Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

Sikorsky plans to deliver at least six operationally capable CH-148 Cyclone maritime helicopters by June 2015 to allow Canada to begin replacing its

Storing less equipment, and doing it more effectively, will be a long-term trend at the U.S. Defense Department’s combat logistics support agency as

The U.S. Navy has awarded Raytheon a $115.5 million contract to remanufacture, overhaul and provide upgrades to Phalanx Close-in Weapon Systems (CIWS)

While the investigation wraps up on the loss of a Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet during a mishap as the aircraft approached the aircraft carrier CVN 70

Australia should not rush into ballistic missile defense (BMD), but should instead maintain modest investment in research and development in the field

The U.S. Coast Guard is having trouble meeting funding needs for its aviation and fleet plans – and key aircraft and ships are also failing to meet

HOUSTON — Cosmonauts Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Artemyev struggled at times to install a phased array communications antenna at the start of a June

CHICAGO — Crewmembers on the International Space Station (ISS) will help a group of researchers at NASA’s Ames Research Center test robotic software

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The U.S. Air Force is planning to request proposals from industry to finally provide needed communications connectivity between fifth- and fourth

Pushed by global politics and a new market rival to look at an alternative for its Atlas V rocket, United Launch Alliance’s study of alternatives to the Russian RD-180 engine will open the door for an infusion of new technology and manufacturing techniques, company CEO Michael Gass says.

READINESS QUESTION: At a June 18 Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee hearing, panel chairman Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) asked U.S. Army Gen

HOUSTON — Ad Astra Rocket Co.’s plans to demonstrate the promise of advanced plasma propulsion aboard the International Space Station have slipped

The U.S. Air Force is giving Raytheon additional debriefings on the company’s loss of a major space surveillance contract, potentially extending the

HOUSTON — Boeing, one of three companies vying for a NASA contract under the next stage of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program, is starting to notify

CHICAGO — NanoRacks and Astrium North America have completed a $5 million, privately funded accommodation for commercial payloads outside the

The Pentagon is flexing its aviation and maritime muscle in the Arabian Gulf, sending an aircraft carrier and an amphibious transport dock ship to the

China has been bolstering its satellite systems and plans to keep on doing just that, causing concerns for U.S. military officials. “China has

The U.S. Coast Guard has been cutting back on the aviation and maritime resources it uses for drug interdiction in the so-called transit zone, the

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The top Pentagon official in charge of acquisition policy and decision-making is promising that the U.S. Defense Department will reinvigorate training

The clock is running out for Raytheon to declare whether it is protesting its loss of a contract to Lockheed Martin to build the U.S. Air Force’s new space surveillance radar. The U.S. Air Force briefed Raytheon on its loss on June 9, and the company has 10 days to protest with the Government Accountability Office. The $915 million contract was awarded to Lockheed Martin on June 2. Lockheed Martin officials have already begun work in the project, according to company spokeswoman Rahsi Ratan.

PROTEST DENIED: The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has denied protests by Huntington Ingalls Industries and VT Halter Marine of contract

Australia has reached an agreement on deeper defense cooperation with the U.S., a day after deciding to work with Japan on submarine technology

NASA is preparing to test space-rated 3D printing technology on the International Space Station (ISS), as it works toward the day when deep-space