Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

Danish CubeSat manufacturer GomSpace is to design what could be the first standalone nanosatellite to rendezvous with an asteroid.

Thermal management devices for spacecraft that use graphene to improve heat transfer are undergoing testing in a zero-gravity parabolic flight campaign funded by the European Union’s Graphene Flagship project.

Electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) air taxis will need places to operate from if urban air mobility (UAM) is to take off.

Nine teams have been selected to develop artificial intelligence for high-speed drones and compete in the first racing series for autonomous aircraft.

Two pillars of NASA human spaceflight—Christopher Kraft, Jr., the agency’s first flight director, and retired astronaut Peggy Whitson—have been inducted into the Texas Aviation Hall of Fame.

TURKEY has sent military personnel to Russia to undergo training on S-400 anti-air missile systems, TASS reports.

The Angolan National Air Force reportedly has taken delivery of the final four of 12 Su-30K multirole fighters refurbished at the Belarusian 558th Aviation Repair Plant.

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The acquisition of Russian-made S-400 surface-to-air missiles by Turkey will create a “new order” in the air spaces of the region, primarily affecting Israel and the U.S., Israeli sources said on May 23.

RATP Group, the company running Paris’ public transport system, has signed agreements with Airbus to study the use of urban air mobility systems in the city.

Héroux-Devtek, the Canadian-based No. 3 landing gear provider, is boosting its portfolio of work for OEM Boeing, including a new acquisition and the expansion of F-15 gear supply.

The Republican-led Senate Armed Services Committee does not have any major deviations from the Pentagon’s fiscal 2020 budget request.

The FAA has expanded the number of air traffic control (ATC) facilities covered by its Low-Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability (LAANC), an automated process that allows drone operators to request and obtain authorization to fly in the vicinity of airports.

NASA has awarded a hotly competed contract to Maxar to build and fly a high-powered solar electric satellite bus that will become the base module of the agency’s planned lunar-orbiting Gateway.

First flight of the Sukhoi S-70 unmanned combat air vehicle could be delayed by a year.

India has once again test-fired the air-launched version of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from its frontline Sukhoi Su-30MKI fighter, paving the way for the induction of the missile into its air force.

U.S. Air Force scientists have demonstrated a technology that can be used to create secure communication links between satellites and the Earth and allow networking between quantum computers.

The USMC has been working with the DOD's CAPE office to determine whether buying the CH-47 instead of the CH-53K King Stallion is a viable option.

Raytheon has detonated the warhead of a proposed surface-launched missile for the U.S. Army for the first time, moving a step closer to a planned flight test later this year.

Saab is preparing to flight test a new jammer pod using the technologies from the electronic warfare system fitted to the new Gripen E fighter.

Britain has deployed six of its nine UK-based F-35s to Cyprus for the type’s first overseas exercise.

Infrastructure for standing up a new land-based, intercontinental missile with a hypersonic glide vehicle has been deployed in southwest Russia, the Ministry of Defense announced in Moscow on May 22.

Leading small drone manufacturer DJI has committed to installing surveillance receivers on new models weighing more than 250 grams by 2020.

Saab plans to have eight of its new-generation Gripen E combat aircraft flying by the end of this year as it ramps up flight testing.

Sikorsky can deliver the first CH-53K heavy helicopter to the Israeli Air Force (IAF) 36 months after a contract is signed.