Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

ORLANDO, Florida—Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) has slipped the launch of its fifth commercial resupply services mission to the International

The U.S. needs more consistency in the message it is broadcasting about its Asia-Pacific rebalance, regional experts for the Center for Strategic and

LONDON—Canadian helicopter engineering firm Eagle Copters has certified its modification to fit Honeywell’s HTS900 turboshaft engine into the Bell 407

HOUSTON—Mars One, the Dutch nonprofit focused on the proposed human settlement of the red planet by the mid-2020s, has selected a Portuguese/Spanish

A SpaceX Dragon capsule in place at Cape Canaveral, for a cargo mission to the International Space Station as early as Tuesday morning, will include

HOUSTON—The National Engineering Forum (NEF) reports a wide-ranging response to the early efforts of a multiyear campaign to increase engineering

NEW DELHI—An Indian parliamentary panel on defense has asked the government to expedite the procurement of all pending fighter aircraft as the

The South Korean and Japanese defense ministries and the U.S. Defense Department finalized a trilateral information-sharing arrangement last month

The U.S. Navy and Northrop Grumman successfully flew the MQ-8C Fire Scout off the DDG 109 USS Jason Dunham earlier this month off the Virginia coast

NEW DELHI—The wheeled-version of India’s home-grown unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) Nishant made its first flight. The UAV, dubbed “Panchi,” or Bird, is

Defending Taiwan from China would be difficult but not impossible, a recent report by the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA) says.

The U.S. Navy Department’s top acquisition official hailed a recent decision by Congress to go along with creating a separate defense spending account for future nuclear-tipped missile submarines.

The third of five planned Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellites was encapsulated into its payload fairing recently, representing one of the final steps in preparation for its upcoming launch, U.S. Navy officials say.

The U.S. Air Force and SpaceX are now targeting midyear for full certification of the launch upstart’s Falcon 9 v1.1 rocket to loft the most precious Pentagon payloads into orbit.

The U.S. and China should expand their military cooperation programs to reduce tension and prevent unwanted clashes on the sea and in the air, the Center for Strategic and International Studies says.

NASA has decided to remove the Hyperspectral Imager for Coastal Oceans from its perch on the outside “porch” of Japan’s Kibo module, ending its mission after five years because of a flight computer problem.

India is getting ready to loft its fourth navigation satellite in March as part of an ongoing initiative to create the country’s own navigation system.

Military aircraft and helicopter deliveries for 2014 were up to 179, compared to 171 in 2013 and 154 in 2012.

General Electric’s Passport engine is entering the final phases of certification for Bombardier’s Global 7000/8000 long-range business aircraft, the first versions of which are set to enter service next year.

The so-called Seed team, selected by popular vote in December from a field of 35 university proposals, seeks to germinate the first terrestrial plants on Mars.

The U.S. Department of Defense and Japanese Ministry of Defense recently announced the deployment of a second Army Navy/Transportable Radar Surveillance (AN/TPY-2) radar in Japan to Kyogamisaki to enhance sensor coverage for ballistic missile defense of Japan and the U.S. homeland.

Canadian helicopter engineering firm Eagle Copters has certified its modification to fit Honeywell’s HTS900 turboshaft engine into the Bell 407 single-engined helicopter.

It’s physically impossible to make all 6,000 mi. of U.S. borders with Mexico and Canada absolutely secure without 55,000 more border agents and $97 billion more funding, U.S. Border Patrol leaders said Jan. 6. But effective security can be achieved through systemic risk analysis, they added.

The U.S. needs more consistency in the message it is broadcasting about its Asia-Pacific rebalance, regional experts for the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) say.

Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) has slipped the launch of its fifth commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station to Jan. 9 at the earliest.