Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

The U.S. Navy wants to replace the radio-frequency countermeasures and radar-warning receiver systems on its Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornets with a new electronic warfare system.

The Israeli Air Force has resumed flying its Sikorsky CH-53 fleet after a six-week grounding.\

UAVOS is developing a heavy-lift, long-range delivery drone based on the Robinson R22 light helicopter.

Ellen Ochoa will be the 34th recipient of the National Space Trophy, presented each year to a U.S. citizen for major contributions to the U.S. space program.

The study is another sign that progress toward Japan's proposed Next Generation Fighter is advancing.

The Russian Navy has displayed a model of a new small missile that may be a direct successor to the Kh-25M and a complement to the Kh-38M.

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AFRL's X-60A hypersonic flying testbed has moved a step closer to initial flight tests.

ESA has made progress with an ExoMars 2020 parachute problem and hopes the probe will be ready for launch this summer.

Joby Aviation now is the most well-funded startup in the emerging electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) air taxi market.

NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Christina Koch resumed efforts Jan. 15 to replace aging batteries on the International Space Station.

The Marine commandant points to the MUX effort as an example of requirements creep and how the services must be more disciplined.

The new pod will become one of the key capabilities for the F/A-18E/F Block III that is scheduled to enter flight testing in a few months.

Investment firm L Squared Capital Partners is looking to acquire small companies focused on aerospace and defense.

As operators report an increasing number of GNSS signal losses related to radio frequency interference, Airbus is reminding pilots of the consequences and required action in the cockpit.

“I would put us in the red-risk for being ready at the national level for sample analysis of the Osiris-Rex materials,” the mission's principal investigator says.

The Japanese Ministry of Defense is seeking information on an unspecified training system for Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning pilots.

BridgeComm and Boeing’s HorizonX are exploring applications for a new, ultra-high-speed communications network for systems on land, in the air and in space.

The Archange aircraft will use Thales’ CUGE universal electronic warfare payload, and will replace the French Air Force's two C-160G Gabriel platforms.

Lockheed Martin has won a sixth prime contractor role in a U.S. hypersonic missile program.

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Gen. John Raymond is now officially in charge of the first new U.S. military service to be created in more than 70 years.

A Twitter posting shows a subscale eVTOL aircraft flying carrying the branding of Chinese automaker Geely.

After finding no evidence of criminal drone activity, Colorado’s Department of Public Safety “scaled back proactive operations."