Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is unveiling to the market a system called ADA that protects avionics from a direct electronic attack.

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By Tony Osborne
Bell is preparing its prototype V-280 Valor next-generation tiltrotor for ground-vibration testing as it pushes to achieve first flight by September of this year.
Defense

By Michael Bruno
Advanced composites provider Hexcel has invested $10 million more in additive manufacturer Oxford Performance Materials, which is making 3D printed parts for Boeing's CST-100 Starliner.
Defense

In the latest F-35 contract agreement, covering 90 aircraft, the price of all three variants is down significantly.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Diamond Aircraft has received an order for five training aircraft from Patria Aviation in Finland to be delivered this year.
Business Aviation

In his first meeting with President Donald Trump, the U.S. Air Force chief told the new commander-in-chief that the service needs more people and resources to fulfill its missions at home and abroad.
Defense

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s Juno mission spacecraft swooped close to Jupiter’s swirling cloud tops for a fourth time early Feb. 2.
Defense

As Northrop and Raytheon’s T-X ambitions fall apart, a new candidate has emerged: the Stavatti Aerospace Javelin.
Defense

By Michael Bruno
Arconic, the Alcoa successor focusing on aerospace, defense and automotive OEMs, is the latest mid-tier industry provider to fall under the bull’s-eye of an activist investor.
Defense

By Michael Bruno
Federal hardware and services provider Harris is facing many challenges these days, but the company increasingly has one thing going for it: classified businesses.
Defense

By Michael Bruno
Federal hardware and services provider Harris is facing many challenges these days, but the company increasingly has one thing going for it: classified businesses.
Defense

CFM INTERNATIONAL INC. has $1.9b Defense Logistics Agency contract for F108 replenishment spare parts through Oct. 31, 2024.

Dutch national aerospace laboratory NLR has wind-tunnel tested South Korea’s indigenous Light Attack Helicopter.

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By Molly McMillin
Wichita State University’s National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) has joined NASA’s Advanced Composite Consortium.

Lockheed Martin is working with the U.S. Air Force to upgrade the stealth coating that allows the F-22 to fly undetected in enemy airspace.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
Norwegian air accident investigators probing the loss of a CHC-operated Airbus H225 helicopter last April have begun focusing their attention on the certification aspects of the helicopter’s gearbox.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
Bye Aerospace expects to fly the battery-electric Sun Flyer two-seat trainer in the first quarter and the solar-electric StartoAirNet optionally piloted aircraft in the second quarter.

By Graham Warwick
The new CEO of startup XTI Aircraft says raising financing to advance development of the TriFan 600 vertical-takeoff-and-landing business aircraft is his first priority.
Defense

By Mark Carreau
With Houston hosting the Super Bowl for the third time, NASA’s Johnson Space Center is taking the opportunity to showcase the agency’s Mars exploration ambitions to visiting football fans.
Defense

By Bradley Perrett, Kim Minseok
The South Korean navy will assign its eight Leonardo AW159 Wildcat helicopters to Incheon-class frigates.
Defense

By Jay Menon
India has increased its defense budget to 2.74 trillion rupees ($40.8 billion) for the fiscal year beginning April 1, an increase of about 6% over the previous year.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
A UK-developed large quadrotor that can fly unmanned or manned is being flight tested by the U.S. Army as it develops requirements for a future joint tactical aerial resupply vehicle (JTARV).
Defense

By Graham Warwick
Russia’s TsAGI central aerohydrodynamic institute has conducted low-speed wind tunnel testing of an integrated wing/body concept for a heavy transport aircraft.
Defense