Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

LOND ON — Finmeccanica is involved in too many sectors, products and services, and needs to focus on its core products, new CEO Mauro Moretti says. Speaking 80 days into his tenure of the Italian aerospace and defense giant, as it announced its half-yearly financial results in Rome on August 1, Moretti revealed some details of his planned far-reaching reorganization of the company.

JAGUAR CRASH: A Jaguar fighter of the Indian air force (IAF) crashed in the western state of Gujarat on Aug. 1, a defense official says. The accident occurred at 12:06 p.m. local time, shortly after the aircraft took off on a routine sortie from the Bhuj airbase in Gujarat. It crashed about 19 mi. from the airbase, the official says. The pilot was on a flying training mission and has ejected safely, he says. “There is no reported damage on the ground.” The reason for the accident remains unclear, and the defense ministry has ordered an investigation.

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BRUSSELS and LONDON — At long last, Belgium is formally beginning its search for a replacement for the air force’s fleet of 54 F-16s. As Defense

As the U.S. military becomes increasingly networked, questions persist about just how protected this valuable information backbone is and how reliant

FINAL C-17: Boeing has completed the main wing spar of the 279th and final C-17, marking the start of assembly for the last military airlifter to be

NASA has competitively selected a suite of seven advanced instruments for its planned Mars 2020 rover that scientists hope will find evidence life has

ABOARD THE CNS HAIKOU/ABOARD THE USS RONALD REAGAN — President Ronald Reagan’s famous catchphrase, “Peace through strength,” features predominantly

NEW DELHI — Indian space scientists are conducting a special study to ensure the safety of their satellites and prevent orbital collisions in view of

HOUSTON — The European Space Agency’s Gravity field steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE) mission team announced its fifth and most accurate

HELO HANDOFF: Airbus Helicopters handed over the first example of its new EC145 T2 light twin-engine helicopter to German air ambulance operator DRF

Teams aboard the U.S. ship MV Cape Ray continue to neutralize materials from Syria’s declared chemical stockpile, Pentagon officials say. Using the

The Arleigh-Burke class guided-missile destroyer DDG 56 USS John S. McCain took part in a boarding exercise involving visit, board, search and seizure

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LONDON — Airbus Defense and Space is negotiating with the seven launch customers for the A400M over delays in implementing the airlifter’s tactical

LONDON — Italian prosecutors have ended their investigations into alleged corruption surrounding the sale of 12 AW101 helicopters to the Indian air

UH-60 UPGRADE: The U.S. Army has chosen AAR to upgrade and overhaul Auxiliary Power Units (APUs) for its UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, the company

KOUROU, French Guiana — An Ariane 5 ES launch vehicle lifted Europe’s fifth and last Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV-5) to low Earth orbit July 29

The U.S. unit of Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. will make space available on an SSTL-150 bus to be launched in mid-2016 for third-party hosted

The sudden and unexpected appearance of the Chinese AGI 853 Dongdiao intelligence-gathering ship in international waters off the coast of Hawaii

HOUSTON — International Space Station commander Steve Swanson can expect a “scenic” weekend in more ways than one, as he virtually joins friends and

Tony Osborne, LONDON — The U.K. House of Lords is to launch an inquiry into the civil use of UAVs prompted by concerns over safety and privacy. The

Easing geopolitical tensions between South Korea and Japan would make it easier to provide ballistic missile defense (BMD) and greater overall

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