Defense

Brief news items of interest to aerospace & defense professionals.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
The loyal-wingman program with the Royal Australian Air Force is to culminate in an operational demonstration of Boeing’s ATS.
Defense

By Steve Trimble
Leidos and Paramount Group USA have teamed up to offer a U.S.-built derivative of a South African design for a low-cost, light attack aircraft for U.S. Special Operations Command’s (SOCOM) Armed Overwatch program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
After arriving on four trucks from a U.S. Air Force Boneyard in Arizona, a retired B-1 Bomber was unloaded on May 4 here, where it will be disassembled, scanned and reassembled virtually under a six-year project with Wichita State University’s National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR).
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Turkey’s defense electronics company Havelsan has teamed up with Turkish Aerospace to support the development of software, training and maintenance systems for Ankara’s future TF-X indigenous fighter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lee Hudson
The U.S. Marine Corps has accepted delivery of the first CH-53K King Stallion flight simulator at Marine Corps Air Station New River in North Carolina.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lee Hudson
The Pentagon intends to request additional stimulus funding from Congress to support the defense industrial base in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Defense Secretary Mark Esper says.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Air Force will host a “virtual industry day” for the Advanced Battle Management System on May 13, via the medium of the Zoom videoconferencing platform.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Molly McMillin
Gulfstream Aerospace is cutting jobs throughout its business operations, including nearly 700 at its Savannah, Georgia headquarters, in response to the impact from the coronavirus pandemic.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
NASA is close—perhaps within days—of striking a deal with Russia for the purchase of another seat on a Soyuz launch to assure a continuing U.S. presence aboard the International Space Station (ISS).
Space

By Steve Trimble
Ask the Editors: The Pentagon’s hypersonic prototypes rely on a large number of small, boutique companies with highly specialized skills.
Defense

By Bradley Perrett
Avic Guizhou is developing what may be a shipboard version of its JL-9G supersonic trainer intended for use on Chinese aircraft carriers.
Aircraft & Propulsion

United Technology’s (UTC) and Raytheon completed their merger on April 3, forming one of the world’s largest aerospace and defence companies in a $135 billion deal.
Defense

By Thierry Dubois
LYON, France—Arianespace is planning on resuming operations with a Vega launch in mid-June as activity at Europe’s space center in Kourou, French Guiana, gradually restarts after being suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Space

Selected U.S. military contracts from the past week.
Defense

Brief news items of interest to aerospace & defense professionals.
Defense

Calendar of upcoming events of interest.
Defense

Brief news items of interest to aerospace & defense professionals.
Defense

Lockheed Martin has won a $6.07 billion U.S. Army contract to produce Patriot Advanced Capability-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) interceptors
Defense

By Irene Klotz
NASA has awarded Aerojet Rocketdyne a $1.8 billion contract to manufacture 18 additional RS-25 engines to support Space Launch System flights to the Moon.
Space

By Lee Hudson
As the Pentagon continues to invest in equipment to combat the novel coronavirus, the agency awarded a $75.5 million contract to Puritan Medical Products to double its monthly output of 20 million to 40 million swabs to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Irene Klotz
SpaceX completed the 27th and final test of its Mk 3 parachutes on May 1, one of the final milestones before NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Doug Hurley are cleared for a flight test aboard a Crew Dragon capsule.
Commercial Space

By Guy Norris
Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo VSS Unity conducted the first unpowered gliding test flight from Spaceport America on May 1, marking another key step toward the planned start of commercial suborbital services from the New Mexico site.
Space

By Lee Hudson
The Pentagon may have wiggle room to use some of its own funding to fight the global coronavirus pandemic.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Jen DiMascio
Lockheed Martin has won a $6.07 billion U.S. Army contract to produce Patriot Advanced Capability-3 Missile Segment Enhancement interceptors.
Missile Defense & Weapons