Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Tony Osborne
Leonardo has begun flight tests of the latest iteration of its Osprey active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
The company has tested miniaturized radar warning receiver technology in support the UK’s Tempest fighter.
Defense

Asia-Pacific Staff
With finance ministry approval, the defense ministry has achieved its aim of putting a line for Future Fighter development in the budget.
Defense

By Irene Klotz
Amazon plans to open an R&D and prototype manufacturing center in Redmond, Washington, to oversee development of its Kuiper sat broadband program.
Defense

By Steve Trimble
Russia’s new bomber will enter service in 2027, a senior Ministry of Defense official said.
Defense

By Lee Hudson
Fielding counter-small unmanned aircraft systems is a priority for the Pentagon in 2020.
Defense

By Steve Trimble
The DOD has launched a new effort to streamline the process for getting information about hostile radar emitters into the threat libraries of combat platforms.
Defense

By Craig Caffrey
Saudi Arabia has announced plans to reduce defense spending by 8% in 2020.
Defense

By Lee Hudson
The U.S. government and Sikorsky have solidified a production fix for the CH-53K King Stallion exhaust gas reingestion problem.
Defense

By Bradley Perrett
More highly integrated composite structure is a possible technology for a future Chinese fighter.
Defense

By Michael Bruno
Private equity-backed Shimtech Industries has purchased Fastener Technology Corp.
Defense

By Michael Bruno
Airbus is beginning talks with workforce representatives to address cost structure and boost the division’s long-term competitiveness.
Defense

BELL has $815m U.S. Navy performance-based logistics requirements contract for repair/upgrade/replacement of 35 items on the UH-1Y, AH-1Z helicopter.
Aerospace

Lockheed Martin formally opened a new assembly line for F-16 Block 70 aircraft in Greenville, South Carolina, on Dec. 17.
Aerospace

AIDC of China and LOCKHEED MARTIN signed agreement Dec. 17 to establish F-16 maintenance hub in Taiwan, China News Agency says.
Defense

By Michael Bruno
The deal gives Leidos an instant foothold in Huntsville, increasingly the epicenter of U.S. missile and military space work
Defense

By Tony Osborne
NATO’s Alliance Ground Surveillance Force is gearing up for the first flights from its Italian base.
Defense

By Steve Trimble
Congressional appropriators approved a $310 million budget in fiscal 2020 to jump-start a competitive development process for a Next Generation Interceptor.
Defense

By Steve Trimble
Lockheed Martin formally opened a new assembly line for F-16 Block 70 aircraft in Greenville, South Carolina, on Dec. 17.
Defense

By Lee Hudson
Funding for space situational awareness and position, navigation and timing were the biggest losers for space in the fiscal 2020 defense appropriations minibus.
Defense

By Lee Hudson
The head of the U.S. Air Force’s space acquisition enterprise admits the establishment of a Space Force as a sixth armed service poses a challenge for
Defense

By Steve Trimble
Lockheed Martin F-35As previously designated for Turkey will be converted to the U.S. Air Force fleet, congressional appropriators said on Dec. 17.
Defense

By Lee Hudson
The bill would support the creation of a Space Force but cut roughly $32 million from standup costs.
Defense

By Steve Trimble
A minor flight test incident in October did nothing to dampen enthusiasm for the Kratos XQ-58A Valkyrie in Congress.
Defense

By Steve Trimble
House appropriators have agreed to partially reverse a proposed 50% cut to the USAF's requested fiscal 2020 budget for the Next Generation Air Dominance program.
Defense