Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

The U.S. Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, a $21.5 million contract...

As the U.S. Navy gets down to developing its future cruiser or large surface combatant, the service wants to design and build a ship that can be upgraded to face new threats in a way that does not mean ripping apart most of the ship, as it does with the current fleet.

Pakistan has successfully conducted a test flight of the Shaheen-III surface-to-surface ballistic missile, which has a maximum range of 2,750 km.

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons is seeking information on systems that would provide protection against UAVs.

Staffing of the International Space Station temporarily dropped from six to three people on Dec. 11, as NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren, Japan’s Kimiya Yui and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko descended to Earth.

In the first live-fire intercept test of Aegis Ashore, contractor Lockheed Martin, the U.S. Navy and the Missile Defense Agency successfully destroyed a ballistic missile target at the Pacific Missile Range Facility.

U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter and Indian Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar reiterated their countries’ strong bonds earlier this month during the minister’s visit to the Pentagon.

When it comes to modernizing a U.S. Navy cruiser – even in phases – getting the ship ready is a mission unto itself.

RAYTHEON MISSILE SYSTEMS has $543m PENTAGON contract for ...

The U.S. Air Force has awarded Kaman Precision Products, Inc. of Orlando, Florida, a $20.2 million...

Congressional restrictions on U.S. space activities have left the European Space Agency in a better position to guide international space cooperation, ESA’s new director general says.

France ordered its third MQ-9 Reaper system on Dec. 7, a three-UAV acquisition to be delivered in 2019.

System-performance improvements should allow space-based ADS-B provider Aireon to offer ANSPs with both terrestrial and oceanic ADS-B surveillance capabilities.

Semiconductor technology that would eliminate bulky optical telescopes and enable lightweight, low-cost light detection and ranging (lidar) sensors for foliage penetration, collision avoidance, robotic vision and optical communications is to be developed under a new five-year, $58 million Darpa program.

Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division at Naval Base Ventura County, Point Mugu, California, earlier this month hosted a live-fire test of the Standard Missile-3 Block IIA missile.

The U.K.’s unmanned combat air vehicle technology demonstrator, Taranis, has completed a third round of flight trials.

As the Pentagon gets ready to buy new submarines, bombers and missiles to support the U.S. nuclear strategy, the hunt for national funding continues to help cut costs of the SSBN boomer-submarine fleet.

Russian Helicopters says it has delivered five Mil Mi-171Sh military transport rotorcraft to the Bangladesh defense ministry.

SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT has $354m U.S. ARMY contract for 29 MH-60R helicopters...

The U.S. Navy has awarded Raytheon Co. Missile Systems of Tucson, Arizona, a

A U.K. defense electronics firm has been selected to develop a data link capable of transmitting real-time imagery and video from high-altitude UAVs using 3G cellular standards technology.

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station successfully grappled Orbital ATK’s latest Cygnus cargo mission capsule early Dec. 9.

Airbus Helicopters has delivered its first H125 AStar single-engine helicopter from its newly established assembly line in Columbus, Mississippi.

Airbus Helicopters is performing flight tests of Turbomeca’s Ardiden 3C turboshaft engine on its prototype H175/EC175 for its Chinese partner.

Amphibious warfare defensive weaponry could present the U.S. Marine Corps with unique obstacles in getting people and materiel from ship to shore, a CRS report notes.