Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Maxim Pyadushkin
The Russian Aerospace Forces will receive the first new Tupolev Tu-160M2 strategic bomber in 2021
Defense

By Mark Carreau
Nanoracks logged five CubeSat deployments from the International Space Station’s Japanese Kibo lab module on Jan. 31.
Defense

India’s national space agency has set up a human spaceflight center as its gears up to launch the country’s first human spaceflight mission, Gaganyaan, by 2022.
Defense

BOEING has $56,7.m U.S. Navy contract for program management support, engineering and integrated logistics support for the T-45 aircraft.

Mitsubishi Aircraft’s U.S. subsidiary, filing a counterclaim in the lawsuit that Bombardier has brought against it, alleged unlawful anticompetitive behavior by the Canadian company.

By Steve Trimble
Structural defects mean the earliest F-35Bs delivered by Lockheed Martin could reach a service life limit by 2026 after 2,100 flight hours, according to the Pentagon’s director for weapons testing.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
Sikorsky has secured an order for its S-92 heavy commercial helicopter for use by a Mexican oil-and-gas operator in spite of the ongoing slump in demand.

By Steve Trimble
Lockheed Martin delivered the first operational F-35A to the Dutch air force in a Jan. 30 ceremony in Fort Worth.
Defense

By Jen DiMascio
Maxar Technologies’ subsidiary SSL has ended its participation in DARPA’s Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites program.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
Finland has received proposals from fighter manufacturers vying to replace the Nordic country’s fleet of F/A-18 legacy Hornets.
Defense

By Michael Bruno
On the heels of taking over Israel Military Industries last year, Israel’s Elbit Systems has reorganized a “number” of its business lines.
Defense

By Michael Bruno
TransDigm Group quietly informed investors of better-than-expected financial results for its latest quarter ended December 2018.
Defense

By Bradley Perrett
Airbus has delivered South Korea’s first A330 MRTT, with the remaining three aircraft also due to be accepted this year.
Defense

By Guy Norris
XTI Aircraft is completing ground runs and system checkouts of a 65%-scale proof-of-concept prototype of its TriFan 600 ducted-fan VTOL business aircraft.
Defense

By Michael Bruno
Harris and L3 Technologies have begun pairing back their respective companies ahead of a planned merger.
Defense

By Michael Bruno
F-35 prime contractors Lockheed Martin and Pratt & Whitney have signed new long-term supply agreements with GKN Aerospace.
Defense

By Steve Trimble
The head of the Tupolev Design Bureau has confirmed its internal designation for Russia’s new stealth bomber and a notional length for the development program.
Defense

ROLLS-ROYCE has $26.3m U.S. Navy contract for depot repair of T56-A-427 engines for E-2 Hawkeye.

With short-term funding in place for the government, Congress is back in session in Washington.

The Boeing Co., Seattle, has been awarded a $2,458,707,154 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N00019-14-C-0067).

By Mark Carreau
The New Year’s Day close flyby of the distant Kuiper Belt Object, Ultima Thule, by NASA’s New Horizons mission spacecraft has not been short on intrigue.
Defense

By Steve Trimble
Lockheed Martin now says it pitched the USAF on a way to reduce the staff for a BMC2 suite to two or three people from 18 during the now-canceled competition to replace the E-8C J-Stars fleet.
Defense

By Arie Egozi
The Israeli Defense Ministry has temporarily suspended the defense export permits of three senior executives at Aeronautics.
Defense

By Michael Bruno
DOD leadership has told Lockheed Martin chief Marillyn Hewson that any new orders of rival Boeing’s F-15s will not come at the expense of ordering more F-35s.
Defense

By Lee Hudson
Acting Defense Secretary Pat Shanahan will continue heading the U.S. Space Force effort at the Pentagon.
Defense