Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

Embraer’s John Slattery will be the first CEO of the Boeing-Embraer commercial aircraft JV that the aircraft manufacturers expect to launch by year’s end.

Under DARPA's Rspace program, BAE is developing software decision aids to help air operations staff assess an air battle plan, monitor progress in real time and continuously project the outcome as it unfolds.

GENERAL DYNAMICS ELECTRIC BOAT has $2b U.S. Navy contract for Long Lead Time Material and Economic Ordering Quantity material for fiscal 2019-2023 Virginia class submarines (SSNs 802 – 811).

A small, hand-launched unmanned aircraft flew for 171 min. in late February powered by a structural battery built into the wing—almost double the 91 min. the 6-ft.-span aircraft was able to stay aloft on previous flights using conventional batteries and wings.

The U.S. Air Force plans to deploy a new version of Northrop Grumman’s Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile-Extended Range (AARGM-ER) missile on the F-35A.

The USAF’s new Skyborg project has a five-year deadline to produce a “fighter-like” prototype of an unmanned aircraft that uses a software-controlled “brain.”

The Israeli Ministry of Defense successfully completed a series of intercept tests of an advanced version of the David’s Sling long-range rocket interceptor.

The New Mexico congressional delegation is urging the Pentagon to establish the Space Development Agency (SDA) in its state.

What NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft observed on its flyby of the distant Kuiper Belt Object Ultima Thule—especially the object’s strange shape —has sent scientists back to the drawing board.

An Australian company is working to set up a polar-orbit launch base on the southern edge of the continent.

The launch of India’s Emisat advanced electronic intelligence (Elint) satellite has been postponed until April to allow for more testing.

NORTHROP GRUMMAN has $45.5m U.S. Navy contract for engineering services supporting Littoral Combat Ship Mission Modules Program.

This week should see the fifth flight from 2019 Aviation Week Grand Laureate for Space Rocket Lab

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., San Diego,, is awarded an $89,534,733 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to provide sustainment and engineering services in support of the MQ-4C Triton Unmanned Aircraft System.

Paulo Cesar de Souza e Silva will step down as chief executive of Embraer on April 22.

Twelve Joint Strike Fighter-related military construction projects may be delayed or canceled, including an F-35 maintenance hangar, to pay for U.S. President Donald Trump’s barrier projects on the southern border.

A disposable unmanned cargo glider designed to enable aircraft to resupply fast-moving ground forces over greater distances has entered a new phase of flight testing.

The urban air mobility (UAM) market is forecast to expand at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11.33% through 2030, a new report said.

Israeli intelligence is closely following the production sites of Iranian-made missiles in Syria.

A United Launch Alliance Delta IV delivered the USAF's 10th WGS satellite to geosynchronous orbit March 15 following a successful launch from Cape Canaveral.

With the first launch for a global broadband satellite network behind it, OneWeb has raised another $1.25 billion from investors.

Egypt has signed an agreement to buy about 20 Russian-made Su-35 fighter jets for nearly $2 billion, Russian news outlets say.

Japan has begun the process of acquiring Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightnings by preparing to issue a request for proposals for STOVL fighters.

Australia is acquiring a second pair of Gulfstream G550s modified by L3 for vaguely described electronic warfare missions.