Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

Maxar Technologies has indicated that the geostationary sat market may be looking up relatively, but the company will continue related cost-cutting efforts.

LOCKHEED MARTIN has $24m U.S. Navy contract for “F-35 In-A-Box” (FIAB) Phase II software work.

Airbus Chief Financial Officer Harald Wilhelm will leave the company in early 2019 together with CEO Tom Enders.

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NASA’s human space exploration and planetary science initiatives fare especially well in a full U.S. House panel's budget markup, legislation passed May 17.

A NASA safety panel is optimistic that SpaceX’s plan to fuel its Falcon 9 rockets after astronauts are aboard will meet human spaceflight safety requirements.

In an addendum to NASA’s report on the physiological episodes plaguing USN F/A-18 pilots, the agency concluded Boeing showed “no initiative” to fix the problem.

Congress has proposed that the U.S. Air Force both develop an Advanced Battle Management System and retain its current J-Stars program.

Indonesia is interested in buying more Boeing AH-64E Apache attack helicopters to add to the eight aircraft it ordered in 2013, an industry source says.

Italy’s Piaggio Aerospace is looking to receive a green light from the Italian government to begin development of its next-generation MALE UAS.

Saab says it is encouraged by the outlook for potential sales of its Gripen fighter jet.

British aircrews are gearing up to fly four of the UK’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighters across the Atlantic to their permanent main operating base.

Aerospace fasteners and machined parts provider Wesco Aircraft, which also provides supply chain management services, has unveiled a business turnaround plan.

SAAB unveiled 5,000-square-meter Gripen fighter aerostructures plant, Saab Aeronáutica Montagens (SAM), in São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil.

Noise is a critical concern for Uber as it develops its Elevate vision of operating networks of hundreds, even thousands of eVTOL air taxis over congested cities.

The Trump administration’s plan to cut off direct U.S. funding for the International Space Station (ISS) in 2025 drew a sharp, bipartisan rebuke May 16.

An advanced rotorcraft that can fit within the same deck space as the H-1 but is fast enough to sprint ahead of the V-22 are among key attributes the USMC is seeking from the planned FVL program.

The U.S. Marine Corps has taken delivery of its first Sikorsky CH-53L King Stallion heavylift helicopter.

The U.S. part of U.K.-based BAE Systems could be responsible for roughly half of the aerospace and defense prime contractor’s annual sales come 2020.

NASA astronauts Drew Feustel and Ricky Arnold exchanged a pair of external ISS thermal control system components during a May 16 spacewalk.

The Israeli Air Force has completed the upgrade of its first C-130H after a yearlong modification that extends the aircraft’s lifespan with advanced avionics.

India’s space agency plans to add four backup navigation satellites to keep its indigenous navigation satellite system effective.

U.S. Army Special Operations Aviation Command has ID'd 9 key areas where it seeks tech advances to assure a comparative advantage over peer and near-peer foes.

A U.S. Army UH-60M Black Hawk is to be converted to full-authority digital flight control under a cooperative research and development agreement with Sikorsky.

Bell’s V-280 advanced tiltrotor has flown in cruise mode, with nacelles horizontal, finishing the transition from vertical to forward flight for the 1st time.