Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Guy Norris
China’s abandoned Tiangong-1 space station is on its way to an uncontrolled fiery re-entry within a few days of April 1.
Defense

Congressional appropriators on March 22 unveiled a sweeping $1.3 trillion spending agreement that would fund the Department of Defense at $654.6 billion.
Defense

By Michael Bruno
British defense supplier Ultra Electronics has named former BBA Aviation chief executive Simon Pryce as its new CEO beginning June 18.
Defense

By Bill Carey
Honeywell Aerospace expects to conduct a second test this spring of the electric generator it is developing for the LightningStrike hybrid-electric UAV.
Defense

By Irene Klotz
A $1.3 trillion spending bill pending before the House on March 22 includes an extra $1 billion for NASA.
Space

By Bill Carey
Israel’s Elbit Systems is completing the acquisition of privately-owned Universal Avionics Systems Corp., the companies said March 22.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
Belgium’s future fighter program has been thrown into turmoil after it emerged that cheaper options to extend the life of the country’s F-16s had been hidden.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
Drone data provider Skycatch and manufacturer DJI are to deliver a fleet of 1,000 small UAVs to Komatsu Smart Construction to map and model job sites.
Defense

By Michael Bruno
More than 80% of leading aerospace and defense company executives expect to see AI systems working alongside their human employees in just the next few years.
Defense

L3 KEO has $13.4m U.S. Navy contract for universal modular masts for Virginia-class subs.

The Program Dossier on the Eurofighter Typhoon that appeared in the March 21 edition inadvertently omitted a section on Austria.

BOEING has $8m U.S. Air Force contract for F-15 simulators contractor logistics support.

Future 5G wireless networks could provide a way to detect illicit drones.

View the Program Dossier: Eurofighter Typhoon in PDF format.

By Graham Warwick
U.S. Army tests of a vehicle-mounted high-energy laser in Europe have showcased its capability against drones.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
The pilot of a Hawker Hunter jet that crashed during aerobatic maneuvers at the Shoreham Airshow, killing 11 people on the ground, will face criminal charges.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
Germany’s Lange Research Aviation is developing a fuel-cell-powered surveillance aircraft with 40 hr. endurance when flown unmanned.
Program Management

The Pentagon’s under secretary of defense for research and engineering wants to bring particle-beam weapons back into vogue.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
Britain has begun initial studies for a low-cost unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) demonstrator.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
The Israeli Air Force (IAF) has declassified details of an air raid on a nuclear facility in Syria 11 years ago.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
The threat from swarms of small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) will emerge much sooner than the military believes, a report for the U.S. Army says.
Defense

By Mark Carreau
NASA is eyeing a late 2022 mission to demonstrate whether a future asteroid on a collision course with the Earth could be deflected with a blow from a well-guided spacecraft.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
Slovakia’s flying-car developer Aeromobil has unveiled its concept for an electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) air taxi.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
The Finnish Air Force has carried out live firings of Lockheed Martin’s Jassm as part of the weapon’s integration onto Helsinki’s F-18 Hornets.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
U.S. startup Dorsal Aircraft plans to make intermodal shipping containers an integral part of an aircraft’s structure.
Defense