Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Tony Osborne
The Danish Air Force is planning a series of community noise trials with the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter as it gears up to receive its first aircraft in 2021.
Defense

PAKISTAN conducted training launch of Nasr short-range surface to surface ballistic missile Jan. 24.

On Jan. 25 Congress and the White House struck an agreement to reopen the government for three weeks.

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By Steve Trimble
The head of Air Combat Command has laid out a proposal to dramatically change the way the USAF trains fighter pilots as the Boeing T-X enters the inventory.
Defense

By Bill Carey
Sensor supplier FLIR Systems has acquired Canadian drone manufacturer Aeryon Labs for $200 million, expanding its line of military unmanned aircraft systems.
Defense

By Lee Hudson
The U.S. Navy released its highly anticipated solicitation Jan. 28 to purchase a new training helicopter to replace the aging TH-57B/C fleet.
Defense

By Lee Hudson
The USAF may not buy a next-generation low-observable tanker that would support fifth-gen. fighters like the F-35 and F-22, the service’s chief of staff says.
Defense

By Mark Carreau
A new effort is underway to re-establish communications with the Mars Opportunity rover, which went silent last year during a global Martian dust storm.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
UK weapons including the Raytheon Paveway IV and the MBDA Brimstone low-collateral air-to-ground missile will be integrated onto the UK RAF's new Protector UAS.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
Canada is contracting Bell to undertake definition design work to pave the way for a limited modernization of Royal Canadian Air Force CH-146 helicopters.
Defense

An Indian Air Force (IAF) Jaguar fighter aircraft crashed in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh on Jan. 28 due to a technical issue.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
France looks set to follow China, Russia and the U.S. in its pursuit of hypersonic weapons.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
The UK defense ministry says it has invested $1.29 million in deployable satellite antenna technology developed by British firm Oxford Space Systems.
Defense

By Lee Hudson
The U.S. Air Force must replace its aging F-15C Eagle fleet but will not compromise its F-35 Joint Strike Fighter buy, Gen. Dave Goldfein says.
Defense

A Russian Air Force Tupolev Tu-22M3 strategic bomber crashed Jan. 22 at the Olenegrosk military airfield in the Murmansk region of northern Russia.

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NORTHROP GRUMMAN has $7.7m U.S. Army contract for Army, Navy vehicle intercommunication systems.

By Steve Trimble, Lee Hudson
Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson confirmed plans to accept 36 KC-46s in 2019, but Boeing is pushing for additional deliveries.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
Warsaw’s decision to sole-source the purchase looks set to frustrate other helicopter manufacturers who had been hoping to cash in on Poland’s military helicopter modernization.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
Armasuisse, the Swiss defense procurement agency, will now begin analysis of the offers, which were requested from the German, French, Swedish and U.S. governments last summer.
Defense

By Jen DiMascio
U.S. military space programs received an increase in funding for fiscal 2019, and that trend is likely to continue, a service official says.
Defense

Virgin Galactic, which flew its fourth powered flight last month, has laid off 40 employees, about 5% of its workforce.
Defense

By Irene Klotz
Blue Origin on Jan. 25 began construction of a rocket engine manufacturing plant in Huntsville, Alabama, to produce the methane-fueled BE-4 engines.
Defense

By Steve Trimble
The F-35 Joint Program Office plans to formally award a contract to Lockheed Martin to integrate a new safety feature to prevent a common cause of crashes.
Defense