Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF) 6, the future USNS Brunswick, recently completed acceptance trials, the U.S. Navy says.
Defense

By Bradley Perrett
Lockheed Martin expects a full program of 134 F-16 upgrades will fit into a cash-strapped South Korean modernization project that has been delayed again.
Defense

While the U.S. Marine Corps seems to be generally on the right track with the acquisition of its Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV), there is some risk, the GAO says.
Defense

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s Johnson Space Center will provide safety training and other support services to the Houston Airport System under a Space Act Agreement signed Nov. 4.
Defense

AAR AIRLIFT GROUP has $14m, one-year contract renewal from...

Tuesday morning the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) discusses...

Penton’s Aviation Week Network, the parent of Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, has acquired...

ViaSat Inc., Carlsbad, California, has been awarded a $13,152,398...

By Graham Warwick
With estimates that 700,000 consumer UAVs, or “drones,” could be sold by year-end, “we need to get something in place quickly,” FAA Administrator Michael Huerta said.

By Tony Osborne
The Spanish government has given the green light to the country’s defense ministry to purchase General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper medium altitude, long endurance UAVs.
Defense

By Jay Menon
GSAT-15 will be lifted onboard an Ariane 5 rocket from French Guiana on Nov. 10.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
The French and U.K. governments have marked the fifth anniversary of the Lancaster House defense treaties by signing an agreement on the creation of missile centers of excellence.
Defense

Israel Aerospace Industries’ Elta division has unveiled a radar warning and location (RWL) system for fighters, helicopters and unmanned air vehicles.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
Fernando Alonso, who took over the division in March, says he and his team have stabilized the industrial layout of the A400M, paving the way for increased rates of production and focusing to bring tactical capabilities on the aircraft on stream.
Defense

Leaders representing all eight coast guard agencies of the Arctic nations signed a joint statement officially establishing the Arctic Coast Guard Forum.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
The head of Airbus Defense and Space’s military aircraft division says that the aerial refueling of helicopters by the company’s A400M airlifter is now the subject of a research project after admitting it will be impossible to achieve in the aircraft’s current configuration.
Defense

By Mark Carreau
The six-person International Space Station marked its 15th year of continuous human operations on Nov. 2.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
Airbus Defense and Space is developing a system to refuel helicopters for its C295 twin-turboprop airlifter.
Defense

Israel Aerospace Industries’ Gulfstream G550-based Multimission Airborne Reconnaissance Surveillance System airborne ground surveillance system is now in full development.
Defense

Lockheed Martin has built in extra time to develop, build and test the Long Range Discrimination Radar, a Lockheed official says.
Defense

U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter has emphasized the need for the “so-called six-party talks to call for the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula.”
Defense

By Tony Osborne
The head of the company’s military aircraft division, Fernando Alonso, says the aircraft could be used more flexibly while flying racetrack patterns in the sky waiting to provide fighters with fuel.
Defense

NASA human-spaceflight managers are evaluating whether it will be possible to switch to a more capable upper stage for the heavy-lift Space Launch System (SLS) in time for its first flight with a crew.
Space

By Guy Norris
BAE Systems is partnering with air-breathing rocket developer Reaction Engines as part of an agreement under which BAE will acquire a 20% share of the U.K.-based company for £20.6 million.
Defense

An Oct. 30 story on South Korea’s KF-X should have said the program may not live into 2016, despite a funding recommendation by the defense committee of parliament.