Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

The company has partnered with rival Boeing Autonomous Systems to offer its carrier-based aerial refueling UAV.
Defense

The U.S. Air Force is moving forward with plans to field a force of low-cost, light attack aircraft, but it will take years to come to fruition.
Budget, Policy & Operations

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency won't fly or buy the new Raytheon Standard Missile-3 Block 2A until it knows what went wrong during the Jan. 31 intercept test.
Defense

By Bill Carey
The Aerospace Industries Association wants the FCC to establish licensing and service rules for the large UAVs within a designated radio frequency band.
Defense

Despite a windfall of defense spending, President Donald Trump’s Pentagon has cut planned purchases of Lockheed Martin’s F-35 fighter in the short term.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Jen DiMascio
Ongoing operations in the Middle East by the U.S. and its allies are prompting spending hikes on a number of missile programs by the Pentagon.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Mark Carreau
Could a defunct NASA satellite be revived and contribute to a better understanding of the ties between the Sun and the Earth’s magnetosphere?
Defense

By Jen DiMascio
Responding to a need for more survivable space assets, the U.S. plans to shift its strategy for the future of its most advanced nuclear missile warning sats.
Defense

By Irene Klotz
SpaceX is preparing to launch two prototype spacecraft to demonstrate technologies for a future broadband constellation consisting of thousands of satellites.
Defense

The U.S. Navy in its fiscal 2019 budget is seeking to significantly boost the number of Boeing F/A-18 E/F Super Hornets it is buying over the next five years.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Mark Carreau
Russia halted an attempt at a fast-track Progress resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS) for a second time early Feb. 11.
Defense

The U.S. Air Force is seeking $156.3 billion in fiscal 2019, a 6.6% boost from last year.
Budget, Policy & Operations

The Pentagon’s fiscal 2019 budget boosts spending across the board for a sweeping modernization of the U.S.’s nuclear submarine, bomber and missile forces.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Marhalim Abas
After canceling an order for 16 Canadian Bell 412EPIs, the Philippines is in the market for new medium-lift helicopters.
Defense

By Mark Carreau
The Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) is a designated casualty in the Trump administration’s proposed 2019 NASA budget.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Michael Bruno
Gulfstream maker and warship builder General Dynamics is buying federal information technology (IT) and professional services provider CSRA.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
NASA’s fiscal 2019 budget request fully funds plans to fly a low-boom supersonic X-plane in 2021.
Budget, Policy & Operations

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency’s $9.9 billion budget request for fiscal 2019 would install two new long-range discrimination radars in the Pacific.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Airbus is preparing for the next round of trials for its Eagle imaging sensor, which will pave the way for fully autonomous landings.
Defense

The USAF plans to retire its fleet of B-1B and Northrop Grumman B-2 stealth bombers in a “Bomber Vector” road map that will be laid out in the coming weeks.
Defense

The U.S. Army’s budget request for fiscal 2019 realigns modernization spending toward six new priorities, a list that includes next-generation rotorcraft.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Airbus is to pay €81 million ($99 million) to resolve a German investigation into potential corruption over the sale of Eurofighter aircraft to Austria.
Defense

By Michael Bruno
The Trump administration on Feb. 12 confirmed a return to Cold War-style defense posturing with a $686 billion budget blueprint for fiscal 2019 and beyond.
Defense

By Irene Klotz
The Trump administration wants to boost NASA’s budget for fiscal year 2019 to $19.9 billion.
Budget, Policy & Operations