Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

On Tuesday Orbital ATK will conduct a booster test for NASA’s Space Launch System at the ...

Honeywell International Inc., Phoenix, has been awarded a $75,000,000 modification (P00002) to previously awarded contract FA8650-15-D-2504 for the ...

By Tony Osborne
Tanker problems are holding up the long-awaited transatlantic deployment of British and U.S. Marine Corps F-35Bs in time for their debut at two major U.K. air shows.
Defense

The hot-fire test of a chilled-down solid-fuel rocket motor for NASA’s planned heavy-lift Space Launch System (SLS) on June 28 moved the big human-rated rocket a step closer to its first flight in 2018.
Defense

By Michael Bruno
Honeywell International made its expected CEO transition plan official late June 28, announcing newly installed President and Chief Operating Officer Darius Adamczyk will succeed current chief executive Dave Cote on March 31, 2017.
Defense

By Jay Menon
An Indian air force (IAF) Su-30MKI has flown for the first time carrying the 2,500-kg (5,500-lb.) Indo-Russian BrahMos supersonic missile.
Defense

By Maksim Pyadushkin
The Russian armed forces will receive the first brigade of the new Buk-M3 medium-range surface-to-air missile system this year, says Yan Novikov, CEO of Almaz Antey, the system’s manufacturer.
Defense

By Mark Carreau
Dscovr, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s inaugural space weather satellite, is prepared to become an operational solar sentry on July 27.
Defense

The U.S. Navy has no choice but to operate in a world where more countries are getting access to anti-ship ballistic missiles (ASBMs), says Adm. John Richardson, chief of naval operations.
Defense

By Mark Carreau
The June 2015 launch failure of SpaceX’s seventh NASA-contracted resupply mission to the International Space Station has jeopardized agency ISS program plans to equip the six-person orbiting research laboratory with two docking adaptors for future U.S. commercial crew capsules prior to the first test flight now planned for May 2017, NASA's IG says.
Defense

Trustees of The Aerospace Corporation picked Steve Isakowitz as president and CEO of the non-profit corporation which operates a federally funded research and development center in El Segundo, California, that advises the Air Force, NASA and other government agencies on aerospace technology.
Defense

U.S. Air Force officials announced fives bases as candidates for the next round of active duty-led KC-46A Pegasus basing June 23: Dover AFB, Delaware; Fairchild AFB, Washington; Grand Forks AFB, North Dakota; Travis AFB, California; and Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey. Air Mobility Command will soon conduct site surveys and develop cost estimates for each choice. Air Force leaders then will select preferred and reasonable alternatives for the operating location. The Air Force plans to announce the second active duty-led KC-46A preferred alternative by the end of 2016.

U.S. Marine Corps and U.K. F-35Bs will land vertically on a pad of AM-2 aluminum matting at Royal Air Force Fairford during the Royal International Air Tattoo.
Defense

MDA's directed energy roadmap shows continued investment in an assortment of high-power laser technologies that will be married with an unmanned missile shooter in the fiscal 2021 timeframe.
Defense

U.S. Air Force officials announced fives bases as candidates for the next round of active duty-led KC-46A Pegasus basing June 23: Dover AFB, Delaware; Fairchild AFB, Washington; Grand Forks AFB, North Dakota; Travis AFB, California; and Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey. Air Mobility Command will soon conduct site surveys and develop cost estimates for each choice. Air Force leaders then will select preferred and reasonable alternatives for the operating location. The Air Force plans to announce the second active duty-led KC-46A preferred alternative by the end of 2016.

View the U.S. Navy Spending-Maritime Aircraft: FY15-FY17 ($K) chart in PDF format.

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The U.S. Marine Corps is looking to improve readiness levels for both its AV-8B Harrier jets and its CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters amid an increase in mishaps for the fleets.
Defense

By Michael Bruno
CEO and President Eileen Drake is continuing the trimming and reorganization of Aerojet Rocketdyne, with the company announcing June 27 it will consolidate its six business units into two, Space and Defense.
Defense

A Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion helicopter successfully lifted the equivalent of two up-armored Humvees during recent testing in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Defense

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s Curiosity rover, nearing the fourth anniversary of its drama-filled landing on Mars, has detected an unexpected mineral in the rock it is sampling as it methodically climbs Mount Sharp.
Defense

Raytheon has completed a key test milestone in developing the U.S. Air Force’s next-generation GPS OCX, proving the ground control segment’s ability to securely transfer information between government agencies.
Defense

Raytheon has completed a key test milestone in developing the U.S. Air Force’s next-generation GPS OCX, proving the ground control segment’s ability to securely transfer information between government agencies.
Defense

By Bradley Perrett
The first launch of a Long March 7 rocket on June 25 has opened an intensely busy 12-month period for the Chinese space program, with at least four more major missions scheduled for execution by mid-2017.
Space

LOCKHEED MARTIN has $27.2m U.S. Navy contract for non-recurring effort to develop a ...