Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Bradley Perrett, Kim Minseok
Hanwha is promoting a weapon that may have completed development in a secretive program launched to give South Korea a long-range means of striking North Korean artillery.
Defense

The U.S. Defense Department could save more money by transferring all required depot work to the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), the Government Accountability Office (GAO) says.
Defense

Anti-air warfare (AAW) remains a major question mark for the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), even as the class morphs into a frigate configuration and ads an over-the-horizon missile, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) office says.
Defense

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The new head of Boeing Defense, Space & Security is taking a hands-on approach to managing the KC-46 tanker development.
Defense

By Michael Bruno
Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) will prioritize operational performance and profit growth, and it will focus on being a leader in six major market segments – none of which are fighter jets – as part of the business unit’s “new start,” the new chief executive told Aviation Week.
Defense

An upcoming demonstration flight at NASA’s Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility (CSBF) in Palestine, Texas, will mark the agency’s first use of the site since 2009.
Defense

Danish lawmakers have cleared the way for Denmark’s Ministry of Defense (MoD) to buy 27 Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning IIs.
Defense

By Mark Carreau
Mars One will stress problem solving through teamwork as the Dutch nonprofit with investor- and reality-TV-backed ambitions of colonizing Mars in the late 2020s settles on a rigorous, five-day third round of a prolonged astronaut/settler selection process. Its date and place have yet to be set.
Defense

As Boeing Defense, Space & Security’s weapons division prepares to double Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) tail kit production from 75 units per day to 150 by next summer, the production facility in St. Charles, Missouri, has temporarily manned its second shift for a trial run.
Defense

By Jay Menon
The Indian government has given the go-ahead for the export of the Indo-Russian BrahMos supersonic cruise missile to several countries, including Vietnam and Chile.
Defense

Singapore sees the importance of the rotational U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon patrols and the accompanying American security relationship, but the small Asia-Pacific nation acknowledges the complications of a rising China, Defense Minister Ng Eng Hen says.
Defense

Smith shepherded the rise of the U.S. commercial spaceflight industry, drafting licensing and safety regulations while providing freedom to innovate.

NORTHROP GRUMMAN and U.S. Navy completed critical design review for Increment 1 of ...

James Halsell Jr., a five-time space shuttle astronaut who led NASA’s Return-to-Flight Planning Team after the Columbia accident, was charged ...

By Graham Warwick
Lockheed Martin and Raytheon to lead development of the ability to add autonomous behaviors to existing UAVs.
Defense

With the U.S. military losing six jets to accidents in a span of about two weeks, the Navy is canceling upcoming Blue Angels air shows and the service’s “air boss” is asking the aviation community to focus even more on safety.
Defense

Sierra Nevada Corp. is using its multi-billion-dollar NASA contract to deliver cargo to the International Space Station (ISS) as a marketing starting gun aimed at selling its Dream Chaser lifting-body vehicle for missions all over the emerging low Earth orbit economy and beyond.
Defense

By Molly McMillin
Larry Lawson, president and CEO of Spirit AeroSystems, plans to retire July 31, three years after joining the company based here.
Defense

Boeing Defense, Space & Security has added Qatar as its 12th confirmed international customer for the AH-64 Apache after securing a $667.5 million foreign military sales contract with the Gulf state for 24 “Guardian” E-models.
Defense

A Chinese J-10 fighter intercepted a U.S. Air Force RC-135 reconnaissance plane earlier this month over the East China Sea at high rate of speed that the American air crew believed to be unsafe, Pentagon officials say.
Defense

By Jen DiMascio
Under the terms of a new four-year agreement, Aerojet Rocketdyne will become Raytheon’s primary, long-term supplier for existing propulsion systems and explosives.
Defense

The rollout of laser-guided rockets to operational theaters in Iraq and Afghanistan is continuing, with BAE Systems confirming on June 8 that the U.S. Air Force has fielded its mid-body guidance kits for the 2.75-in. (70mm) rounds on the Lockheed Martin F-16 and Fairchild Republic A-10.
Defense

With the development of lasers, railgun and hypervelocity projectile (HVP) weapons, the U.S. Navy has its best potential menu yet for alternative missile shields, the Congressional Research Service (CRS) says in a recent report.
Defense