Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

Iran has admitted accidentally shooting down a Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) Boeing 737, flight PS752, backtracking on previous denials that it was responsible for the Jan. 8 crash, which killed all 176 people on board.

The Swiss government has issued a second request for quotations for new combat aircraft and ground-based air defense systems.

Boeing is facing a second civil penalty for installing unairworthy slat tracks on 737s—this one covering 178 MAXs.

The Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 (PS752) investigation appears headed for a major impasse as Iranian officials welcome international aircraft accident investigation experts to Tehran, even as they remove vital evidence of the Boeing 737’s wreckage and deny claims by foreign intelligence sources that the aircraft was shot down.

Industry Events Calendar

Spirit AeroSystems, the leading aerostructures provider and Boeing’s top supplier, announced Jan. 10 it is laying off 2,800 of its employees in Wichita due to t

U.S. Air Force will integrate the baseline version of the Northrop Grumman AARGM-ER on the Lockheed Martin F-35A, but as a testbed.

Singapore has opted to purchase the short takeoff and vertical landing version of the Lockheed Martin F-35.

Brief news items of interest to aerospace & defense professionals.

Major aerospace supplier Heico through a subsidiary has acquired the human-machine interface (HMI) product line of Spectralux.

Rolls-Royce says it is eyeing additional phases of its research into Embedded Electrical Starter Generator tech to look at advanced thermal management systems.

The U.S. Army is grappling with a $34 million reduction to its Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft Competitive Prototype effort.

Low Earth orbit satellites that provide high-bandwidth internet service around the world are on the cusp of becoming reality.

A special mission Pilatus PC-12 turboprop operated by the Colorado Department of Public Safety detected no suspicious aircraft while supporting the investigation into a rash of unexplained drone sightings.

Boeing’s new recommendation that 737 MAX pilots undergo simulator training before they return to flying the airliner justifies moves by major simulator manufacturers to ramp up production.

Bell has demonstrated for the first time the autonomous flight capability of its V-280 Valor advanced tiltrotor.

The U.S. Air Force intends to cancel Raytheon’s contract for a next-generation, three-dimensional, long-range radar.

The core booster for NASA’s first Space Launch System heavy rocket has been rolled out from its hangar in New Orleans.

Retired NASA astronaut Eileen Collins will be inducted into the Texas Aviation Hall of Fame May 8.

Lockheed Martin’s dominance will only increase over the forecast period, with their share rising from 41.4% to 47.8% of the global western fighter market

Lockheed Martin recently graduated the first class of students from its Hercules Training Center C-130J piloting and loadmaster qualification courses.

Brief news items of interest to aerospace & defense professionals.

The Bell V-280 Valor flies its first public demonstration of 2020 at Bell’s Flight Research Center in Arlington, Texas.

AE Industrial Partners has unveiled a new commercial aircraft leasing company.

Boeing’s Oklahoma City military MRO campus has changed landlords.