Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

LOCKHEED MARTIN ISRAEL and YISSUM RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT agreed to conduct joint collaborative research on basic and applicable scientific research in

LOS ANGELES — The U.S. Air Force is introducing a long-awaited automatic ground collision avoidance system (AGCAS) as a fleet-wide upgrade to more

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The U.S. Air Force predicts that the export market for Raytheon’s recently won Three-Dimensional Long-Range Radar design could be as high as 100

LONDON — A U.K.-based U.S. Air Force F-15 Eagle has crashed into the countryside in Lincolnshire during a training flight. The twin-seat F-15D came

PARIS — A design flaw in the thermal system of the Soyuz Fregat upper stage left Europe’s first two fully operational Galileo navigation, positioning

LONDON — Greece is trying to resurrect its P-3 Orion maritime patrol aircraft, five years after the fleet was grounded. The Hellenic government has

LOS ANGELES — Suborbital space vehicle developer XCOR Aerospace has begun final assembly of the prototype two-seat Lynx Mk. 1 spaceplane at its Mojave

With Pentagon research and technology spending coming under budget pressure, companies are increasingly protecting any competitive advantage by

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AIRBUS successfully demonstrated the ability to airdrop 24 48x48-in., 1-ton containers from the A400M in a single pass, which represents maximum capacity for aircraft for this type of container, which is a key contractual requirement. U.S. COAST GUARD took delivery of its 18th HC-144A Ocean Sentry MPA (CN235) from AIRBUS DEFENSE AND SPACE . ALMATY CITY RESCUE SERVICE, Kazakhstan, took delivery of new multirole Mi-8AMT from RUSSIAN HELICOPTERS .

Raytheon has been selected over Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman to develop an active-array air defense radar for the U.S. Air Force, its third

The U.S. Navy has changed the schedules of two Norfolk-based aircraft carriers. CVN 75 USS Harry S. Truman will replace CVN 69 USS Dwight D

BEIJING — The Australian defense department has confirmed that it may seek two Boeing C-17A Globemasters in addition to the pair that it has just

HOUSTON — As part of its preparations for future human deep space exploration, NASA is awarding $12.5 million for nine ground-based investigations

SYDNEY/CANBERRA/BEIJING — BAE Systems has handed over the first of Australia’s two new assault ships as the government considers whether to equip the

LONDON — Oil and gas workers traveling to and from offshore platforms in the North Sea will have their shoulder widths measured to test their

HOUSTON — Astronauts Reid Wiseman and Alexander Gerst successfully kicked off a series of NASA-managed spacewalks outside the International Space

Northrop Grumman and a team of automotive industry partners will unveil a new upgrade for the U.S. Army’s Humvee (High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled

NEW DELHI — The launch of the third Indian Regional Navigational Satellite System (IRNSS-1C), scheduled for Oct. 10, has been delayed at least a week

LONDON — Airbus Defense and Space says it has completed 30 hr. of flight tests on a new version of the Polish-built PZL-130 Orlik turboprop trainer

The U.S. Navy’s forward-deployed Asia’s destroyer squadron is taking steps to ensure surface warfare readiness by leading the Navy in the development

Northrop Grumman’s new $61 million performance-based logistics (PBL) supply support contract from the U.S. Naval Supply Systems Command’s Navsup

NORTHROP GRUMMAN delivered Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) payload to prime LOCKHEED MARTIN in Sunnyvale, CA, on Sept. 30; payload will be

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden is anticipating a rare visit to China next month, despite the congressional prohibition on bilateral cooperation