Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Graham Warwick
Live-fire tests of an armed Textron Systems RQ-7Bv2 Shadow tactical unmanned aircraft system are planned for this month, the U.S. Army says. The tests

The unmanned aircraft industry needs to pay attention to all aviation issues confronting the FAA, like implementing the next-generation air traffic

The U.S. Navy is studying new sensor capabilities for speeding up underwater countermine warfare in the littorals, a Navy sensor expert said Nov. 6

ABOARD THE USS KEARSARGE—This year’s American-run Bold Alligator operations off the U.S. East Coast are taking the amphibious exercise up a notch

By Michael Bruno
TEL AVIV—With Israel’s 2015 budget running a deficit of around $10 billion, or 3-4%, the country’s finance ministry is looking to close the gap by

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BAE SYSTEMS and DASSAULT have €150m ($190m) contract for feasibility phase of Future Combat Air System (FCAS), aimed at Anglo-French combat UAV

Orbital Sciences Corp. plans to reengine its Antares launch vehicle and use one or two alternate launch vehicles initially to meet its International

Singapore is to deploy a U.S.-supplied tethered-aerostat surveillance system early next year to monitor its airspace and surrounding seas and

Aerial refueling is the next big capability challenge for large unmanned military aircraft, and the Defense Department and industry should start

Stratolaunch Systems, a commercial satellite launch developer backed by Paul Allen, is shifting its strategy to focus its rocket system solely on

The U.S. Navy is looking for unmanned ground vehicles (UGV) that not only replace humans in dangerous situations, but can also be force enablers, a

MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER, Alabama—A high-tech version of 3D printing additive manufacturing (AM) that uses lasers and metal instead of heat and

PARIS—France will provide $3 billion in weapons and other military equipment to help Lebanon fight radical militants on its own soil under a Saudi

HOUSTON—A compact, precision re-entry vehicle under development by Intuitive Machines, LLC, in cooperation with NASA, could begin to return research

While the U.S. Navy is launching raids and other operations against terrorists in the Middle East, the Asia-Pacific rebalance remains a priority for

By Graham Warwick
Qinetiq has declared Llanbedr Airfield in Wales open for flight testing of civil and military unmanned aircraft, expanding the test-range capability

ASTRONICS has two five-year contracts from GENERAL DYNAMICS U.K. LTD. to support Bowman tactical comms system. TELESAT HOLDINGS INC. earned $228m in

By Guy Norris
The first pair of Lockheed Martin F-35Cs successfully completed arrested landings on the carrier USS Nimitz off the California coast on Nov. 3

Moody’s Investors Service has reaffirmed its ratings for United Technologies, including the company’s relatively high debt ratings, and has lifted its

Pentagon procurement czar Frank Kendall says he hopes to reduce the estimated operations and sustainment (O&S) cost of the F-35 fighter by 10-20% more

By Tony Osborne
LONDON—Aero-engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce says it plans to accelerate a cost-reduction exercise which will result in the loss of another 2,600 jobs

Israel has backed out of its plan to procure six Boeing V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft. Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon has notified the U.S. Defense

By Graham Warwick
Raytheon has begun flight testing a kit designed to improve and automate coordination between pilots and ground controllers to increase the speed and

With continued budget uncertainty but a widening array of evolving national security threats, the Pentagon is looking for modularity and commonality