Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

LONDON — Jordan will add a third gunship to its inventory with the conversion of one of its C295 turboprop transport aircraft. The country, which

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has completed an integrated exercise of the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) element of the nation’s

LONDON — The U.K. defense ministry has awarded BAE Systems a £5 million ($8.5 million) contract to study the integration of the MBDA Brimstone 2 air

India will carry out its first major commercial satellite launch on June 30, sending five international satellites into space, a senior space

The Pentagon needs to better manage its support of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (Cfius) determinations and foreign

Blowing a hole in the U.S. Air Force’s budget plans, the U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill that was amended to block the service’s

Blowing a hole in the U.S. Air Force’s budget plans, the U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill that was amended to block the service’s request to retire the A-10 Thunderbolt II.

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Selected aerospace and defense contracts for June 16, 2014 NAVY Vista Research Inc., Arlington, Virginia, is being awarded an $8,381,917 firm-fixed

Sikorsky plans to deliver at least six operationally capable CH-148 Cyclone maritime helicopters by June 2015 to allow Canada to begin replacing its

Storing less equipment, and doing it more effectively, will be a long-term trend at the U.S. Defense Department’s combat logistics support agency as

The U.S. Navy has awarded Raytheon a $115.5 million contract to remanufacture, overhaul and provide upgrades to Phalanx Close-in Weapon Systems (CIWS)

While the investigation wraps up on the loss of a Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet during a mishap as the aircraft approached the aircraft carrier CVN 70

Australia should not rush into ballistic missile defense (BMD), but should instead maintain modest investment in research and development in the field

The U.S. Coast Guard is having trouble meeting funding needs for its aviation and fleet plans – and key aircraft and ships are also failing to meet

HOUSTON — Cosmonauts Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Artemyev struggled at times to install a phased array communications antenna at the start of a June

CHICAGO — Crewmembers on the International Space Station (ISS) will help a group of researchers at NASA’s Ames Research Center test robotic software

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The U.S. Air Force is planning to request proposals from industry to finally provide needed communications connectivity between fifth- and fourth

Pushed by global politics and a new market rival to look at an alternative for its Atlas V rocket, United Launch Alliance’s study of alternatives to the Russian RD-180 engine will open the door for an infusion of new technology and manufacturing techniques, company CEO Michael Gass says.

READINESS QUESTION: At a June 18 Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee hearing, panel chairman Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) asked U.S. Army Gen

HOUSTON — Ad Astra Rocket Co.’s plans to demonstrate the promise of advanced plasma propulsion aboard the International Space Station have slipped

The U.S. Air Force is giving Raytheon additional debriefings on the company’s loss of a major space surveillance contract, potentially extending the

HOUSTON — Boeing, one of three companies vying for a NASA contract under the next stage of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program, is starting to notify

CHICAGO — NanoRacks and Astrium North America have completed a $5 million, privately funded accommodation for commercial payloads outside the