Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

Principals announced the launch of the Community Air Mobility Initiative (CAMI) on Nov. 6, introducing a new association devoted to advancing the urban air mobility (UAM) industry.

Hundreds of high school educators plan to attend a two-day aviation STEM symposium in Denver to help build aviation curricula and promote aviation careers.

BELL-BOEING JOINT PROJECT OFFICE has $146m U.S. Navy contract to upgrade nine MV-22s from Block B to Block C configuration.

The Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute (TsAGI) announced the existence of a wind tunnel campaign for a new heavy transport aircraft intended to replace the An-124.

The U.S. Air Force is inviting companies to explain how they can support the requirements and schedule for the U-2S Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar System (ASARS)-2C.

The 4th Fighter Squadron deployed to Al Dhafra Air Base in the UAE on April 15 and flew the Air Force variant’s first combat sortie 11 days later.

The U.S. Air Force's first-ever Space Pitch Day event is aimed at offering non-traditional and small businesses on-the-spot contracts.

Package carrier UPS and pharmacy giant CVS on Nov. 5 said they completed the first moneymaking deliveries of medical prescriptions to customers by drone.

Navair is seeking industry input for the development an Auto GCAS-like capability to retrofit into the Marine Corps F/A-18C/D force.

Hundreds of high school educators plan to attend a two-day aviation STEM symposium in Denver to help build aviation curriculum and promote aviation careers.

Aerostructures supplier Triumph Group is to cooperate with Embraer to demonstrate a thermoplastic primary structure in flight.

The Low-Observable UAV Testbed (LOUT) is a 4-ton representative scale model of a 20-metric ton, twin-engine diamond-shaped subsonic unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) developed to prove stealth technologies.

SCHIEBEL will supply Camcopter S-100 System to Royal Thai Navy, for 2020 deployment to deliver land- and sea-based ISR.

View the Fleet Snapshot: U.S. Private Adversary Air Contractors chart in PDF format.

Physical Optics Corp., Torrance, California, is awarded an $8,631,282 firm-fixed-price indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract.

This week the U.S. House of Representatives is out of session, while the Senate devotes its attention primarily to nominations.

An array of ground recording systems would be deployed to gather acoustic data across the entire sonic-boom carpet under the flight path of the aircraft.

The U.S. Navy’s newest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, has completed critical test points while some of its technical problems remain unresolved.

Illinois-based Air USA says it is close to finalizing plans to import F-5E/Fs from an undisclosed country to support the U.S. Air Force’s adversary air training contract.

The Yuzhnoye Design Bureau is well known for developing Soviet-era intercontinental ballistic missiles and modern space launchers, but hasn’t been publicly linked to a tactical missile program with ramjet propulsion.

Over the six-month acceleration program, the startups from nine countries will receive support from Airbus and access to networking opportunities and co-working spaces.

The U.S. Air Force has sworn in its 25th secretary, Barbara Barrett, former chair of the Aerospace Corporation, and the Senate has confirmed Navy Vice Adm. Chas Richard as the next commander of U.S. Strategic Command.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) will require that drones weighing more than 250 g (0.5 lb.) be registered as of Jan. 2.

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems’ Predator unmanned aircraft family passed the six million flight hour milestone Oct 31.

A live webcast of the pad abort test showed the capsule’s airbag-assisted touchdown apparently unaffected by the failure of one of three main parachutes to deploy.