Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

S7 Space Corp. will relocate its Sea Launch complex to Russia.

The main thrust of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency’s counter-hypersonic strategy has just been revealed.

A Blue Origin reusable suborbital rocket sent a capsule for its sixth ride beyond the atmosphere Dec. 11.

President Donald Trump’s interest in creating a sixth armed service focused on space re-energized the movement and convinced naysayers in the Senate, according to House Armed Services Committee Reps. Jim Cooper (D-Tenn.) and Mike Rogers (R-Ala.).

The Croatian government has moved forward this week on a new plan to acquire a replacement for 12 aging MiG-21s scheduled for retirement in 2024 after the previous selection process collapsed amidst international controversy.

An initial acquisition by the Croatian air force of four UH-60Ms is likely to be followed by more orders of the Sikorsky utility helicopter to replace the Balkan country’s fleet of Soviet and Russian built “Hip”- series helicopters.

BIRD Aerosystems, a developer of airborne missile protections systems and special mission aircraft products, has launched a compact version of its all-in-one AeroShield POD (put on device) to provide antimissile protection for medium-size VIP business jets.

S7 Space Corp. will relocate its Sea Launch complex to Russia.

Recently revived Stratolaunch has expanded its workforce sevenfold since October when it changed owners, and has announced plans to become a high-speed testbed provider.

NATO formally opened a four-nation training center for special forces air crews in Central and Eastern Europe in Croatia on Dec. 11.

Centauri, a provider of bespoke space, intel, directed energy and cyber services to government agencies, has acquired The Design Knowledge Co. and PreTalen.

PrecisionHawk announced a $32 million venture capital investment on Dec. 11.

U.S. Southern Command deployed one P-8A to Punta Arenas, Chile, on Dec. 10 to support the ongoing search for a Chilean Air Force C-130 Hercules that went missing.

The GE Aviation subsidiary has opened a new production facility, repair operation and headquarters in Brockworth, England,

Japan has canceled plans to end local assembly of Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightnings by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), the Nikkei newspaper reported.

PrecisionHawk, a developer of enterprise software for drone applications, announced a $32 million venture capital investment on Dec. 11.

The South Korean parliament has fully approved the 2020 budget requested by the defense ministry, giving the military a 7.4% rise in funding.

The provider of bespoke space, intelligence, directed energy and cyber services to government agencies has acquired The Design Knowledge Co. and PreTalen.

Airbus has delivered the first of seven H145 twin-engine light helicopters to the German Army to support its search-and-rescue mission.

The experimental cubesat will monitor aircraft signals from space to support rescue organizations.

Serbia has taken delivery of four Mil Mi-35M attack helicopters from Russia, bolstering the country’s depleted air force.

The parliament approved 1.403 trillion won ($1.2 billion) for the KF-X program as part of the 2020 defense budget passed on Dec. 10.

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems, Linthicum, Maryland, has been awarded a $188,995,364 modification for the firm-fixed-price portion of a previously-awarded contract (M67854-19-C-0043).

In Washington this week the House may consider the National Defense Authorization Act conference report as early as Wednesday.

NORTHROP GRUMMAN has $13m U.S. Air Force contract for Airborne Signals Intelligence Payload (ASIP) efforts.