Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

GENERAL ELECTRIC AVIATION has $366.2m U.S. Navy contract for T-64 engine repair.

Though SpaceX’s upcoming Demo-1 mission will be an uncrewed test flight, the opportunity to move small amounts of cargo to and from the International Space Station (ISS) will not be wasted.

The U.S. Air Force has paused deliveries of KC-46 tankers from Boeing after discovering foreign object debris on aircraft that were set for delivery.

AVIATION WEEK NETWORK estimates that by the end of 2018, there were 4,821 Western-designed aircraft performing military transport missions.

Strike Fighter Squadron 147, the “Argonauts,” will be the Navy’s first unit to deploy with the F-35C.

Sikorsky is prepping for the first flights of two fully assembled HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopters (CRH) in mid-2019.

Nanosatellite hopeful Sky and Space Global may yet make good on its payment obligations to manufacturer GomSpace, but it did not come in time for GomSpace’s latest quarterly report.

The Northrop Grumman B-21 bomber is making progress in development despite previously disclosed problems, a senior U.S. Air Force official said Feb. 28.

BAE Systems has upgraded its ASQ-239 electronic warfare system with new hardware that reduces its size and power requirements, as well as replaces obsolescent components.

Portugal’s air force has selected Collins Aerospace to upgrade its C-130H Hercules flight decks, the company announced Feb. 27.

For the first time, the U.S. Air Force carried out a forward air refueling point (FARP) operation from the MC-130J Commando II to the F-35A Lightning II.

USAF leaders stopped short of endorsing the service’s budget request to buy 80 Boeing F-15X fighters on Feb. 28 at the Air Warfare Symposium.

Tucson, Arizona-based based World View Enterprises has announced the appointment of new CEO Ryan Hartman, former president and CEO of Insitu.

The Italian government is set to save the Piaggio P.1HH Hammerhead UAV program using money set aside for the development of the more advanced P.2HH program.

Italy’s decision to integrate the far-flying MBDA Meteor on the Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning is improving the missile maker’s chances with Australia.

The Japanese Coast Guard plans to hold a demonstration in 2020 to assess surveillance drones, an industry source said.

THE U.S. AIR FORCE’S General Atomics-made Block 50 ground control station controlled an MQ-9 Reaper for the first time.

Boeing on Feb. 26 nominated former Trump administration diplomat and South Carolina Gov Nikki Haley to join the company’s board of directors.

LEONARDO and NORTHROP GRUMMAN AUSTRALIA signed MOU to partner on C-27J through-life support services in New Zealand.

The Indian Air Force used the Rafael Spyder air defense system to shoot down a Pakistani UAV in western India.

The U.S. Army plans to purchase Israel’s Iron Dome system, opting to buy the first batch of the rocket interceptor for deployed U.S. military forces against a range of ballistic and airborne threats.

A Russian Soyuz rocket has ent the first six satellites for OneWeb’s planned 600- to 900-member broadband constellation into orbit.

Lockheed Martin will soon deliver the first Legion pod with an infrared search and track sensor for the USAF F-15C fleet, company officials said Feb. 27.

Engineered in Australia, Boeing’s Airpower Teaming System is a fighter-like unmanned aircraft designed to operate alongside manned combat and intelligence platforms.

Democratic lawmakers who pushed for a Pentagon inspector general’s review of aerospace and defense supplier TransDigm Group’s work for the Defense Department appeared to accept its conclusions but indicated they will try to keep the spotlight on all military spare parts providers.