Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

India’s Defense Acquisition Council (DAC) has approved a proposal to buy 83 indigenous Tejas Mk. 1-A Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) for the Indian air force (IAF) at a cost of 500.25 billion rupees ($7.5 billion).

Bell Helicopter is preparing to support assembly of the Bell 407GXP in China as part of a prospective sale of 100 of the rotorcraft.

Chinese company Nanshan Aluminum will supply aerospace-grade aluminum plate to Boeing, taking a key step in accessing the global market.

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NOAA’s next-generation Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, GOES-R, postponed planned Nov. 16 launch from Cape Canaveral, FL, to Nov. 19 due to an issue with UNITED LAUNCH ALLIANCE’s Atlas V launcher. BOEING has $478.8m U.S. Air Force contract for F-15 Eagle Passive/Active Warning and Survivability System (EPAWSS) engineering and manufacturing development.

The U.S. Commerce Department is organizing a defense and security industry trade mission to Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, with at least 17 small and midsized companies joining the junket

Earth scientists using NASA spacecraft are turning to small satellites as funding lags for larger platforms.

A consortium of Britain’s Defense Electronics and Components Agency (DECA), BAE Systems and Northrop Grumman has secured a key F-35 maintenance and support contract.

Major Chinese space contractor CASC is developing a reusable rocket engine that burns methane with liquid oxygen.

Avic’s Chengdu fighter works is aiming for a range of 8,050 km (5,000 mi.) for a proposed business jet.

Study looks for weapon to attack ships and land targets in 2030s. But don’t call it a cruise missile just yet.

Avic plans to offer a civil freighter version of the Y-20, apparently with a high-bypass engine that has been under development for the military transport.

Boeing has received a U.S. Air Force contract worth $478 million to begin full-scale development of a next-generation electronic warfare suite for operational F-15s called the Eagle Passive/Active Warning and Survivability System.

Scientists have improved ultraviolet measurements of hydrated mineral movement across the Moon’s daytime side with a recent change to operations of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter’s Lyman Alpha Mapping Project (LAMP) instrument.

Singapore has awarded contracts to Airbus Helicopters and Boeing Defense for H225M medium lift and Chinook heavy lift helicopters.

Indonesia may opt for a third fighter type for entry into service over the next decade as part of its air force modernization program.

Customers have signed letters of intent for 17 AG600 amphibian aircraft, says the manufacturer, Avic general-aviation unit Caiga.

S&K AEROSPACE LLC has $4.2b indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity U.S. Air Force contract for Parts and Repair Ordering System (PROS) V.

Aerospace additive manufactured and titanium parts provider Norsk Titanium of Norway has received an investment from Silicon Valley-based Applied Ventures.

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The Sikorsky X2 technology demonstrator that spawned the S-97 Raider and SB-1 Defiant has been retired to the Udvar-Hazy National Air and Space Museum in Chantilly, Virginia.

Chinese missile and space group Casic is preparing to build a medium-capacity launcher while also moving into liquid-propellant technology.

U.S. light helicopter manufacturer Robinson Helicopters says New Zealand’s civil aviation regulatory environment needs to better harmonize with the U.S. if it is to resolve concerns over the safety of its aircraft.

According to a new report by Govini, the aerospace and defense sector should pay far more attention than usual on down-ballot election campaigns, particularly in congressional districts.

New Lone Star Flight Museum CEO Douglas H. Owens pledges to keep a modest but mostly flyable collection of historically significant aircraft airworthy as the gallery transitions from its first home in Galveston to Houston’s Ellington Airport.