Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

The first Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk for South Korea arrived at an airfield in the south of the country on Dec. 23.

A Russian air force commander has revealed plans to introduce a sixth-generation, unmanned bomber by 2040.

The South Korean defense ministry plans to order 36-48 Boeing AH-64E Apaches.

Selected U.S. Military Contracts For The Week Of Dec. 16 - Dec. 20, 2019

LOCKHEED MARTIN has $7b U.S. Air Force contract for F-22 sustainment. RAYTHEON has $1b U.S. Navy contract for multiyear procurement of fiscal 2019

Venture-capital watcher PitchBook expects electric air-taxi startups to receive a record level of investment in 2020

In observance of the year-end holidays, Aerospace Daily & Defense Report will not publish again until the issue dated Jan. 3. In the interim

The U.S. Army has started browsing the market for an alternative turboshaft engine to power the heavy-lift fleet of Boeing CH-47 and MH-47 Chinooks.

Congress has moved to spare the upgrade program for the Boeing CH-47F Chinook from a five-year deferral proposed earlier this year by the U.S. Army.

Leonardo has carried out the first flight of a Eurofighter Typhoon destined for the Kuwait Air Force.

The acting U.S. Navy secretary is holding a “Make Ford Ready” summit Jan. 9 that will feature all government and industry stakeholders who will focus on achieving four tasks to ensure the USS Gerald R. Ford deploys on time.

A powered target simulating a cruise missile was shot down by a guided 2.75-in. rocket fired by a Lockheed Martin F-16 to demonstrate a relatively affordable capability to defend bases from attacks by waves of cheap cruise missiles.

Japan will extended local assembly of Lockheed Martin F-35s by at least two years.

The FAA has agreed to pause its evaluation of a commercial space launch site proposed by Camden County, Georgia, on the U.S. Atlantic coast.

Whether more management heads roll at Boeing remains to be seen now that Dennis Muilenburg has been fired as chief executive.

LOS ANGELES - Safran has joined supersonic jet developer Aerion as a “major partner” for its 12-seater AS2 Mach 1.4 corporate transport currently in

LONDON – The British government has approved the £4 billion ($5.2 billion) takeover of defense company Cobham by U.S. private equity firm Advent. Late

WASHINGTON – The U.S. FAA has pledged to release a draft rule prescribing a means to identify drones from the ground by the end of December. After

BOEING has $1.46b U.S. Army contract for support services for AH-64D/Es for Indonesia, Israel, Kuwait, Netherlands, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates.

The Senate on Dec. 20 voted 81-11 to pass a fiscal 2020 national security spending package that would provide $738 billion in funding and establish a Space Force.

The U.S. military is immediately assigning over 16,000 personnel to the new entity.

NASA could be a year away from having a cost estimate for accelerating its lunar plans.

The U.S. Air Force has ended its three-month ban on KC-46A cargo and passenger operations.

Argentina will purchase four Lockheed P-3Cs retired by the U.S. Navy.

Joby Aviation has signed an agreement with Uber that makes it the first developer of an eVTOL aircraft to commit to meet the Uber Elevate initiative’s 2023 target to deploy commercial urban aerial ridesharing services.