Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Bill Carey
UK supermarket chain Tesco said it will test grocery deliveries by drone in Ireland starting in October.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Maxim Pyadushkin
The Klimov Co., a subsidiary of Russia’s United Engine Corp., plans to finish development of a new RD-93MA turbofan for the Sino-Pakistani JF-17 single-engine fighter next year.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lee Hudson
Boeing’s MQ-25 carrier-based unmanned refueling test asset is out of commission because of “water intrusion,” according to a U.S. Navy official.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The U.S. Air Force has revealed that its United Arab Emirates counterparts have used their Saab GlobalEye airborne early warning platform in a major exercise.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Samuel Archer
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Russia’s United Engine Corp. has launched development of its first hybrid-electric powerplant. St. Petersburg-based subsidiary Klimov, which
Defense

By Irene Klotz
NASA on Sept. 10 released a solicitation to buy 50-500 grams of lunar regolith, at a price of $15,000-25,000, a mission not for science but to set the legal precedent for owning resources extracted from the Moon and other bodies in the Solar System.
Space

By Michael Bruno
Americans are expected to fall in love with their cars again in the wake of COVID-19.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Supersonic aircraft developer Aerion is poised to begin high speed wind tunnel tests of its Mach 1.4 business jet with ONERA, the French aerospace research agency, in the run-up to a preliminary design review in 2021.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
A non-nuclear explosive prototype has rolled off a nuclear weapon assembly line in Texas to keep planned deliveries of the B61-12 on track for fiscal 2022.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Mark Carreau
While the cause of the Aug. 10 cable break that damaged the National Science Foundation’s Arecibo Observatory (AO) in Puerto Rico has not been determined, efforts are underway to establish the scope of repairs, the cost and the schedule.
Defense

By Lee Hudson
The U.S. Army has received letters of interest from eight undisclosed international partners for its Future Vertical Lift effort aiming to modernize the service’s aviation portfolio.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Irene Klotz
After repeated attempts to sell a solid-propellant, heavy-lift space launcher to the U.S. national security community, Northrop Grumman is discontinuing work on its Omega rocket, the company said Sept. 10.
Space

By Mark Carreau
Charles Bolden, a retired U.S. Marine Corps major general, former NASA administrator and four-time shuttle astronaut, has been selected to receive the National Aeronautic Association’s (NAA) 2020 Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy.
Space

By Steve Trimble
SIREN appears to share similar objectives with the National Security Space Architecture launched by the Space Development Agency (SDA), except the AFRL initiative is limited to potential demonstrations and experiments.
Space

By Craig Caffrey
On Sept. 4 the U.S. Air Force announced it would open a competition to deliver up to 461 engines to equip the new Boeing F-15EX fleet. The
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A university-led team is developing high-rate manufacturing processes for urban air mobility vehicles with a $5.7 million grant from NASA. The program
Defense

By Lee Hudson
When the effects of the spread of the novel coronavirus hit the U.S. defense industry six months ago, hundreds of companies shuttered. Now the tide is slowly turning, with 30 defense suppliers that remain closed. Now the tide is slowly turning, with 30 defense suppliers that remain closed.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
The British aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth has set sail for exercises which will see U.S. Marine Corps F-35s embarked for the first time.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
The name of the payload appeared in public for the first time on a presentation slide displayed by a panel of Army unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) program managers
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Bill Carey
The air navigation service provider of Hong Kong will introduce satellite-based surveillance of aircraft in its flight information region beginning early next year, data provider Aireon announced Sept. 9.
Space

By Tony Osborne
France, Israel, Sweden and the U.S. have delivered proposals for Croatia’s renewed multirole fighter requirement.
Budget, Policy & Operations