.1 billion) drop in the value of the deal.

AIRBUS HELICOPTERS launched AIRBUS CORPORATE HELICOPTERS (ACH) brand at EBACE 2017 show in Geneva.

The Trump administration’s fiscal year 2018 budget proposes shifting the FAA’s air traffic control functions to a non-profit, non-governmental corporation by 2021.

View the U.S. Defense Department Fiscal 2018 Budget Request chart in PDF format.

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has accelerated development of the warhead-killing Multi-Object Kill Vehicle (MOKV) by five years in response to emerging threats.
Budget, Policy & Operations

NAVISTAR DEFENSE LLC has $18.8m U.S. Army foreign military sales contract for 115 medium tactical vehicles for Iraq.

On Tuesday the Trump administration is due to release its long-awaited detailed budget request for fiscal 2018.

American Systems Corp., Chantilly, Virginia, is being awarded a $30,346,542 cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract.

By Graham Warwick, Guy Norris
NASA’s fiscal 2108 budget request for aeronautics research keeps the agency’s New Aviation Horizons (NAH) X-plane program alive, but with a slower pace of new flight demonstration programs.
Budget, Policy & Operations

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency's (MDA) $7.9 billion budget plan for fiscal 2018 includes almost $600 million over five years to finally begin addressing the hypersonic missile threat from Russia and China.
Budget, Policy & Operations

The news that the Dragon Lady will continue patrolling the skies indefinitely, revealed May 23 in President Donald Trump's budget request for fiscal 2018, is a reversal of the Air Force's previous plans.
Budget, Policy & Operations

President Donald Trump’s $19.1 billion fiscal 2018 spending request for NASA achieves a 0.8% decrease from current levels by terminating a robotic satellite-servicing demonstration mission and, as expected, trimming Earth-science missions.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Michael Bruno
The Trump administration’s request for the fiscal year that starts Oct. 1 was not accompanied by the regular five-year defense spending plan, leaving even suggested guidance for major defense acquisition programs officially unknown.
Budget, Policy & Operations

President Donald Trump’s first proposed budget for the U.S. Air Force keeps the service’s top modernization priorities on track, but does not include the major boost to procurement programs that many defense hawks had hoped for.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s ambitions of reaching Mars with human explorers continue to pay dividends for Johnson Space Center, the highest funded of the agency’s 10 field centers.
Budget, Policy & Operations

The U.S. Army continues to back the Improved Turbine Engine Program (ITEP) and Future Vertical Lift (FVL) in its fiscal 2018 budget request, despite reducing spending on aviation accounts overall.
Budget, Policy & Operations

President Donald Trump's first budget blueprint for the U.S. Navy prioritizes readiness over buying new equipment.
Budget, Policy & Operations

The Trump administration's 2018 budget submission, released May 23, would increase readiness spending and protect weapons modernization programs, but there is little joy in the budget proposal for helicopter makers.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Poland has declared a need for a fleet of fifth-generation fighter aircraft equipped with long-range precision weapons to act as a deterrent against an increasingly aggressive Russia.
Defense

By Jay Menon
An Indian Air Force (IAF) Sukhoi Su-30MKI fighter aircraft went missing near the Indo-China border in the eastern state of Assam on May 23.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
Taqnia, the Saudi company partnered with Antonov to develop the An-132D airlifter, plans to start building the aircraft in-country in 2020.
Defense

CHINA’s Z-19E armed helicopter made first flight May 18 in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province.

On May 23 the Pentagon is expected to release its defense budget request, one that is anticipated to provide $603 billion and focus on improving military readiness.

Oct. 31-Nov. 2—MRO Asia-Pacific, Singapore. For more information go to www.aviationweek.com/events

By Jen DiMascio
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched the fourth Inmarsat Global Xpress satellite May 15.
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