Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

NEW DELHI — India has grounded all three AW101 helicopters it acquired from AgustaWestland due to difficulties securing spare parts following the

Secretive Karem Aircraft provided a peek inside its proposal for the U.S. Army’s Joint Multi-Role (JMR) and follow-on Future Vertical Lift (FVL)

LONDON — AgustaWestland has won a €117 million ($160 million) contract to upgrade the eight Lynx Mk. 21 naval helicopters operated by the Brazilian

Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works has proposed a modification to the X-56A that would enable the experimental unmanned aircraft to fulfil the original

LONDON — Just days after Iraq took delivery of Sukhoi Su-25 twin-engine ground attack aircraft from Russia to tackle insurgents in the country’s

HOUSTON —NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) cleared initial power and communications checkouts following a trouble-free liftoff from

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The transatlantic crossing of the F-35B for its international air show debut is on hold, as one of the four Lockheed Martin fighters due to make the

Four industry teams have briefed the U.S. Army on their advanced rotorcraft designs for the Joint Multi-Role Technology Demonstration (JMR TD) program

ANOTHER FIRST: Michelle Janine Howard this week became the first woman to attain the rank of four-star admiral in the U.S. Navy’s 238-year history

Raytheon has opted against protesting Lockheed Martin’s win of the Space Fence program, following a series of extended debriefings on its loss that

LONDON — The Netherlands is halting deliveries of its NH90 naval helicopters over concerns about corrosion on the aircraft. Officials found issues

The U.S. Navy awarded about $5.6 billion in aviation contracts at the end of June. Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems received a $3.6 billion

RIDLEY PARK, Pennsylvania — Canada has taken delivery of the last of 15 new Boeing CH-147F Chinooks, and the heavy-lift helicopters could be ready to

NEW DELHI — France’s foreign minister thinks the long wait for India’s purchase of 126 Dassault Rafale fighters may finally be nearing its end. “The

The Polish defense ministry has shortlisted Raytheon Co. and a European team comprising Thales Group and MBDA in its ongoing tender to acquire a new

Saab and ThyssenKrupp have agreed on the Swedish company’s purchase of ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems AB, the former Kockums ship and submarine builder

The debut of Russia’s new light-class Angara rocket has been delayed for several weeks as engineers investigate a defect in the drainage valve of a

The debut of Russia’s new light-class Angara rocket has been delayed for several weeks as engineers investigate a defect in the drainage valve of a liquid oxygen tank discovered during pre-launch checks. “An emergency shutdown occurred 79 seconds before the start of the launch,” Russian engine maker NPO Energomash said in a statement posted on its website. “The reason was a pressure drop of the oxidizer tank spherical balloon,” which the company said is not part of the Angara’s first stage RD-191.

The naval forces of the U.S., its partners and allies will get a glimpse of what the most powerful Asian navy brings to the fight as China makes its

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LONDON — A joint Latin American project to develop a basic training aircraft is close to finalizing its first contracts. The program, developed

EVERETT, Washington — The first test aircraft in Boeing’s KC-46A tanker program, which was scheduled to fly in June, is still being prepared for a

SATELLITE PROPOSAL: India’s new prime minister, Narendra Modi, took the occasion of India’s latest international satellite launch on June 30 to

NEW DELHI — India’s space agency has successfully put into orbit five international satellites to observe the Earth, reinforcing the country’s