Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

Pergravis LLC, Tampa, Florida, has been awarded an estimated $73,220,000 firm-fixed-price contract for power converting and continuation interfacing equipment emergency maintenance/preventative maintenance.

This week the U.S. Army’s Quad-A aviation summit is underway in Nashville, Tennessee, with a keynote Tuesday from U.S. Army Vice Chief of Staff James C. McConville.

By Molly McMillin
The number of used business jets for sale in April increased 4% compared to a year ago, accounting for 7.6% of the active fleet.
Business Aviation

By Lee Hudson
The Sikorsky/Boeing team must modify the SB-1 Defiant to achieve the Marine Corps’ goal of 270 kt. for the Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) that will replace the Bell UH-1Y Venom fleet, industry officials say.
Defense

By Arie Egozi
Israel Aerospace Industries has completed a series of tests with its Heron-1 UAS fitted with an advanced sonobuoy that will enable anti-submarine missions.
Defense

By Lee Hudson
The U.S. Army will make a decision on CH-47F Block II Chinooks and whether the aircraft fits into its Future Vertical Lift strategy.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
U.S. Air Force F-35As arrived at Al Dhafra Air Base in the U.A.E. on April 15 for the type to begin its first deployment to support combat operations in the Middle East.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
Groupe Dassault is looking to sell its majority stake in Belgian aerospace firm SABCA.
Defense

By Guy Norris
Space launch company Stratolaunch has successfully completed the long-anticipated first flight of its 385-ft.-span, six-engined mothership at Mojave Air & Spaceport.
Space

By Arie Egozi
Israeli military officials are asking Russia to hold off on transferring operation of surface-to-air missiles to Syria.
Defense

By Irene Klotz
Celebrations over landing all three of the Falcon Heavy core stages that lofted the Arabsat-6A communications satellite into orbit on April 11 were short-lived: High seas toppled the center stage.
Defense

By Mark Carreau
Retired NASA Skylab and space shuttle astronaut Owen Garriott died April 15 at his home in Huntsville, Alabama.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
Offshore helicopter operator Bristow Group says it has reached agreements with lenders to delay debt repayments as the company fights to stave off bankruptcy.

By Bill Carey
A spate of inflight malfunctions involving the DJI Matrice quadcopter that started late last year has generated recent safety investigations in the UK and a safety notice from Britain’s Civil Aviation Authority.

By Mark Carreau
Scientists have confirmed the discovery of the first Earth-sized planet as well as a sub-Neptune world by NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, which is days from marking the first anniversary of its launch.
Defense

By Bill Carey
The FAA’s regs governing commercial drone operators does not require enough aeronautical experience, the Air Line Pilots Association says in comments on a rule change that would allow drone flights over people.

By Jen DiMascio, Irene Klotz
Maxar Technologies CEO Dan Jablonsky talked with Aviation Week editors Jen DiMascio and Irene Klotz about the company's restructuring and its future prospects.
Defense

By Lee Hudson
Lockheed Martin’s Pilotage Distributed Aperture Sensor system flew its first flight on a Bell V-280 Valor.
Defense

By Lee Hudson
Honeywell’s T55 turboshaft engine is entering a new era as it powered the Sikorsky-Boeing SB-1 Defiant on it first flight.
Defense

By Marhalim Abas
Indonesia has contracted for an 11th Airbus Super Puma transport helicopter from state-owned manufacturer Indonesian Aerospace.
Defense

By Lee Hudson
CAE is offering two new courses for U.S. Army and Air Force aviators at the company’s facility in Dothan, Alabama, for C-12/King Air B200 recurrent/refresher and upset prevention and recovery training (UPRT).
Defense

By Tony Osborne
The Spanish government has approved an uptick in its budget for the Spanish air force’s planned purchase of a new training aircraft.
Defense

By Lee Hudson
The U.S. Army has selected Collins Aerospace as one of three companies to serve as a mission systems integrator for the Joint Multi-Role mission systems architecture demonstration program.
Defense

By Lee Hudson
The AVX Aircraft Company and L3 Technologies have revealed a compound coaxial helo design to compete in the U.S. Army Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft-Competitive Prototype competition.
Defense

MBDA and ALPHANOV inaugurated common Vulnerability Test Facility (VTF) March 27, for testing the effects of lasers on materials.