Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

The USAF's Air Mobility Command is calling on industry to take some initial steps to fill newly defined gaps in its aeromedical evacuation.

The U.S. Air Force has awarded Borsight Inc. a contract worth up to $2.18 billion to replace the avionics for its entire T-6 Texan II trainer fleet.

Boeing and the U.S. Navy have completed the first major upgrade package on a P-8 Poseidon.

Supply chain and manufacturing issues have held back the planned first flights of the next two Kaan combat aircraft prototypes.

News in brief.

CPI signs agreement with MST MANUFACTURING... AMENTUM joins Space ISAC... RED CAT HOLDINGS raises funds...

Top executives at ArianeGroup, Arianespace, Avio and the European Space Agency (ESA) are now turning their attention to increasing launch cadences.

Pratt & Whitney says the BWB in development by JetZero is an “interesting opportunity” for the potential launch of an updated version of the PW2000, an engine which first entered commercial service on the Boeing 757 in January 1983.

GA-ASI CEO David Alexander has kicked off the international sales campaign for the YFQ-42 collaborative combat aircraft at the Paris Air Show.

Europe will need to step up its role in space as NASA focuses its resources on sending humans to the Moon and Mars, says acting NASA Administrator Janet Petro.

Airbus says talks are underway on how to evolve the Eurodrone program in terms of missions and participants, in part to reflect lessons from current conflicts.

Leonardo and Bombardier have agreed to collaborate around maritime multi-mission aircraft derivatives of the Global 6500 business jet.

Saudi Arabian oil company Aramco has become the first commercial customer for Leonardo’s C-27J, planning to acquire two for firefighting and oil spill response.

Tensions over the potential workshare within the Franco-German-Spanish FCAS program resurfaced on the second day of the Paris Air Show.

RTX says they have achieved positive thrust with a rotating detonation combustor in a turbine engine in a relevant thrust class for a weapon.

The China Manned Space Engineering Office has completed the first zero-altitude escape flight test of its next-generation Mengzhou crewed spacecraft.

France and Spain have committed to accelerate Airbus A400M purchases in a bid to underpin the long-term production outlook for the military transport.

Diehl says it would expand work with defense electronics specialist Hensoldt to evolve its air and missile defense equipment as battlefield requirements change.

Safran detailed some upgrades it is making to the M88 engine under the T-REX program to boost thrust and address the power needs of the new Dassault Rafale F5.

Airbus is establishing interconnected teams between its defense and commercial business as it looks to establish the A320 family for special missions.

Selected U.S. military contracts from the past week.

News in brief.

BELL sells 412EPX to Tunisia... SAFRAN, BOMBARDIER team on defense work... GA-ASI introduces “Pele” small UAS...

Merlin Labs appears on track to launch into certification flight testing early next year for a modified Cessna Caravan with autonomous flight capability.

Multi-industrial provider Eaton, a key middle-market provider of aerospace parts to airframers, announced June 16 that it will buy Ultra PCS.