Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Steve Trimble
Avionics companies will show off future cockpit concepts for U.S. Special Operations Command rotorcraft in September, the Sofwerx rapid acquisition office announced.
Defense

By Lee Hudson
Boeing has invested $115 million into a formerly shuttered facility to support the Marines common configuration reliability and maintainability program for the MV-22 Osprey.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
The Czech Aerospace firm said on Aug. 1 it plans to “omit the certification of the L-39NG in basic training configuration” and deliver the certification of the full trainer configuration, which will allow the aircraft to perform both advanced and lead-in fighter training.
Defense

By Irene Klotz
The decision to retain a full-duration static test firing of the Space Launch System core booster all but officially bumps the rocket’s debut flight into 2021.
Defense

By Arie Egozi
The Philippines has selected Israeli company Elbit Systems for the supply of advanced UAVs.
Defense

By Arie Egozi
Israel Aerospace Industries has backed off from a tender to supply UAVs to the Israel Defense Forces, claiming the program as structured would not leave it any profit.
Defense

By Mark Carreau
The Planetary Society reports its LightSail 2 (LS 2) spacecraft propulsion demonstration has achieved mission success.
Defense

VYMPEL of Russia has $215m for 300 R-73 air-to-air missiles for Indian Air Force Su-30s.

Sir Michael Marshall, president of the Marshall Group and one of the leading lights behind the family-owned British aerospace and defense business, died July 27 at the age of 87.

The Chinese government is suspending the rights of its citizens to make individual visits to Taiwan, restricting visitations only to groups organized by travel agencies.

By Graham Warwick
USAF testers have begun preparations for flight tests of a prototype autonomous combat aircraft by flying a suite of safety software in a subscale jet-powered unmanned aircraft at Edwards AFB in California.
Defense

By Guy Norris
The Pentagon says data from an upcoming four-year test campaign covering 40 flights and three basic vehicle concepts will lay the foundation for a comprehensive hypersonic weapon road map.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
The German Navy has chosen the NH90 to replace its aging fleet of shipboard Westland Lynx helicopters.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
Sales to Riyadh generated 13% of company revenues in the first half of 2019, the British defense company told investors July 31 as it detailed its half-yearly results.
Defense

By Lee Hudson
David Norquist previously was serving as the Pentagon’s comptroller.
Defense

U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT approved $950m foreign military sale of RQ-4 Block 30 Remotely Piloted Aircraft to South Korea.

The U.S. Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) and Colorado Springs-based Catalyst Space Accelerator are planning a three-month workshop this fall to explore space-based intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance technology.

By Graham Warwick
Bye Aerospace is to work with the UK’s Oxis Energy on development of a high energy-density battery that could power the company’s planned four-seat eFlyer 4 electric aircraft and future larger regional air taxi projects.

By Tony Osborne
Airbus says Germany’s ongoing suspension of export licenses for defense equipment to Saudi Arabia has cost the company more than $222.9 million.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
Leonardo says it has secured a launch customer for the fighter attack (FA) version of its M-346 jet trainer.
Defense

By Bradley Perrett
The Chinese government is suspending the rights of its citizens to make individual visits to Taiwan, restricting visitations to the island only via groups organized by travel agencies.

By Mark Carreau
Russia’s Progress MS-12 resupply mission spacecraft successfully docked at the International Space Station’s Russian segment at 11:29 a.m. EDT on July 31.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
Responding to operational concerns caused by hypoxia events in fighter and trainer cockpits, the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory plans to demonstrate sensors that could monitor and alert pilots to their physiological state in flight.
Defense

By Arie Egozi
The swarms of small satellites are intended to provide near-continuous coverage of areas, operating in parallel with Israel’s full-sized Offeq spy satellites.
Defense

By Mark Carreau
NASA tagged 13 U.S. companies on July 30 to partner on seven broad technology fronts needed to advance the agency’s future deep space exploration goals, including a return to the lunar surface with human explorers in 2024.
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