Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

A truck-mobile small-satellite launcher has been tested twice by China Aerospace Science & Industry Corp. (Casic), a company representative says. The

LOS ANGELES—Pete Siebold, the surviving member of the two-man SpaceShipTwo test crew, has revealed how he was thrown clear of the suborbital

ZHUHAI, China—New guided weapon systems for air defense, airborne attack and surface-to-surface use have been unveiled at the China air show in Zhuhai

NEW DELHI—In yet another step toward achieving Final Operational Clearance (FOC), the last prototype of India’s Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) has

ZHUHAI, China—Avic’s fighter unit is pursuing its plan to build large, high-performance business jets, despite the lack of interest among almost all of the possible foreign builders that could help it do so. Avic is in talks with suppliers for a big business jet and is displaying a model of a concept for one at Air Show China in Zhuhai this week. It is also displaying a model of what it calls a medium business jet. Israel Aerospace Industries is shaping up as a possible partner for overall development, while Honeywell could become a supplier.

NEW DELHI—India’s third Light Combat Helicopter trial aircraft made its first flight Nov. 12. The twin-seater Technology Demonstrator-3 took off at 3

U.S. Marines tested an “augmented reality system” from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) earlier this month that could make it possible to transform

HOUSTON—The instrumented Orion capsule assigned to Exploration Flight Test-1 was hoisted atop its Delta 4 Heavy launch vehicle pre-positioned at Space

HOUSTON—Flight controllers from three International Space Station (ISS) partner nations coordinated a firing of thrusters on the European Space Agency

As the U.S. Navy gets ready to invest in future large shipbuilding efforts, the nation’s leading shipbuilder, Huntington Ingalls Industries, is eyeing

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FORECAST INTERNATIONAL is projecting production of light military rotorcraft to decline annually from 166 in 2015 to 55 in 2028. CPI AERO has $86m

PARIS—Four years late and several billion euros over budget, Germany’s first A400M tactical airlifter is expected to be delivered to the Luftwaffe in

The general manager of China’s Avicopter, Cai Yi, thinks “the next three to five years are crucial for the development of the Chinese helicopter

LONDON—The French army has deployed its new NH90 Caiman utility helicopters to Africa after achieving initial operating capability with the type. Two

LONDON—Bell Helicopter has performed the first flight of its new Model 505 Jet Ranger X light turbine helicopter. The aircraft, which is being

NEW DELHI—India and Israel have made headway in developing advanced weapon systems for their militaries after successfully testing the Long Range

A 60-year lease on a historic San Francisco Bay property that NASA says will free agency funds for other uses and bring in more than $1 billion in

Chengdu’s J-20 stealth fighter represents the pinnacle of China’s aerospace engineering, but its existence and development have posed mysteries since

HOUSTON—The National Space Biomedical Research Institute and Baylor College of Medicine’s Center for Space Medicine have initiated a $100,000 matching

As the U.S. Navy continues to hunt for a new small surface combatant, the service is moving ahead with the building and deployment of its Littoral

The U.S. Navy earlier this month launched and successfully completed the float-off of its third Mobile Landing Platform (MLP), the Lewis B. Puller

The Crane division of the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) is bolstering cybersecurity for Marine Intelligence at the Corps Systems Command in

The U.S. Defense Department needs to do a better job of overseeing acquisition quality management, a recent Pentagon Inspector General (IG) report

UTC AEROSPACE SYSTEMS has $22m USAF contract to supply upgraded wheels/carbon brakes for 475 F-15s starting mid-2016. AAR was selected by AMMROC