Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

For several weeks, Israel's airspace has been experiencing interference with its GPS navigation system, and Israeli defense organizations are trying to understand why.

AAR DEFENSE SYSTEMS & LOGISTICS has $210m U.S. Air Force contract for C-130H logistics/maintenance/repair/training for the Afghanistan Air Force.

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By Steve Trimble
Congress added $57.7 million to the fiscal 2019 budget last year to launch the EMARSS-E program. The funding included $39.8 million for the EMARSS-E pods and $17.9 million for the airframe.
Defense

By Steve Trimble
SDA's July 1 RFI gives industry five weeks to weigh in on a sweeping reimagining and expansion of the Pentagon’s orbital assets.
Defense

By Jen DiMascio
“We’ve had five conjunctions so far from those pieces of debris where we actually had to track it all the way to when it goes past, and there’s going to be more,” NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine told Aerospace DAILY.
Defense

By Bradley Perrett
The flight was performed at KAI’s headquarters at Sacheon, South Korea, by two pilots, the company said. It lasted 20 min.
Defense

By Michael Bruno
Many have spent big money to change their businesses and portfolios. But a new report from a major credit agency says they face stiff competition from traditional software providers and risk overreaching.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
The fourth flight of the Momo sounding rocket is planned for July 13 from Taiki-cho, Japan.
Defense

By Marhalim Abas
Indonesia has regained the C-130's air-to-air refueling capability with the return to service of the last of the modernized and overhauled airlifters.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
The aircraft, which will be designated CC-295 once in Canadian service, flew for the first time on July 4 from Airbus’ facilities in Seville, Spain.
Defense

By Marhalim Abas
The ships each must be able to embark two 10-metric-ton (22,000 lb.) helicopters, with hangar space for one aircraft. Carrying capacity must be at least 6,350 metric tons.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
The deal, signed on July 3 between the heads of state of Argentina and Guatemala, is a small yet significant boost for the Pampa III program, which has faced budgetary headwinds.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
The Cumhuriyet newspaper claims the system likely will be located at the site of the former Akinci airbase, west of the Turkish capital of Ankara, and could be airlifted as early as July 7.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
The move is part of SAMI’s ambition to be one of the top 25 largest defense companies in the world by 2030.
Defense

RUSSIA tested new anti-ballistic missile at Sary-Shagan training range in Kazakhstan, TASS reports.

The U.S. Air Force has implemented a virtual reality training system for airfield management students so they get more of a hands-on learning experience.

U.S. aerospace and defense supplier Heico has bought Bernier, a French provider of communications-related goods and services, for an undisclosed amount of cash.

LOCKHEED MARTIN has $348.2m U.S. Navy contract modification for special tooling and equipment for Lot 12 F-35 Lightning II for the U.S. Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, non-DOD partners and foreign military customers.

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By Steve Trimble
A “self-contained and free-flying orbital outpost” could enter an engineering and design phase later this year, followed by fabrication and testing of a prototype, depending on the approval of funding in fiscal 2020.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
The changes were announced on July 1 in concurrence with the naming of Chris Emerson as the division’s new president.
Defense

By Bradley Perrett
The finance ministry is strongly opposed to the program because of the cost of developing the proposed large, twin-engine type to build a mere 100 units, the Jiji news agency said.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
Armaments agency Armasuisse will perform the evaluations of both the MBDA/Thales Eurosam SAMP/T and the Raytheon Patriot system at a site in Menzingen, an air defense facility that previously housed the Bristol Bloodhound missile until its 1999 retirement.
Defense