Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Bradley Perrett
Australia is close to choosing between BAE Systems and Lockheed Martin to upgrade the Jindalee over-the-horizon radar system by implementing technology developed by the Defense Department.
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By Bradley Perrett
The Joint Strike Fighter project should be able to beat its 2019 price target for Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning aircraft, says program chief Lt. Gen. Chris Bogdan.
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AIRBUS HELICOPTERS has German defense ministry contract to retrofit 26 CH-53 heavy transport helicopters by 2022.

Where President Donald Trump’s statements about wanting better relations with Russia have left allies scratching their heads, Trump’s top administration officials are trying to provide more clarity.

The U.S. Air Force’s last MQ-1 Predator training squadron at Holloman AFB, New Mexico, is shifting to the MQ-9 Reaper as the service bids farewell to the revolutionary UAV it has operated since 1996.
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By Bradley Perrett
Boeing has built a ground installation of Australian military mission systems for economical evaluation of current and modified performance of interacting aircraft, ships and the national integrated air plot.
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By Mark Carreau
With an more muscular annual budget, NASA could regain some of the urgency that marked the nation’s Apollo era, according to an Aerospace Industries Association assessment released just before President Donald Trump’s first address to Congress.
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Raytheon demonstrated the threat geolocation capability of its all-digital radar warning receiver—the ALR-69A—during recent flight testing on a large-body aircraft for the U.S. Air Force.
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Lockheed Martin has unveiled a surprise play for the U.S. Air Force’s UH-1N Huey Replacement program, offering the secretive Sikorsky HH-60U.
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By Tony Osborne
Britain’s QinetiQ has ordered four Airbus H125 single-engine light helicopters for the UK Empire Test Pilots’ School (ETPS).
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By Tony Osborne
A British Royal Air Force pilot who sent an Airbus A330 Voyager tanker aircraft into a dive when his camera jammed the controls forward has been cleared by a court-martial of lying to investigators.
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By Tony Osborne
Leonardo Helicopters has begun ground tests of two active main rotor blade technologies, with the aim of flying both before this summer.
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President Donald Trump has appealed to both Democrats and Republicans in Congress to start rebuilding the military after what has been perceived as a recent period of stagnation and decline.
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By Tony Osborne
Airbus Helicopters has selected Safran’s RTM322 turboshaft to power the company’s Clean Sky 2 high-speed rotorcraft technology demonstrator.
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By Bradley Perrett
Honeywell expects the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) to begin using the company’s JetWave communications gear on a Lockheed Martin C-130J in May.
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By Bradley Perrett
Airbus is expressing confidence in the future of its Tiger attack helicopter in Australian service, even as Canberra considers early replacement of the type.
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CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY INC. has $59.6m U.S. Navy contract for Trident (D5) Mk. 6 guidance system production through Jan. 30, 2021.

On Wednesday morning in Washington the Center for Strategic and International Studies hosts a forum on the Future Vertical Lift helicopter requirement.

Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems, McKinney, Texas, was awarded an estimated $45,500,000 modification for an existing indefinite–delivery/indefinite-quantity contract.

The U.S. Navy has signed a contract with Boeing for seven more EA-18G Growler electronic attack aircraft and five single-seat F/A-18E Super Hornets, which will keep “Rhino” production humming as President Donald Trump, Canada and Kuwait flirt with potential orders.
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The next air-launched cruise missile the U.S. Navy buys under the Offensive Anti-Surface Warfare program should be competitively selected and must be capable of destroying maritime and land targets, the service’s head of precision strike weapons says.
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NASA has inked a $373.5 million deal with Boeing that includes options for three more seats on Russia’s Soyuz vehicle for missions to the International Space Station.
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By Tony Osborne
Airbus Defense and Space has brought in a new program manager for its troubled A400M airlifter program.
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By Molly McMillin
Marco Tulio Pellegrini, president and CEO of Embraer Executive Jets, has been named CEO of OGMA-Industria Aeronautica de Portugal.
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By Tony Osborne
Leonardo’s PicoSAR active electronically scanned array synthetic aperture radar has been chosen to equip the French army’s new Patroller UAV as well as Schiebel Camcopters destined for a North African country.
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