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By Lee Hudson
The HH-60W Jolly Green II combat search and rescue (CSAR) helicopter has completed its first-ever aerial refueling, marking the start of developmental testing.
Aircraft & Propulsion

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

By Tony Osborne
Britain’s Royal Air Force (RAF) has taken delivery of its first Lockheed Martin C-130J Hercules to be given a new center wing box replacement.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The Raytheon-built radar jammer confirmed safety-of-flight characteristics during the sortie by the VX-23 flight test squadron at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Maxim Pyadushkin
Russian Helicopters announced Aug. 10 that the modernized Kamov Ka-52M attack helicopter made its first flight, taking off from Russian Helicopters’ subsidiary Progress in Arseniev in Russia’s Far East.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lee Hudson
About eight months after its founding, the U.S. Space Force has released initial guiding principles in the form of a space capstone publication describing space power as a separate and distinct form of military power.
Space

By Bill Carey
Simulation and training provider CAE on Aug. 10 named L3 Harris Technologies executive Daniel Gelston as the new group president of its C$1.3 billion ($970 million) Defense and Security business.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Air Force and Canada have committed to improving the ground-based arctic surveillance system on watch for Russian missiles and bombers.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
The Netherlands has restarted flights of its NHIndustries NH90 naval helicopters after a three-week hiatus prompted by a crash in the Caribbean.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Bill Carey
Wireless charging system developer WiBotic on Aug. 6 announced Federal Communications Commission (FCC) authorization of its line of transmitters and receivers for charging drones, mobile robots and industrial automation devices.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
NATO’s Multinational Multi-Role Tanker Transport Unit has taken delivery of its second Airbus A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Raytheon will compete for the U.S. Air Force's future hypersonic cruise missile program.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Israel has stood up its second front-line F-35 squadron and taken delivery of an aircraft to be used for flight testing new systems.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lee Hudson
Bell unveiled plans for a new 140,000-ft.² manufacturing technology center Aug. 10 to support the U.S. Army’s Future Vertical Lift (FVL) effort.
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 Lee Hudson
The service wrapped up its business case analysis and is pushing for Next Generation Air Dominance to become a program of record.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lee Hudson, Irene Klotz
The U.S. national security space agencies will remain with incumbents United Launch Alliance and SpaceX for medium and heavy-lift launch services over the next five years
Space

By Jen DiMascio
A bipartisan group of senators has introduced legislation to block President Donald Trump from loosening a treaty obligation that restricts the export of large U.S. unmanned aerial systems.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Irene Klotz
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Kennedy Space Center on Aug. 7 carrying 57 new Starlink broadband satellites—all outfitted with visors to cut Sun glint that interferes with astronomical observations—and two BlackSky Global imaging satellites.
Space

By Lee Hudson
The U.S. Space Force has wrapped up a major upgrade to its GPS Military-Code signal that will improve its anti-jamming and anti-spoofing capabilities.
Space

By Mark Carreau
As the push to return to deep-space exploration becomes more international and commercial, so too do concerns over norms of behavior among those who venture beyond Earth’s orbit.
Space

By Kim Minseok, Bradley Perrett
South Korea’s defense ministry and Hanwha have rolled out a prototype for the radar of the Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) KF-X fighter, following delivery of a ground-test unit in April.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

Piotr Butowski
The new Mi-8AMTSh-VN military helicopter intended for Russian special forces has started flight tests, Rostec Corp. subsidiary Russian Helicopters says.
Aircraft & Propulsion