Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

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

By Bill Carey
Walmart announced the start of a pilot program to deliver grocery items by drone in Fayetteville, North Carolina on Sept. 9.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Mark Carreau
NASA is turning to its Commercial Lunar Payload Services providers to bid on the delivery of 10 science investigations and technology demonstrations to a nonpolar region of the Moon in 2022.
Space

By Jens Flottau
Airbus has completed three test flights using two of its own Airbus A350s with the autopilot engaged in its Fello’fly wake vortex-riding project.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
Catherine Koerner has assumed management responsibility for development and operations of NASA’s Orion program headquartered at Johnson Space Center.
Space

By Thierry Dubois
The French government has reiterated its desire to see a hydrogen-fueled Airbus flying in service by 2035, firmly reacting to those claiming the move is too risky.
Emerging Technologies

By Bradley Perrett
The organizer of Airshow China issued then retracted a cancellation announcement for the biennial exhibition set to be held at Zhuhai in November.
Aircraft & Propulsion

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

By Lee Hudson
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman a $13.3 billion contract to replace the nation’s aging intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Lee Hudson
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators is urging President Donald Trump to extend the New START arms control treaty with Russia for another five years before the agreement expires in February.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Mark Carreau
While NASA strives through the Artemis Accords to promote peaceful efforts to explore the Moon, the Vienna-based Moon Village Association is assessing how to achieve a similar outcome through its Best Practices for Sustainable Lunar Activity.
Space

By Steve Trimble
A program renaming is in store for the U.S. Air Force's Advanced Battle Management System to reflect its ever-expanding mission, but some of the fundamental questions have not changed.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Lee Hudson
Over the past year, corroded floorboards on U.S. Navy MH-60S multimission helicopters have interfered with installing auxiliary fuel tanks needed for longer flights.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace has hinted that the UK’s future combat air system initiative, Tempest, could be one of the winners in the government’s Integrated Review of defense and foreign policy.
Air Dominance

By Helen Massy-Beresford
France will focus on investing in hydrogen technology as part of a broader post-COVID-19 economic relaunch plan with the government planning to have a hydrogen-powered aircraft ready for 2035.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
UK aerospace and trade association ADS is again warning of the dangers of a no-deal Brexit after it emerged that the British government plans to renege on elements of the Withdrawal Agreement it previously struck with the EU.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
British rotorcraft start-up Hill Helicopters has confirmed it will develop a turbine engine in-house for its five-seat, 1.65-metric ton light helicopter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

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

This week in Washington the U.S. Congress returns to work after its summer recess. Also this week the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems
Defense

By Tony Osborne
German electric aircraft start-up Lilium has partnered up with Dusseldorf and Cologne/Bonn airports to study air mobility networks in the region.
Advanced Air Mobility