Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

LEONARDO delivered the first of 22 AW169M light intermediate twin-engine helicopters to Italy’s Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) in Nov. 12 event at Leonardo’s Vergiate plant.

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Bombardier ferried two Global 6000 business jets from Montreal to Hamburg, Germany, the week of Nov. 11, completing an order for three Global 6000 for the Luftwaffe, Germany’s air force.

By Graham Warwick
Fuel distributor Shell Aviation is to support development of Europe’s first dedicated sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production plant, planned to be built in the Netherlands by SAF supply chain developer SkyNRG.

By Maxim Pyadushkin
Belarus has become a new operator of Russia’s export bestseller, the Su-30MKI.
Defense

By Bill Carey
The Kansas Department of Transportation says it has completed the first drone flight to inspect power lines without using visual observers or ground-based radar.

By Irene Klotz
A series of successful static fire engine tests of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft has cleared the company for an inflight abort test.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
As the U.S. Army researches hydrogen-fueled vehicles ranging from rescue trucks to unmanned aircraft, the service has awarded General Atomics a contract for a high-pressure hydrogen generation system to support refueling in the field.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
The Czech defense ministry is looking for offsets of 30% of contract value in favor of its national industry as it prepares to sign a U.S. Foreign Military Sale for military helicopters from Bell.
Defense

By Mark Carreau
If NASA is to return astronauts to the Moon by 2024, prepare for expeditions to Mars and seek evidence of alien life in the Solar System and beyond, it must tackle a number of all-too-familiar management challenges, the agency’s Inspector General says in a new report.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
The aircraft has been selected by the Austrian air force as a replacement for its 12-strong fleet of 50-year-old Saab 105s, although the procurement has yet to be approved by the government.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
The flights are to be performed in December from Larissa airbase in Greece with the support of the Hellenic Air Force.
Defense

By Lee Hudson
The U.S. Air Force sent Boeing proprietary data to Northrop Grumman during the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) competition and that is why Boeing is not bidding on the intercontinental ballistic missile replacement, according to the head of the House Armed Services Committee.
Defense

By Lee Hudson
The head of the House Armed Services Committee says the Space Force is one of a few items holding up the defense authorization conference process.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
Unmanned aircraft developer UAVOS has flown a larger, modified version of its ApusDuo high-altitude pseudo-satellite, taking a step closer to its planned full-size stratospheric telecommunications platform.
Defense

By Mark Carreau
Astronauts are prepared to embark Nov. 15 on a complex sequence of spacewalks outside the ISS to overhaul the cooling system on the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer.
Defense

By Steve Trimble, Lee Hudson, Michael Bruno
An ongoing legal dispute between the U.S. government and Lockheed Martin over intellectual property rights has emerged as the source of a 2.5-year-long delay in activating a key F-35 system required to complete initial operational testing and make a full-rate production decision.
Defense

By Bill Carey
Avionics engineering firm L2 Aviation on Nov. 11 announced a subcontract from Collins Aerospace to install automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) capability on the U.S. Air Force fleet of KC-10 Extender aerial refueling tankers.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
Germany is looking pursue the development of an airborne electronic attack (AEA) capability to meet a standing NATO commitment.
Defense

By Mark Carreau
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA) Hayabusa 2 asteroid sample return spacecraft ended its lengthy stay at distant Ryugu late Nov. 12 U.S. time.
Defense

By Jen DiMascio, Tony Osborne
The German military is not accepting the latest delivery of two Airbus A400M aircraft because they do not meet contractual guarantees, the German Air Force said Nov. 13.
Defense

By Michael Bruno
Liberty Hall Capital Partners, a private equity firm focused on global aerospace and defense, has acquired engine parts maker Numet Machining Techniques to add to its growing Bromford Industries aftermarket company.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
Airbus has completed the first flight of its VSR700 diesel-powered rotary-wing unmanned air system.
Defense

By Marhalim Abas
Singapore is due to receive its sixth and final A330 MRTT tanker within a few months following retirement of the country’s four KC-135R Stratotankers.
Defense

By Marhalim Abas
The Philippines expects to buy more Airbus C295s following delivery of its fourth aircraft of the type on Nov. 11.
Defense