Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Tony Osborne
Austria has stepped into the controversy surrounding the Airbus bribery case after documents confirmed unfair conduct in the sale of Eurofighter jets there.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
The biggest change is in procurement of the Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk, which is reduced as planned to 36 aircraft from 74 in 2020.
Defense

By Irene Klotz
President Donald Trump is requesting $25.2 billion for NASA for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1, a whopping 12% budget increase in an attempt to bankroll a fast-track mission to land astronauts on the Moon in 2024.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
Croatia hopes to make a decision on the procurement of a new fighter aircraft before year’s end, defense officials say.
Defense

By Bradley Perrett, Guy Norris
Boeing plans for the Airpower Teaming System drone to fly for the first time this year, aiming at the global defense market, with Australia as the potential launch customer.
Defense

By Mark Carreau
The rescheduled launch of Northrop Grumman’s 13th Cygnus re-supply mission to the International Space Station now is planned for no earlier than Feb. 13 at 4:06 p.m. EST.
Defense

By Steve Trimble, Lee Hudson
The U.S. Air Force’s latest five-year budget plan retires significant numbers of RQ-4s, B-1s, KC-10s and non-stealthy fighters and eliminates funding
Defense

By Irene Klotz
A ULA Atlas V rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Feb. 9, sending a joint European-U.S. science spacecraft on its way for an unprecedented mission to study the Sun’s polar regions.
Defense

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The Israeli Ministry of Defense (IMOD) has acquired “Fire Weaver,” a networked sensor-to-shooter system. The system is expected to serve the Israel
Singapore Airshow

By Guy Norris
Sustainment focus drives Airbus toward new technology demonstrations ranging from hybrid propulsion to eVTOLs and delivery drones.
Singapore Airshow

Aviation Week's ShowNews
Drone swarms are a new threat, and Singapore has an answer.
Singapore Airshow

Aviation Week's ShowNews
ST Engineering is in the final stages of developing a new family of Veloce unmanned air systems.
Singapore Airshow

Aviation Week's ShowNews
Singapore has revealed a new ambition in the space market.
Singapore Airshow

By Steve Trimble
Coronavirus or not, the Singapore Airshow will likely still go on — albeit with 8% fewer participating exhibitors, 10-15 fewer aircraft in the static display and less than half the expected attendance during the public days, the event organizers say.
Singapore Airshow

The release of the White House fiscal 2021 budget request is scheduled for this coming Monday, Feb. 10. To allow us to bring you comprehensive

By Tony Osborne
The British Maritime and Coastguard Agency has inducted a pair of Beechcraft King Air 200 turboprop aircraft to support its search-and-rescue, fisheries and pollution detection missions.
Defense

Brief news items of interest to aerospace & defense professionals.

By Irene Klotz
NASA and Boeing will review all 1 million lines of code following errors found during the CST-100 Starliner's troubled uncrewed orbital flight demonstration mission in December.
Defense

Calendar of upcoming events of interest to the aerospace & defense industry.

By Michael Bruno
Canadian pilot training specialist CAE expects increasing demand for its simulators for Boeing 737 MAX and continues to make so-called “white tail” systems ahead of actual orders.
Aerospace

By Jen DiMascio
From the rise and fall of research dollars to signs of a successful reorganization of space acquisitions, experts at the Center for Strategic and
Defense

By Bill Carey
FAA is advancing a construct based on third-party UAS Service Suppliers—rather than air traffic controllers—providing flight authorization, traffic deconfliction and other services.
Aerospace

By Michael Bruno
The Boeing 737 MAX production halt is a catalyst for Triumph Group to further consolidate its interiors and Mexican operations, top executives said Feb. 6, adding more divestiture announcements should be expected this year.
Air Transport

By Michael Bruno
The Pentagon’s leading contractor by annual sales, Lockheed Martin, employed about 110,000 workers at the end of 2019.
Defense

By Lee Hudson
The Space Development Agency intends to hold an industry day in Colorado Springs that coincides with the National Space Symposium.
Defense