Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

The DDG 1001 Michael Monsoor completed the successful lift and integration of the deckhouse onto the ship’s hull earlier this month at General

Unspecified U.S. government spacecraft have been detecting the fireballs generated when small asteroids hit Earth’s atmosphere for the past 20 years

PARIS—Thales and MBDA, partners in the French SAMP/T system shortlisted under Poland’s Wisla medium-range air and missile defense program, have signed

PARIS—Thales and MBDA, partners in the French SAMP/T system shortlisted under Poland’s Wisla medium-range air and missile defense program, have signed

Responding to concerns from U.S. contractors, the Navy is asking Congress to shield “Buy American” protections and restrictions for its future oiler

When it comes to running large-scale joint military operations between allied forces such as those of the U.S. and Japan, controlling ships, aircraft

NEW DELHI—Swiss airframer Pilatus is scouting for local companies in India capable of jointly producing its PC-7 Mk. 2 basic trainers in the country

HOUSTON—A NASA overview of the health risks associated with long-duration space missions recommends more flight assignments for women to help gather

NEW DELHI—U.S.-based helicopter maker Sikorsky is set to secure a $1 billion tender to deliver 16 Multi-Role Helicopters (MRH) for the Indian navy

The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has affirmed FAA’s authority to impose civil fines against commercial operators of small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) engaging in “careless or reckless” flying.

TEL AVIV—Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) recently inaugurated its production line for F-35 Joint Strike Fighter wings.

NORTHROP GRUMMAN has $306m U.S. DOD contract to provide logistics/sustainment services for R-4 Global Hawk HALE UAV. EPI EUROPROP INTL (MTU, ITP

The U.S. Defense Contract Audit Agency must be more consistent in the way it oversees and enforces internal audits by companies of their Pentagon

PARIS—The Rosetta mission’s Philae lander completed its primary science mission on Nov. 15 after nearly 57 hr. on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, but

LONDON—The Italian air force looks set to become the first operator of the General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper to fit a non-U.S. sensor payload to its fleet

LONDON—The first operational sortie by the U.K.’s new Watchkeeper unmanned aerial vehicle in Afghanistan helped the U.S. Marine Corps eliminate

PARIS—Airbus Defense and Space has signed a contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) for development and construction of a service module for

HOUSTON—NASA faces a funding challenge in every quarter, from its ambitious human spaceflight and science initiatives to the upkeep of its far-flung

NASA will bring together all of its technology developments next year for testing the capabilities of unmanned aircraft to fly in commercial airspace

Selected aerospace and defense contracts for the week of Nov. 10-14, 2014. Selected aerospace and defense contracts for Nov. 10, 2014 MISSILE DEFENSE

AIRBUS GROUP had €264m net income on €13.3b revenues in 3Q14 vs. €445m on €13.2b in 3Q13, and has €765.4b backlog, up 12% from January 1; AIRBUS DEFENSE & SPACE earned €147m on €2.7b vs. €140m on €2.8b. CAE had C$42.9m net income on C$529.4m revenues in second quarter ended September 30 vs. C$38.3m on C$478.2m a year ago; Defense and Security business earned C$25.6m on C$209.1m vs C$25.2m on C$191.1m, and has backlog of C$2.4b vs. C$2.44b.

ONBOARD THE USS NIMITZ—The F-35C’s inaugural at-sea trials on the USS Nimitz have completed most testing points ahead of schedule, allowing for another aviation first during this deployment. Lt. Cdr. Ted “Dutch” Dykman conducted the first catapult launch in darkness using CF-03. He took off from the Nimitz at 6:01 p.m. local time, conducted a series of planned touch-and-go manuevers on deck and conducted the first arrested landing at night at 6:40 p.m.

U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work is making the Defense Business Board and deputy chief management officer for the Pentagon “an operational arm” under ongoing reforms to acquisition, business operations and technology efforts. Referring to a 20% cut to headquarters and upper management levels that Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel unveiled last year, Work said after the mandate was announced each agency or armed service was allowed to decide how to implement it.

The so-called “Third Offset,” a Pentagon strategy for pursuing and developing new military technologies to overcome the likes of China and Russia, could be formally unveiled on Nov. 15.

The so-called “Third Offset,” a Pentagon strategy for pursuing and developing new military technologies to overcome the likes of China and Russia, could be formally unveiled on Nov. 15.