Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Guy Norris
The aircraft is believed to have taken off at around 12:48 p.m. Pacific time Aug. 24 and remained airborne for at least two hours.
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The U.S. Air Force is at odds with the U.S. Government Accountability Office over divesting the A-10 attack aircraft.
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NORTHROP GRUMMAN and the U.S. Marine Corps completed preliminary and critical design reviews for Ground Weapon Locating Radar (GWLR) ...

Lockheed Martin has flight-tested an improved version of its Miniature Hit-to-Kill (MHTK) missile in its final firing under a U.S. Army program to develop ...

View the Fleet Snapshot: Worldwide C-130 Fleets chart in PDF format.

By Tony Osborne
Mexico’s Pegaso has become the second oil and gas helicopter operator to take delivery of Airbus Helicopters’ twin-engine super-medium H175.
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By Mark Carreau
A British-led team of international astronomers has discovered a rocky, Earth-like planet orbiting Proxima Centauri, the closest star to our Solar System.
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By Tony Osborne
The prototype Airlander 10 hybrid airship was damaged in a hard landing Aug. 24 during its second flight after a rebuild.
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By Jay Menon
India is working to launch 70 satellites in the next three years, with plans to lift at least four satellites by year’s end, a senior space scientist says.
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By Bradley Perrett
North Korea appears to have taken a large step toward complicating Japanese and South Korean defenses by successfully testing a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM).
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By Tony Osborne
The CEO of Italy’s Piaggio Aerospace has resigned, just weeks after masterminding the company’s restructuring.
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LOCKHEED MARTIN has U.S. Air Force contract worth up to $10b for C-130J production program support, incl. foreign ...

With Congress still in recess until early next month, defense discussion is at a low ebb in the nation’s ...

Selected U.S. military contracts for Aug. 15, 2016 U.S. AIR FORCE General Atomics - Aeronautical Systems Inc., Poway, California, has been awarded a

In a memo sent to Defense Department leadership last week, the Pentagon’s top weapons tester cautioned the F-35 still has many obstacles to overcome before full warfighting capability.
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NASA is planning to build a powerful new upper stage for the heavy-lift Space Launch System (SLS) in time for its second flight.
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By Graham Warwick
Lockheed Martin has flight-tested an improved version of its Miniature Hit-to-Kill (MHTK) missile in its final firing under a U.S. Army program to develop technology for a counter-rocket, artillery and mortar (C-RAM) interceptor.
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By Mark Carreau
NASA has re-established contact with Stereo-B, one of two extended-mission spacecraft launched into solar orbit nearly a decade ago to study the nature of coronal mass ejections, the solar wind and the Sun’s far side.
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By Graham Warwick
The U.S. Army wants to urgently upgrade up to 10 of its Lockheed Martin TPQ-53 mobile counterfire radars to detect, track and identify unmanned aircraft systems (UAS).
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By Molly McMillin
Wichita-based Greenwich AeroGroup has sold Aero Precision Industries International, DAC International and NASAM to a fund managed by Odyssey Investment Partners.
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By Guy Norris
Space company Rocket Lab has installed the launch platform at its purpose-built operating site in the Mahia Peninsula on New Zealand’s North Island, clearing the way for the first of three planned test firings before the start of commercial services in 2017.
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The FAA and the departments of Defense, Homeland Security and Commerce are planning to create a new cross-government program to investigate replacement options for long-range, short-range and weather radar systems supporting the aviation sector in the continental U.S.
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By Graham Warwick
Qinetiq is to integrate unmanned air, surface and underwater vehicles for a multinational autonomous mine-countermeasures demonstration.

By Graham Warwick
News network CNN has launched its first unit using unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) for newsgathering, called CNN Aerial Imaging and Reporting (CNN AIR).

By Guy Norris
Under the contracts GE and Advanced Turbine Engine Co. (ATEC), a 50:50 Honeywell/Pratt joint venture, will advance their designs over the next two years leading up to an engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) proposal in spring 2017.
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