Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

The U.S. Air Force resumed accepting deliveries of KC-46 tankers on March 11 after a 12-day hiatus caused by the discovery of foreign object debris on completed aircraft. on Feb. 28, followed by a sixth delivery on March 1.

Airbus’ CityAirbus electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) demonstrator has made its public debut in the German city of Ingolstadt.

The Trump administration’s $21 billion, 2020 NASA budget proposal seeks to achieve a 2028 return to the lunar surface with astronauts while working with global partners to reach Mars and other deep-space destinations.

Urban air mobility and electric propulsion are high on NASA’s plans for aeronautics research in fiscal 2020.

The DOD is submitting a fiscal 2020 budget requesting $546 billion in base spending and a contentious $165 billion overseas contingency operations account.

United Technologies plans to unveil a hybrid-electric propulsion flight demonstrator at an industry conference in late March.

Autonomy, artificial intelligence and universal connectivity feature heavily in a vision for aerospace's future from the Aerospace Industries Association.

LOCKHEED MARTIN has $10m U.S. Missile Defense Agency contract for engineering and design support services for Aegis Ashore for Japan.

Boeing says it has completed the acquisition of ForeFlight, a provider of mobile and web-based aviation applications.

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NORTHROP GRUMMAN has $322.5m U.S. Navy contract for work to develop new solid rocket motor for the AGM-88G Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile – Extended Range (AARGM-ER) for use on F/A-18E/F, EA-18G and F-35A/C aircraft.

An Indian Air Force MiG-21 fighter jet crashed in western India on March 8 after a reported bird strike, a Ministry of Defense official says.

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EXCLUSIVE: The U.S. Defense Department will begin fabricating components for new ground-launched cruise missile systems formerly banned under the terms of the now-suspended Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces treaty.

U.S. Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson says she may resign after being named the sole finalist for president of the University of Texas at El Paso.

The U.S. will withhold F-35s from Turkey if the country accepts an advanced Russian air defense system, the DOD says.

Production of one of the most famous training helicopters is on the verge of being restored after a near decade-long hiatus.

The ESA is preparing Lagrange, a solar weather observation mission devised to warn against hazardous coronal mass ejections, for submission to ESA’s ministerial council.

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule, the first new human spacecraft for orbital flight since the space shuttles, returned from a six-day demonstration mission on March 8.

A British pilot accused of the manslaughter of 11 people who died at the Shoreham Airshow in 2015 has been found not guilty by jurors.

BAE has completed an upgrade for Australia’s Hawk trainers that has prepared the aircraft for possibly 21 more years of service.

An Indian Air Force MiG-21 fighter jet crashed in western India on March 8 after a reported bird strike, a Ministry of Defense official says.

SpaceX’s first Crew Dragon, nearing the end of an unmanned, six-day demonstration mission, undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) on March 8, aiming for a splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean.

RAYTHEON has $45.3m U.S. Defense Logistics Agency contract for aircraft antennas.