Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

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.

If the climate change saga has a sequel, it might be planetary defense from a large meteor, asteroid or comet.

The financial pressures impacting helicopter operators supporting the oil and gas industry have claimed another victim.

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LOCKHEED MARTIN has $506.9m U.S. Army contract for PAC-3 missiles.

United Technologies (UTC) has provided more insights into its Skunk Works-style UT Advanced Projects (UTAP) organization

The Defense Department’s fiscal 2020 hypersonic weapon budget request shows that the path beyond operational flight and weapons prototypes is still long and uncertain.

Rolls-Royce has ground-tested a hybrid-electric propulsion system based on its widely-used Model 250 helicopter turboshaft, paving the way for experimental flights in 2021.

Russia’s Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft docked successfully with the International Space Station (ISS) late March 14.

Construction is due to begin next month on an equatorial space launch base in northern Australia, with initial suborbital shots planned for this year.

NORTHROP GRUMMAN has $349.4m U.S. Army contract for two complete battery sets of Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System production hardware and software.

United Launch Alliance is scheduled to launch the 10th Wideband Global Satcom satellite to geosynchronous orbit for the U.S. Air Force March 15 from Space Launch Complex-37 at Cape Canaveral AFS in Florida on a Delta IV Medium+ rocket.

AVIATION WEEK NETWORK forecasts that from 2019 to 2028, Western-designed military transport aircraft will generate $155.4 billion in maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) demand.

Air navigation service providers in the UK and Canada will soon start a joint trial of space-based surveillance of aircraft flying over the North Atlantic.

A U.S./Russian two-man, one-woman crew launched March 14 aboard the Soyuz MS-12 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on a fast-track to the International Space Station.