Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

The DOD's Joint Artificial Intelligence Center is looking to hire an ethicist as the military grapples with applying algorithms to real-world warfighting scenarios.

Tropical Storm Dorian is expected to become a Category 3 hurricane by late Aug. 30 and keep strengthening as it moves toward Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral.

India’s space agency is working with its French counterpart to develop and launch a constellation of up to 10 sats for coastal security and maritime surveillance.

The Japanese Ministry of Defense has proposed making an initial order for Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightnings in the coming fiscal year.

The U.S. Army has awarded two contracts that will help advance the Pentagon’s goal of fielding a prototype hypersonic weapon by fiscal 2023.

Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL) has started to modify the first five in-service Su-30MKI fighters of the Indian Air Force in its facility in the western Indian city of Nashik to carry BrahMos-A cruise missiles.

Boeing is doubling down on its metal additive manufacturing venture bet in Morf3D with a new round of funding, the companies said Aug. 30.

Textron Airborne Tactical Advantage Co. (ATAC) recently flew its F1 Mirage for the first time at Alliance Airfield in Fort Worth.

BOEING has $500m U.S. Air Force contract for Qatar Emiri Air Force F-15QA aircrew and maintenance training.

The newly formed U.S. Space Command (Spacecom) has agreed with the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) that in “higher states of conflict” the nation will respond to the direction of the head of the combatant command, according to Air Force Gen. John Raymond.

LOCKHEED MARTIN has $25.3m U.S. Navy contract for F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter regional maintenance repair and upgrade facility for Japan.

India’s state-run space agency will launch its Cartosat-3 remote sensing satellite by the end of this year, according to the country’s top scientist.

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Germany’s Volocopter has conducted a test flight at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport in Finland with its prototype electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing air taxi.

Test flights of the T-Heron UAS developed by Israel Aerospace Industries will begin in March, a senior company official says.

The HiDRON stratospheric glider developed by Canada’s Stratodynamics Aviation and unmanned aircraft manufacturer UAVOS has completed a 4-hr. flight.

The U.S. Air Force will install automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) position reporting capability on its fleet of 417 Boeing KC-135 Stratotankers beginning in September.

The UK defense ministry has issued a Request for Information to industry for specialist aerial training services for the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the Royal Navy.

Little hops and huge goals: SpaceX’s Starhopper test flight marks first step on path to next-generation Starship launch family and inter-planetary missions.

India’s indigenously developed Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) will undertake its first flight by year’s end, the country’s top scientist says.

Israeli Air Force (IAF) fighters have touched down in the UK for their first-ever major exercise on British soil.

U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper remains unwavering that the nation will not allow Turkey to own and operate the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter while it has the Russian S-400 air defense system in its inventory.

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is looking at leveraging NASA’s work on hybrid- and turbo-electric propulsion to increase the performance and capability of large unmanned aircraft, including “loyal wingman” vehicles that would support manned fighters.

NASA’s IG is calling for swift action by Congress to lift a costly requirement that the space agency use the Space Launch System rather than a commercial rocket alternative to dispatch the Europa Clipper on a $4.25 billion, high-priority planetary science mission.

L3Harris Technologies has selected Collins Aerospace to provide avionics for the U.S. Air Force’s C-130H Avionics Modernization Program Increment 2 (AMP INC 2) upgrade of 176 Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve Hercules turboprops.