Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

SPANISH NAVY will evaluate THALES’ Fulmar X surveillance UAV in maritime environment.

The Texas Aviation Hall of Fame is accepting nominations for 2019 inductees through July 11 for those who made significant contributions to the aeronautics field while living in the state in civilian or military capacities.

NASA has lost contact with its long-lived Mars rover Opportunity as a near-global dust storm encircles the planet.

AEW for amphibious forces that lack the coverage of carrier-based E-2D Hawkeyes is the top requirement for the Marine's planned MUX expeditionary UAS.

NASA conducted the first flight of its Ikhana remotely piloted aircraft in shared airspace without a chase plane on June 12.

India’s enhanced version of the Pinaka multi-barrel rocket, with increased range and a new guidance system, will be inducted into the country’s military by 2020.

Launch costs last year dropped 40% per pound to orbit compared to 2016, the Satellite Industry Association (SIA) said June 13.

Lockheed Martin has confirmed its selection of Raytheon to provide a next-generation infrared distributed aperture system (DAS) for the F-35.

Boeing and Saab announced June 7 that their Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bomb (GLSDB) successfully engaged a moving target that was 100 km (62 mi.) away.

A Turkish program to develop an indigenous turboshaft engine has completed its first major milestone with the ignition of the engine core.

Pratt & Whitney is refining its proposed upgrade path for the F135 Joint Strike Fighter engine to include increased power and thermal management capability.

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine signaled that the fate of the International Space Station is not as dire as it may have seemed in President Donald Trump’s fiscal 2019 budget request.

Bridenstine said the Trump administration’s position on ISS funding has forced a conversation about what comes next.

Frost & Sullivan says the global additive manufacturing (AM) materials market for the aerospace industry will reach $535.1 million by 2024.

Specialty aerospace parts supplier Esterline Technologies has warned its fiscal 3rd-quarter earnings results will be lower than the company’s previous forecast.

BOEING has $862.2m U.S. Navy contract for 15 F/A-18E and 3 F/A-18F Lot 42 full rate production aircraft for the Navy.

Wednesday morning the House Armed Services airland subcommittee will hear testimony on the aviation mishap oversight and review process.

Bell Boeing JPO, Amarillo, Texas, is being awarded $47,385,038 for cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order N0001918F0016 against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-17-G-0002).

The U.S. Air Force is looking toward high-speed vehicles that can be refurbished and ultimately be fully reusable.

Pratt & Whitney on June 12 unveiled GatorWorks, a prototyping office that will aim for rapid and agile development of lower-cost military engines.

The U.S. Army plans to take a different approach to procuring a small munition for the General Atomics MQ-1C Gray Eagle that can double the loadout of the UAS.

Aero Vodochody is looking to offer its L-39NG and L-159 light attack aircraft as potential competitors for a future U.S. Air Force light attack aircraft.

Biology and biotechnology experiments soon headed for the International Space Station could have a number of far-reaching implications.

The Philippines has reiterated the desire of President Rodrigo Duterte to order 12 more Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) FA-50 light attack jets.

The Qatar Emiri Air Force has selected Lockheed Martin’s Sniper targeting pod for its Dassault Rafale fighters, the company announced June 12.