Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Lee Hudson
The White House Office of Management and Budget is threatening to veto a six-bill minibus funding package that includes the fiscal 2021 defense appropriations bill.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Kim Minseok, Bradley Perrett
More and improved South Korean space launchers can be developed following the removal of a restriction on solid-propellant motors agreed upon with the U.S.
Space

By Tony Osborne
The Spanish government has outlined planned spending on defense and R&D initiatives that will maintain Airbus’ presence in the country.
Aircraft & Propulsion

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Defense

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Defense

Brief news items of interest to aerospace & defense professionals.
Defense

By Maxim Pyadushkin
Russia’s United Engine Corporation (UEC) has made a vital step in the development of the PD-35, its largest turbofan engine.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lee Hudson
Although the U.S. Navy has not released the final acquisition strategy for its version of Next Generation Air Dominance, the service is working closely with the U.S. Air Force on future capabilities.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
The next prototype of Eviation’s Alice all-electric, nine-passenger aircraft will undergo final assembly and flight test at AeroTEC in Moses Lake, Washington.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Airbus has demonstrated how it could connect unmanned remote carrier platforms in a multi-data link environment.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Lee Hudson
The U.S. Navy is assessing how the MQ-25 carrier-based aerial refueler fits into a larger unmanned system architecture.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Chinese urban air taxi developer EHang is to expand its production capacity for autonomous air vehicles as it works to develop domestic and international markets for the passenger-capable aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
The U.S. Space Force’s 30th Space Wing, the state of California and other involved parties have entered into an agreement to develop a commercial spaceport facility at Vandenberg AFB, California, the federal government’s Western launch range.
Space

By Steve Trimble
Boeing's T-7A won the U.S. Air Force contract to replace the T-38 in September 2019, but the company's response to Australia’s emerging requirement to replace a fleet of aging BAE Hawk 127 jets is now the type’s first move on the market.
Marketplace

By Steve Trimble
Development of a new stealth bomber and contract award for the next intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) remain on schedule despite COVID-19 workplace disruptions, Northrop Grumman CEO Kathy Warden said July 30 on a teleconference about second-quarter earnings.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
Swiss artificial-intelligence (AI) start-up Daedalean has launched a project in partnership with the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) to develop the first guidance for the certification of machine learning in safety-critical applications onboard aircraft.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Mark Carreau
Hours after the Demo-2 spacecraft was cleared to splash down along the Florida coast this weekend carrying two NASA astronauts home from the International Space Station (ISS), a tropical disturbance headed for the Sunshine State was upgraded to a tropical storm.
Space

By Graham Warwick
Textron Aviation is seeing a pickup in orders for light turboprops and jets from private buyers, but demand from corporations for larger business jets has yet to show signs of recovery, parent company Textron told analysts on July 30.
Marketplace

By Bill Carey
Garmin said it was returning to normal operations following a cyberattack that disrupted its web-based aviation and consumer applications for several days.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Graham Warwick
The HAPSMobile venture involving Japan’s SoftBank and AeroVironment has completed a fourth test flight of its solar-powered stratospheric unmanned aircraft, flying for longer and reaching a higher altitude than previous tests.
Space

By Bradley Perrett
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) will act as prime contractor for the upgrade of up to 98 Japanese Boeing F-15J fighters, the U.S. company said, announcing the signing of an agreement on the program between the two sides.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
New Zealand-based startup Dawn Aerospace has rolled out its Mk-II Aurora reusable suborbital spaceplane.
Space

By Guy Norris
High-speed airliner developer Boom Supersonic and engine-maker Rolls-Royce have agreed to study propulsion system concepts for the Colorado-based company’s proposed Mach 2.2 Overture aircraft design.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral AFS on July 30, sending the $2.4-billion NASA Perseverance rover on its way to Mars to search for signs of past life and cache promising rock and soil samples for a future return to Earth.
Space

By Thierry Dubois
As production rates have decreased amid the COVID-19 crisis, Airbus’ suppliers are in a difficult but still viable situation, according to Guillaume Faury, the airframer’s CEO.
Aircraft & Propulsion