Defense

The Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent program to replace the Minuteman III ICBM is considering a proposal to use two suppliers for solid rocket motors.

A routine inspection discovered “potentially fleet-wide issues” with the drogue chute for the B-1B’s ejection seat.

Russian state holding company Rostec says Indonesia's pending order for 11 Sukhoi Su-35 fighters will go through.

Marshall Aerospace will convert the Boeing 737s to the E-7 configuration, planning to deliver the first in 2023.

India’s anti-satellite test; powerplant issue delays new U.S. carrier; Belgium seeks SkyGuardian UAVs; U.S. missile defense system scores win.

India’s March 27 anti-satellite test likely took out the 740-kg (1,630-lb.) Microsat-R satellite, according to space situational awareness experts.

The U.S. Air Force has started detailing the roles of future bases for the B-21 bomber.

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen said on March 27 that her country has submitted a request to the Trump administration to acquire new F-16V fighters.

Saab says it will intensify the flight test effort for it Gripen E/F combat aircraft with additional prototypes and production aircraft joining the program in 2019.

NASA has agreed to conduct an assessment of the probabilities of meeting cost and launch schedule estimates for the James Webb Space Telescope by late September.

The U.S. Marine Corps wants to test a new kind of small, fixed-wing unmanned air system.

India has tested an Anti-Satellite Missile System by destroying one of its low Earth orbiting satellites.

Money woes continue to hamper Malaysian military recapitalization and sustainment plans as the government indicates it has other priorities.

Boeing’s two-seat F-15EX aircraft will be flown with an empty back seat by squadrons now flying single-seat F-15Cs, the U.S. Air Force says.

U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory seeks industry input on program to accelerate the deployment of AI in unmanned combat aircraft.

About “half” of the U.S. Army’s AH-64 fleet will be replaced by the Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft, U.S. Army officials confirmed to Aerospace DAILY.

Nine companies picked by NASA last year as eligible to fly small payloads to the surface of the Moon have been notified that NASA is looking for its first ride.

The U.S. Navy's next-generation Ford-class aircraft carrier will experience at least a three-month delivery delay to the operational fleet because of issues with its nuclear powerplant.

President Donald Trump on March 26 called on NASA to land U.S. astronauts on the Moon within five years, Vice President Mike Pence said.

U.S. President Donald Trump has nominated Air Force Gen. John Raymond to lead U.S. Space Command as the Pentagon shifts how it plans to fight in space.

NASA is postponing for now plans to carry out the first all-female spacewalk due to a scarcity of properly sized spacesuit elements on the International Space Station.

The FAA has published a nearly 600-page draft of proposed regulations to streamline space launch and re-entry licensing requirements for U.S. companies.

The U.S. State Department has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale (FMS) of the General Atomics MQ-9B SkyGuardian unmanned air system (UAS) to Belgium.

UPS and drone delivery system developer Matternet have announced the launch of a new service to deliver medical samples by drone.

Increased reach of naval air-defense systems means F-2s attacking with ASM-3 need to stand off farther from the target. The missile will be modified.