Defense

The U.S. Navy has expedited its component workshare agreement with an Air Force aviation depot because of coronavirus-related workforce shortages.

BOEING says it will maintain its Master Teaming Agreement with Embraer to jointly market and support the C-390 Millennium.

EMBRAER believes strongly that BOEING wrongfully terminated MTA and manufactured false claims to avoid its commitments to close deal and pay US$4.2b

BOEING terminated Master Transaction Agreement (MTA) with EMBRAER to form joint ventures around Embraer's commercial aviation business and C-390

At 30 years old, the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) remains vibrant thanks to its far-reaching discoveries and their implications for people living on Earth as well as those eager to explore beyond our planet.

Russia’s MS-14 Progress resupply capsule successfully docked to the International Space Station’s (ISS) Russian segment early April 25, less than 3 1/2 hr. after lifting off from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury gave a dramatic warning to employees that heralds potentially deeper production cuts than initially planned.

IT needs commercial vendors that understand the importance of cybersecurity on the ground as well as in space.

U.S. Air Force moves forward on LRSO and GBSD without a competitive bidding process.

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

Brief news items of interest to aerospace & defense professionals.

Lockheed Martin has won a $5.8 million contract to begin the first phase of satellite integration for Darpa’s Blackjack program, the company says

Embraer and Boeing are entering into a bitter public fight over who is responsible for the end of the proposed commercial aircraft joint venture, Boeing Brasil Commercial.

MDA will accept responses from May 1 through July 31, according to a notice about the request for proposals. Two prime contracts are expected by late fall or early winter.

Getting the spacecraft and technicians to the Tanegashima Space Center for launch preparations was extra challenging due to travel quarantines, workplace shutdowns and health issues stemming from COVID-19.

In the latest rendition of Pentagon musical chairs, the White House announced April 24 the intent to nominate Shon Manasco to serve as Air Force under

The release of the second draft on April 24 by the Air Force Lifecycle Management Center moves the competition closer to a formal bidding phase scheduled to begin later this year.

The world’s largest defense contractor has issued another round of accelerated progress payments to its supply chain.

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The handover to the military came after six months of ground and flight trials performed by UAC employees at the Kazan Aviation Plant.

The Grumman C-2A has entered a planned fleet retirement process, beginning with the last flight in March.

The delivery completes a 15-year, 608-aircraft production run.

For KAI’s KUH-1 Surion helicopter program specifically, the delivery schedule and planned production quantities remain unchanged, a spokesperson says.

Underpayment by Indonesia toward development of the Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) KF-X has prompted urgent discussions in South Korea, media there report.