Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

The UK defense ministry has launched a search to find a replacement for the British army’s Thales Watchkeeper uncrewed aircraft system.

China’s Comac is studying a potential low-boom supersonic airliner for possible mid-century market entry; a study published in China details the design.

China has deployed an airborne early warning aircraft to Egypt for exercises.

The air forces of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and South Korea will cooperate on the Korea Aerospace Industries KF-21 fighter program.

A notice to industry calls for new technologies to integrate on USAF's upcoming Boeing E-7A Wedgetail fleet, while allowing for the possibility that the service could field another platform to serve the role.

Taiwanese drone manufacturer Thunder Tiger braced itself for a painful impact when Trump imposed a 32% tariff on most imports from the island.

The U.S. State Department has approved a possible sale of an unspecified number of Leonardo TH-73A helicopters to the Philippines.

News in brief.

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India’s defense development agency demonstrated an indigenous, land-based, high-energy laser in a live shoot-down event of a fixed-wing drone on April 13.

Kratos Defense and Security Solutions has unveiled the second version of the XQ-58A Valkyrie.

U.S. President Donald Trump has laid claim to Canada and Greenland, but when will he lay claim to the Moon?

The U.S. Army is overhauling most of its major aircraft fleets, including rotary-wing, C4ISR and uncrewed platforms.

Lawmakers are pressing the Secret Service to explain its role in a series of anti-collision alerts reported by aircraft near Reagan National Airport March 1.

By mid-July a foreign partner could be selected to help India develop a new turbofan engine to power a future version of the Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft.

U.S. satellite launch firm Rocket Lab has joined a growing number of foreign companies to help advance hypersonic weapon capabilities for the UK.

Taiwan's Tron Future Tech sees burgeoning global demand for its counter-unmanned aircraft systems.

Airbus is discussing internally the level of required investment to address growing defense demand, CEO Guillaume Faury says.

The UK has launched a tech challenge to identify ways to track “government assets or representatives” if global navigation satellite systems are disrupted.

The Swedish government has asked its parliament for approval to further pursue export sales of GlobalEye AEW aircraft to Denmark and Saab JAS 39E/Fs to Peru.

The Israeli government says it is exploring setting up one or more defense investment funds to facilitate support for advanced defense technology.

Hanwha Aerospace has agreed to produce the rockets for the K239 Chunmoo system in Poland after already agreeing to produce the launcher in the country.

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

News in brief.

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