Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

Mil’s internal rival within Russian Helicopters, the Kamov Design Bureau, will continue working on the conceptual design of a new naval helicopter called “Minoga,” or "Lamprey," in English.

China has approved United Technologies Corp.’s (UTC) acquisition of Rockwell Collins, completing all regulatory reviews necessary to conclude the proposed $30 billion deal.

The company has been struggling for several years after a downturn in the executive aviation market.

A contract for a joint Future Combat Air System study will be signed “early in 2019,” according to a joint statement from the French and German ministers of defense.

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Initial trials bringing together the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and Britain’s new HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier have exceeded expectations, senior officers say.

France and Germany have agreed on a program schedule for its planned Future Combat Air System.

IRIDIUM SATELLITE LLC has $9.1m U.S. Navy contract for commercial satellite-based network services for the Department of Defense.

Moscow’s National University of Science and Technology has built a prototype electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) air taxi for Russian startup Bartini.

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Thales Alenia Space has this week completed a design review for its Stratobus surveillance and communications airship program.

Moscow’s National University of Science and Technology (NUST) MISiS has built a prototype eVTOL air taxi for Russian startup Bartini.

India has issued a letter of request to the U.S. government to buy 24 MH-60 anti-submarine warfare helicopters for its navy at an estimated cost of $2 billion.

Defense electronics company ESG has conducted a manned-unmanned teaming demo with the German military in which a UMS Skeldar R-350 VTOL UAS operated with a manned Bell UH-1D helo.

Dispensing with propellers and turbines, the first flights of an aircraft with solid-state propulsion have been conducted by researchers at MIT.

The International Space Station (ISS) marked two significant milestones in November.

Morocco now has a second satellite in orbit for Earth observation after an Arianespace-operated Vega launcher lofted Mohammed VI-B on Nov. 20.

After waiting one year for an upgraded F-35 ejection seat, female pilot Capt. Kaitlin Clugston began flying the fifth-generation fighter jet in May.

Airbus made two important management appointments on Nov. 21.

Eutelsat has ordered two geostationary satellites from Airbus to replace its existing three Hotbird spacecraft.

A team of six live and 24 virtual UAS has demonstrated the ability to autonomously strike preplanned and pop-up targets without the supervision of a human mission commander, DARPA says.

Airbus Defense and Space Inc. has become the second sat manufacturer awarded a contract under DARPA’s Blackjack program to demo a constellation of low Earth orbit spacecraft.

Austrian aerostructures manufacturer FACC has formed a strategic partnership with Chinese autonomous air taxi developer EHang to prepare the vehicles for production.

NORTHROP GRUMMAN has $489.9m U.S. Air Force contract for three RQ-4 Global Hawk Block 30i air vehicles for Japan.

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) soon will decide whether to continue manufacturing business jets, as the company’s new aviation group forms its strategy.