Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Michael Bruno
The European Commission has given the green light for United Technologies Corp. (UTC) to acquire Rockwell Collins.
Defense

By Mark Carreau
Made In Space, Inc. plans to advance its Vulcan Advanced Hybrid Manufacturing System for the in-space production of precision aerospace-grade metal parts.
Space

By Marhalim Abas
Indonesia has taken delivery of six more Grob Aerospace G120TP turboprop trainers.
Defense

RAYTHEON has $28.5m U.S. Navy contract for 20 EO/IR common sensor payloads for MQ-1C Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft.

On Wednesday U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford will appear before the Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee to discuss defense posture.

FlightSafety Services Corp., Centennial, Colorado, has been awarded a $35,364,695 modification (P00020) to previously awarded contract FA8621-13-C-6247 for KC-46 Aircrew Training System production.

By Irene Klotz
NASA is kicking off a return to the Moon, with instruments and payloads possibly ready to fly as early as next year.
Space

The U.S. Army’s laboratories are advancing degraded visual environment technology to allow pilots to fly and fight in blackout conditions.
Defense

USAF Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein has directed a one-day pause for all Air Force flying and maintenance wings to conduct a wing-level safety review.
Defense

By Mark Carreau
Explore Mars Inc., finds urgency in a Mars sample return mission as well as new communications relay and reconnaissance assets in orbit around the red planet.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
Uber has announced new partnerships, and its partners have revealed new vehicle concepts.
Defense

By Jen DiMascio
The USAF intends to award contracts to Lockheed and Northrop to build five sats that will form the basis of an interim space-based missile warning system.
Defense

India has built a prototype of the “Quadruple Canisterized Inclined Launcher” that will allow warships with space constraints to launch the BrahMos missile.
Defense

The U.S. Navy has awarded General Dynamics Mission Systems of Fairfax, Virginia, a $9.7 million firm-fixed-price modification to a previously awarded contract to exercise options for the Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (Sewip) Block 1B3 full-rate production, the Pentagon has announced. Sewip is an evolutionary acquisition and incremental development program to upgrade the existing AN/SLQ-32(V) electronic warfare system.

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The Pentagon has resumed accepting deliveries of F-35 aircraft from Lockheed Martin following an agreement on who would cover the cost of a production error.
Defense

By Arie Egozi
Negotiations are under way with potential customers that are ready to overhaul old aircraft from different air forces.
Defense

By Bradley Perrett
Japan has issued two requests for proposals for intelligence and electronic warfare aircraft, one for the navy and one probably for the air force.
Defense

BAE SYSTEMS and PRISMATIC are collaborating on solar-powered, high-altitude/long-endurance UAV called PHASA-35; first aircraft to be ready for flight tests in 2019.

By Irene Klotz
A labor union representing nearly 600 United Launch Alliance (ULA) employees rejected a final contract offer and started the week by marching on picket lines.
Defense

By Mark Carreau
The Canadian Space Agency has selected NanoRacks, LLC, for the launch and deployments of up to 15 small satellites from the ISS as part of a student initiative.
Space

Boeing has pledged to deliver the first KC-46 tanker to the U.S. Air Force later this year with a software upgrade to the remote camera system.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
France and Germany have given a green light to start a midlife update of the Airbus Tiger attack helicopter.
Defense

By Bill Carey
Raytheon will be a “key partner” in developing a 50-mi. unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) flight corridor in New York State, the company announced May 3.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
Canada’s Viking Air has formally launched its CL-415 Enhanced Aerial Firefighter (CL-415EAF) conversion program.
Defense