Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

Raytheon has been selected over Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman to develop an active-array air defense radar for the U.S. Air Force, its third

The U.S. Navy has changed the schedules of two Norfolk-based aircraft carriers. CVN 75 USS Harry S. Truman will replace CVN 69 USS Dwight D

BEIJING — The Australian defense department has confirmed that it may seek two Boeing C-17A Globemasters in addition to the pair that it has just

HOUSTON — As part of its preparations for future human deep space exploration, NASA is awarding $12.5 million for nine ground-based investigations

SYDNEY/CANBERRA/BEIJING — BAE Systems has handed over the first of Australia’s two new assault ships as the government considers whether to equip the

LONDON — Oil and gas workers traveling to and from offshore platforms in the North Sea will have their shoulder widths measured to test their

HOUSTON — Astronauts Reid Wiseman and Alexander Gerst successfully kicked off a series of NASA-managed spacewalks outside the International Space

Northrop Grumman and a team of automotive industry partners will unveil a new upgrade for the U.S. Army’s Humvee (High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled

NEW DELHI — The launch of the third Indian Regional Navigational Satellite System (IRNSS-1C), scheduled for Oct. 10, has been delayed at least a week

LONDON — Airbus Defense and Space says it has completed 30 hr. of flight tests on a new version of the Polish-built PZL-130 Orlik turboprop trainer

The U.S. Navy’s forward-deployed Asia’s destroyer squadron is taking steps to ensure surface warfare readiness by leading the Navy in the development

Northrop Grumman’s new $61 million performance-based logistics (PBL) supply support contract from the U.S. Naval Supply Systems Command’s Navsup

NORTHROP GRUMMAN delivered Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) payload to prime LOCKHEED MARTIN in Sunnyvale, CA, on Sept. 30; payload will be

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden is anticipating a rare visit to China next month, despite the congressional prohibition on bilateral cooperation

Japan plans to launch the Himawari-8 geostationary weather satellite on Tuesday atop a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. H-IIA rocket from Tanegashima

Northrop Grumman is not revealing its concept for a sea-based long-endurance unmanned aircraft, but says its work under the Defense Advanced Research

Insitu is bench-testing a clean-sheet engine developed by Perth, Australia-based Orbital for the ScanEagle UAV aimed at providing higher reliability

Exelis is launching a new family of electronic warfare (EW) systems that it expects to offer better detection and jamming capability against emerging

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is proposing to develop an unmanned disaster-monitoring aircraft with a ceiling of 18,000 meters (59,000

PARIS — France and Germany are planning a joint operation to monitor a month-old cease-fire between the Ukrainian army and pro-Russian separatists in

HOUSTON —The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)-led Deep Space Climate Observatory (Dscovr), originally an Earth imaging NASA

A technological breakthrough will allow any unmanned surface vehicle (USV) to not only protect U.S. Navy ships, but also, for the first time

Selected aerospace and defense contracts for the week of Sept. 29 - Oct. 3, 2014 Selected aerospace and defense contracts for Sept. 29, 2014 U.S. NAVY

AAR AIRLIFT secured 1-year, $15m contract extension from U.S. Military Sealift Command to perform vertical replenishment (VERTREP) services, including search and rescue (SAR) and pax transport, for U.S. Naval vessels in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. NORTHROP GRUMMAN’s Hand Held Precision Targeting Device (HHPTD) completed developmental test with U.S. Army Rapid Equipping Force.

TORONTO – Engineers helping NASA develop a solar-powered mission to Jupiter’s icy moon Europa have concluded the proposed spacecraft, with a solar array/magnetometer boom combination 22 meters wide, could pass through the plumes of water ice that may be erupting from cracks in the frozen surface and stay on course. Thomas Magner of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory told a symposium on Solar System exploration at the 65th International Astronautical Congress here that the “Europa Clipper” project passed i