Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

European missile manufacturer MBDA looks set to take a leading role in a European project to develop a counter to advanced ballistic and hypersonic weapons.

White House senior officials hedged late on Nov. 12 on the potential to achieve “enormous deliverables” in scheduled meeting on Nov. 13 between U.S. President Donald Trump and Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

GENERAL DYNAMICS MISSION SYSTEMS has $731.9m U.S. Navy contract for Mobile User Objective System satellite ground system sustainment.

The U.S. Congress is back in session this week, with the Senate continuing to focus on nominations.

Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems, Portsmouth, Rhode Island, has been awarded a maximum $24,942,879, firm-fixed-price contract for receiver transmitters

Ryan Aerospace Australia has been awarded a contract to supply the U.S. Army with 31 Helimod Mark III helicopter simulators.

RUSSIAN AEROSPACE FORCES will receive first serial Su-57 fifth-gen fighter before the end of the year.

A program that could lead to the development of a European capability to intercept hypersonic weapons has been granted funding by the European Union’s Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO).

The U.S. Air Force admits that the service and Northrop Grumman underestimated the complexity of the software upgrades required for the B-2 Defensive Management System Modernization.

The head of U.S. Air Force acquisition says one lesson learned from the light attack experiment is the need for special operators to have an armed overwatch capability.

The 24-year-old aircraft, previously operated by leisure airline TUI Airways, was delivered to 2Excel’s MRO facilities at Lasham, England, on Nov. 11.

Following a two-month delay, the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) is ready to deploy after receiving emergency maintenance.

The storied UAV manufacturer has gone public on the Canadian Stock Exchange and soon may trade over-the-counter in the U.S.

The network will use satellite-based quantum communications to securely distribute quantum encryption keys over long distances.

“If I can enable that debate because we’ve got a bomber that’s continuing to deliver on time and on cost, then that’s wonderful,” U.S. Air Force acquisition chief Will Roper says.

BAE Systems' FAST Labs R&D team will integrate adaptive radio-frequency sensing and jamming into one system small and light enough to fit on its helicopters and UAS.

The three ships will be fitted with MBDA VL MICA surface-to-air missiles and a new CMS developed by state-owned PT LEN and Thales, two industry sources tell Aerospace DAILY.

The partnership will allow BlackSky's growing imagery constellation to distribute data to users with handheld devices.

FlightSafety International has partnered with IBM to develop FlightSmart, an integrated pilot performance evaluation and training tool.

Ryan Aerospace Australia has been awarded a contract to supply the U.S. Army with 31 Helimod Mark III helicopter simulators.

The brain trust behind the Gabelli investor conference and the erstwhile L-3 Communications may be making a new C4ISR giant.

The Falcon 9 launch—the company’s first since August and 11th for the year—was the fourth flight for the rocket being used and demonstrated the first reuse of a payload fairing.

The U.S. Air Force is using virtual reality technology for helicopter pilot training to increase throughput as it prepares for the arrival of the HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopter.

As key crewed flight tests of Boeing’s CST-100 and SpaceX’s Crew Dragon slip into 2020, NASA is taking measures to ensure it maintains a minimal U.S. presence aboard the International Space Station.

Retired five-time NASA space shuttle astronaut Bonnie Dunbar leads an effort she describes as “a bit science fiction” to improve future spacesuits.