Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

Startup Skyryse is flight testing the software for the first application of its FlightOS automation system as it progresses toward certification of the aircraft-agnostic fly-by-wire (FBW) architecture on its first platform.

Brief news items of interest to aerospace & defense professionals.

The Trump administration has unveiled significant new export restrictions on China that limit U.S. aircraft systems, sensors and electronics

The intelligence-gathering capability of Iran’s recently launched Nour 1 satellite is being minimized by the commander of U.S. Space Command.

Sikorsky has secured offshore oil and gas support operator Cougar Helicopters as a launch customer for its S-92A+ helicopter upgrade.

The U.S. Air Force fired the Pentagon programmer’s equivalent of a standoff range weapon at the Army earlier this month. The question now is whether either side of a simmering, internal debate has enough firepower left to win the argument.

PrivateFly, a UK-based broker, has been publishing a quarterly Private Jet Charter Trends report since 2016, but never before has CEO and co-founder Adam Twidell had to write one quite like the latest edition, covering the first three months of 2020.

James M. Beggs, who served as the sixth of NASA’s 13 administrators, died April 23 in Bethesda, Maryland, where he lived.

The U.S. Navy has expedited its component workshare agreement with an Air Force aviation depot because of coronavirus-related workforce shortages.

At 30 years old, the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) remains vibrant thanks to its far-reaching discoveries and their implications for people living on Earth as well as those eager to explore beyond our planet.

Russia’s MS-14 Progress resupply capsule successfully docked to the International Space Station’s (ISS) Russian segment early April 25, less than 3 1/2 hr. after lifting off from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

The British government has approved trials to use a fixed-wing UAV to fly medical supplies from the UK mainland to the Isle of Wight.

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

Brief news items of interest to aerospace & defense professionals.

Lockheed Martin has won a $5.8 million contract to begin the first phase of satellite integration for Darpa’s Blackjack program, the company says

Calendar of upcoming events of interest.

Brief news items of interest to aerospace & defense professionals.

As the novel coronavirus pandemic continues, the Blue Angels and the Thunderbirds are joining forces over the next two weeks to conduct a series of

MDA will accept responses from May 1 through July 31, according to a notice about the request for proposals. Two prime contracts are expected by late fall or early winter.

Getting the spacecraft and technicians to the Tanegashima Space Center for launch preparations was extra challenging due to travel quarantines, workplace shutdowns and health issues stemming from COVID-19.

In the latest rendition of Pentagon musical chairs, the White House announced April 24 the intent to nominate Shon Manasco to serve as Air Force under

The release of the second draft on April 24 by the Air Force Lifecycle Management Center moves the competition closer to a formal bidding phase scheduled to begin later this year.

The world’s largest defense contractor has issued another round of accelerated progress payments to its supply chain.

The police department of Westport, Connecticut, has decided that it will not test a “pandemic drone” designed to sense symptoms of COVID-19 after the

The handover to the military came after six months of ground and flight trials performed by UAC employees at the Kazan Aviation Plant.