Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

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Selected aerospace and defense contracts for the week of May 5-9, 2014. Selected aerospace and defense contracts for May 5, 2014 AIR FORCE Alliant

The U.S. Air Force is defending its sole-source buy of launches from United Launch Alliance (ULA) as a “good deal” for the taxpayer, amid a lawsuit

A confluence of scientific discovery and a stable of powerful backers on Capitol Hill has given a boost to the prospects of a robotic mission to study

UAV EVOLUTION: Northrop Grumman has teamed with Yamaha Motor to develop an autonomous version of the RMax remotely piloted helicopter, widely used in

By Graham Warwick
Boeing has begun flying the first production AH-6i light-attack/reconnaissance helicopter as it prepares to begin deliveries to its launch customer

By Maksim Pyadushkin
MOSCOW — Russia’s government arms trade agency Rosoboronexport has confirmed it will make the first export deliveries of Mil Mi-28NE attack

By Tony Osborne
LONDON — Helicopter contracts for the U.K. defense ministry have helped increase sales for Italian aerospace and defense conglomerate Finmeccanica

By Tony Osborne
LONDON — The U.K. Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is revising plans for two new rules governing offshore helicopter safety. In February, the regulator

By Graham Warwick
EasyJet plans to demonstrate using a swarm of small unmanned air vehicles to check its aircraft for damage, to replace manual inspections and reduce

HOUSTON – The early May 8 loss of an International Space Station power channel, one of eight primary U.S. segment circuits, is not expected to affect

By Tony Osborne
LONDON — The U.K. defense ministry has revealed plans to retain some of its airborne early warning (AEW) radar-equipped Westland Sea King Mk. 7

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Rockwell Collins and Boeing have upgraded the mission computer hardware on an experimental Boeing H-6U Unmanned Little Bird (ULB) to run new software

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The U.S. Navy is testing a prototype high-definition (HD) infrared (IR) camera with full-panoramic resolution that contractor L-3 Cincinnati

HOUSTON — NASA’s Human Research Program and the agency-funded National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI) will distribute $17 million among

Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 5, along with various U.S. Army, Air Force and Navy commands as well as the Australian navy, completed the four-day annual

LONDON — The Jordanian armed forces have become the first foreign customer for BAE Systems’ Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS). Jordan

LONDON — Robinson’s R66 light turbine helicopter has finally been awarded European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) certification, almost four years

By Tony Osborne
LONDON — Italy is working toward an initial operating capability for NATO’s Air Command-and-Control System (ACCS) this December. It is one of four

THE PENTAGON — As electronic warfare, information assurance and related programs grow in importance for the U.S. Navy’s future plans, Boeing officials

With the U.S. Coast Guard on course to recapitalize its ship fleet, the service is now taking another look at its fixed-wing aircraft, says Adm

By Graham Warwick
The U.S. Army plans to review initial designs for its Joint Multi-Role (JMR) technology demonstrators in June, with a decision on which of the high

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