Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

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By Tony Osborne
Saab is looking for a high level of cooperation with British industry should Sweden decide to join the UK’s Tempest next-generation combat aircraft program.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
The Hellenic Navy has received the first of up to five Lockheed P-3 Orions in a refurbishment program, restored to flight status after a decade-long hiatus.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
In an effort to improve tiltrotor stability and safely achieve higher speeds, U.S. Army researchers are installing a new tiltrotor model in a wind tunnel.
Defense

By Arie Egozi
The Israeli defense ministry on May 16 issued a formal letter of request (LOR) to the U.S. for the purchase of two Boeing KC-46As.
Defense

By Lee Hudson
The Democrat-led House Appropriations defense subcommittee has proposed slashing the U.S. Air Force’s Next-Generation Air Dominance by 50% or $500 million.
Defense

The Indian Navy for the first time successfully conducted a cooperative engagement firing of its Medium Range Surface to Air Missile (MRSAM).
Defense

By Graham Warwick
Sikorsky is working to identify a solution to the engine gas reingestion problem on the CH-53K by July.
Defense

By Bill Carey
The U.S. Transportation Department has reconstituted the FAA’s Drone Advisory Committee (DAC) and scheduled a June 6 meeting of the high-level advisory group.

By Bradley Perrett
Private Chinese space launcher builder Landspace has tested a complete methane-burning space launch main engine, laying the groundwork for a move to higher thrust.
Space

By Bradley Perrett
IHI Corp. said it is aiming for international joint development of a combat-aircraft engine.
Defense

By Marhalim Abas
Bad weather over the Indian Ocean forced seven Dassault Rafales of the French Navy to divert to an airbase in Indonesia on May 18.
Defense

By Michael Bruno
Honeywell International is mulling further divestitures or changes to its business portfolio, the conglomerate’s top executive said May 20.
Defense

BELL BOEING has $42.2m U.S. Navy contract for V-22 fleet software sustainment incl. engineering and technical support and on-aircraft avionics for the Marine Corps and Air Force.

Airbus has appointed Antoine Bouvier and Patrick de Castelbajac to new senior executive positions in the group.

MARTIN BAKER has $21.5m U.S. Navy contract for nonrecurring engineering associated with SKU-10A/A ejection seats for U.S. Navy, Australia.

Under Secretary of the U.S. Air Force Matthew P. Donovan will become acting secretary of the Air Force on June 1.

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By Lee Hudson
The production award comes as the program grapples with a critical design flaw.
Defense

By Jen DiMascio
First flight puts the program back on track for a low-rate production decision in September.
Defense

By Michael Bruno
The new COO and president of BAE Systems Inc., Tom Arseneault, is taking the reins as new acquisition trends and technology demands reshape the defense sector.
Defense

By Lee Hudson
U.S. Army Secretary Mark Esper is challenging the rotorcraft industrial base to provide a heavy vertical lift aircraft for the future to combat China and Russia.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
First flight of the Airbus E-Fan X hybrid-electric hybrid-regional aircraft demonstrator has slipped into 2021, from 2020.

By Arie Egozi
The Israeli Air Force is accelerating the process of selecting new vertical lift platforms.
Defense

By Maxim Pyadushkin
The Russian Aerospace Forces will increase its order for Sukhoi Su-57 fifth-generation fighters by more than four times.
Defense