Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

FORT WASHINGTON, Maryland — Boeing believes its joint proposal with Lockheed Martin is in a strong position to win the U.S. Air Force’s Long Range

LONDON — The U.K. Royal Air Force (RAF) may consider keeping some of its Lockheed Martin C-130J Hercules in service after the planned 2022 retirement

NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (Maven) spacecraft is on track to complete its 10-month journey to the red planet on Sept. 21, when it

HOUSTON — NASA’s congressionally directed efforts to discover and track Near Earth Objects (NEOs) that could pose an impact threat to Earth and

NEW DELHI—Helicopter manufacturer Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. aims to establish more manufacturing facilities in Asia, as defense agencies in the region

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NORTHROP GRUMMAN has $354m USAF contract to supply three more RQ-4 Global Hawk UASs by 2017 to increase its total fleet to 37; deal includes retrofit

MOSCOW — The new set of Ukraine-related sanctions put into force Sept. 12 by the U.S. and the European Union has for the first time directly affected

The Air Force Association annual symposium is in full swing this week, with presentations scheduled from service leaders on Air Force Research

The Danish air force is considering a major deployment of F-16 Fighting Falcons to Greenland after successful trials were carried out there in August

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PARIS — France on Sept. 15 sent two Rafale fighters equipped with intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance pods from French air base Al Dhafra

By the end of 2014 the U.S. Navy expects to have added Apple iOS and Android products to its list of approved mobile celluar devices. The decision

PARIS — European scientists have identified a landing site on the “head” of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko for the Rosetta mission’s 100-kg (220-lb.)

LONDON — The Australian government is sending combat and support aircraft to help the international effort against Islamic State (IS) fighters in Iraq

As Special Operations Forces (SOF) grow, more analysis is needed of federally required reporting to accurately portray SOF organization and operations

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TURKEY took delivery of its third Peace Eagle AEW&C aircraft (737NG) from BOEING; fourth is scheduled for delivery in 2015. AEROFLEX received shareholder approval to be acquired by COBHAM as part of previously announced deal valued at $1.46b.

Poorly designed wiring bundles for the U.S. Air Force’s Boeing KC-135 tanker-replacement aircraft have driven program officials to further slip first flight of the Boeing 767-2C aircraft from June to no earlier than the middle of November.

U.S. Military U.S. Air Force 1,763 F-35As U.S. Navy 260 F-35Cs U.S. Marine Corps 340 F-35Bs, 80 F-35Cs Partner Nations

PARIS — An Arianespace Ariane 5 ECA lifted two commercial communications satellites to orbit on Sept. 11, launching Measat-3b for Malaysian fleet operator Measat and Optus-10 for SingTel-Optus of Australia.

MOSCOW—Even as Russian military and government agencies continue to renew their air fleets the government is planning its next long-range re-armament effort through 2025—one that will focus on nuclear rearmament and long-range aviation platforms.

Raytheon has successfully completed a System Delta Preliminary Design Review (PDR) of its Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR), U.S. Navy officials report. Completed on schedule, this “delta” review focused on design updates since the PDR was conducted during the technology development phase, Navy officials say. The PDR verified that the AMDR system design will meet its allocated requirements with acceptable risk and within cost and schedule constraints.

Name: “Fifth to Fourth” Fighter Communications, Multi-Domain Adaptable Processing System (MAPS) Purchaser/User: U.S. Air Force

An upgrade of Australia’s Jindalee over-the-horizon (OTH) radars has increased the speed, sensitivity and precision of the sensors, and knitted them into the national command-and-control network of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). The Australian Department of Defense plans to seek preliminary approval for further enhancements in the first half of next year, although the focus of the development effort is now shifting to ensuring the RAAF can operate the system, formally known as the Jindalee Operational Radar Network, until around 2040.