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By Steve Trimble
Raytheon will focus on developing the seeker for a naval gun-fired, guided missile interceptor.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Graham Warwick
Even as it begins deliveries of its first certified electric aircraft, Slovenia’s Pipistrel has begun accepting orders for a family of unmanned cargo aircraft.
Emerging Technologies

By Tony Osborne
Norway has inducted its fleet of Leonardo AW101 search and rescue (SAR) helicopters into service.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
Military training and C4ISR services provider Cubic has merged two defense business units into one and under the leadership of one veteran unit chief, while the other will leave the company.
Aircraft & Propulsion

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

Smallsat launch provider Rocket Lab has received a five-year Launch Operator License from the FAA for Electron rocket flights from its Launch Complex
Defense

By Michael Bruno
Embattled aircraft connectivity provider Gogo will sell its commercial aviation unit to bankrupt satellite services provider Intelsat for $400 million in a deal that might help the latter return to a viable business while the former tries to avoid liquidation.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Guy Norris
The Airbus Perlan Mission II stratospheric glider project plans to dramatically expand its role in atmospheric and climate research by incorporating new sensors and working collaboratively with other high-altitude investigation agencies, companies, assets and projects.
Space

By Steve Trimble
Lockheed Martin will receive another $912 million over the next five years to give the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense program a capability makeover.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Bill Carey
E-commerce giant Amazon said it has received air carrier certification of its Prime Air drone delivery service from the FAA, making it the third U.S. company the agency has approved to deliver packages by drone.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lee Hudson
The Pentagon has named Silicon Valley insider Victoria Coleman as U.S. DARPA director.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Thierry Dubois
Arianespace is to operate its first rideshare mission for nano and microsatellites thanks to a Vega launch from Kourou, French Guiana, at 9:51 p.m. EDT on Sept. 1.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
Turkey’s Roketsan has opened a new facility to support the development of a national satellite launcher.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Schiebel’s Camcopter has flown to an offshore oil-and-gas platform to prove the rotary-wing unmanned aircraft systems could be used for offshore delivery.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral AFS on Aug. 30, sending an Argentine remote sensing satellite into a polar orbit, a flightpath from Florida that had not been used since 1969.
Space

By Irene Klotz
Rocket Lab’s Electron small satellite launcher returned to flight on Aug. 30, sending a 220-lb. (100-kg) synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite into orbit for Capella Space, a San Francisco-based information services company.
Space

By Bradley Perrett
Leonardo is emphasizing established training performance and fighter-like capability in offering the M-346 trainer to Australia.
Aircraft & Propulsion

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

News in brief
Defense

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

By Tony Osborne
Reports suggest 10 aircraft will be purchased, with another eight used aircraft to be transferred from French Air Force stocks for free.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recommends reserving a portion of C-band radio frequency spectrum and potentially allocating frequencies in flexible-use bands to operate drones.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Commercial space tracking startup LeoLabs is using its ground radars to monitor debris generated by a Russian Earth-resources satellite in the early hours of Aug. 27.
Space

By Lee Hudson
Prepping for the U.S. Navy’s newest carrier class to have a higher sortie rate compared to legacy ships, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) personnel conducted a four-day test demonstrating that the vessel can handle conventional air-launched weapons and stowage systems.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Irene Klotz
Getting NASA’s Space Launch System rocket to the launchpad for a November 2021 debut flight will cost taxpayers $9.1 billion, breaching a 30% budget overrun that mandates congressional notification.
Space