Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

NEW DELHI—India’s GSAT-16 telecommunications satellite is on track to be launched on Dec. 4 by Arianespace’s next heavy-lift Ariane 5 mission from French Guiana. “The GSAT-16 telecommunications satellite has been fueled at the spaceport for its launch,” a scientist at the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) informs.

To list an event, send information in calendar format to Donna Thomas at [email protected]. ( Bold type indicates new calendar listing.) NOV. 24-27 — 4th Annual Qatar Defence Logistics and Support Forum, Intercontinental Doha, Doha, Qatar. For more information go to www.qatardefencelogistics.com/

HOUSTON— Though Congress has yet to embrace NASA’s proposed Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM), top agency officials are close to a pair of key

The last of four NH90 troop transport helicopters ordered by Belgium, designated RN08, was handed over in Marignane, France, on Nov. 13. Belgian Lt

ROLLS-ROYCE was selected by French DGA to provide Trent 700s and support for 12 A330 MRTTs for the Armée de l’Air. GENERAL DYNAMICS CANADA has CDN$67

LONDON—Fighter force readiness is being dragged down as the U.S. Air Force struggles to meet an August 2016 initial operational capability (IOC) date

PARIS—The French defense ministry said on Nov. 20 that it is ready to order 12 multirole refueling and transport (MRTT) aircraft from Airbus Defense

NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (Maven) orbiter placed itself in a safehold state Nov. 19 that the agency says was triggered by a

Gen. Raymond Odierno, the Army chief of staff, warned on Nov. 19 that further cuts to the Army’s end strength below 450,000 personnel could harm the

LONDON—The withdrawal of Canada from NATO’s airborne early warning force will result in the alliance’s fleet of E-3s shrinking. Canada’s departure in

LONDON—The Colombian air force is looking for a new fighter and airborne early warning (AEW) capability to track narcotics smuggling aircraft

North America A key credit-rating analyst covering the Western aerospace and defense industry says the eighth low-rate initial production (LRIP 8) contract on the F-35 program signals the program’s definitive long-term viability.

LONDON—Boeing plans to continue competing with Lockheed Martin for F-16 upgrade business despite the cancellation of BAE Systems’ contract to modernize Korea’s F-16s, according to company officials attending the Defense IQ International Fighter conference here.

NORTHROP GRUMMAN has $116m award to upgrade AN/AAQ-28(V) Litening targeting pods for U.S. military. Company will provide upgrades/spares to USAF, Air

The U.S. Defense Department will need an undetermined amount of additional funding above the budget top line in fiscal 2016 to deal with new security

The U.K. Royal Air Force has taken delivery of its first A400M, becoming the third air arm to operate the type. The aircraft, MSN15 – registered ZM400

The U.S. government’s answer to the reliance on Russian-made rocket engines may not come in the form of a traditional Pentagon-developed program, says

The U.S. Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) is deploying with the multi-mission MH-60R Seahawk helicopter and MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned helicopter

NEW DELHI—U.S.-based Bell Helicopter has signed a contract with India’s Dynamatic Technologies to supply helicopter cabin assemblies, a partnership

The FAA has limited tools to discourage operators of small unmanned air systems (UAS) from flying them in an unsafe manner or using them for

A lack of training, flying hours and funding have directly contributed to the high level of losses experienced by the Ukrainian air force as it battles Russian troops in the eastern part of the country.

The Yellow Jackets of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 138 participated earlier this month in Max Thunder, a bilateral aerial training exercise for U

With initial operational capability (IOC) for the U.S. Marine Corps F-35B expected next year, and the Air Force’s F-35A IOC slated for the following

Raytheon and the U.S. Navy have completed flight tests of a prototype Next Generation Jammer (NGJ) pod against threat radars representative of enemy

MOORESTOWN, New Jersey—The amount of time it takes for the U.S. Navy to buy and field technology concerns Bill Bray, the service’s director at the