Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

Lockheed Martin wants to replace Northrop Grumman as the key supplier of the F-35's AAQ-37 Distributed Aperture System.

Singapore is upgrading its Boeing AH-64D Apache attack helicopters with new mission systems, apparently as a midlife update for the type.

Singapore has declared its IAI/Israel Aerospace Industries Heron unmanned aircraft fully operational, five years after the delivery of the system.

A Russian Sukhoi Su-25 ground attack aircraft has been downed by a militant group using a man-portable surface-to-air missile.

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AVIATION WEEK NETWORK forecasts that at the end of 2018, there will be 8,734 Western-designed fighter aircraft in service, a number projected to grow to 8,894 by the end of 2027, for a compound annual growth rate of 0.2%.

Cosmonauts Alexander Misurkin and Anton Shkaplerov conducted a near seven-hour spacewalk outside the International Space Station’s (ISS) Russian segment on Feb. 2 to change out a Lyra high-gain antenna electronics box.

Technical acceptance testing and training on the UAV began in October but it now has been formally delivered into the Turkish inventory.

Switzerland has temporarily grounded its fleet of F/A-18 Hornet fighters following the discovery of a crack in an aircraft’s landing flap hinge.

Britain’s MAA is expanding ts drone collision investigations with plans to crash a popular consumer UAV system into the canopy and windscreen of a fast jet.

The U.S. Navy hopes to further validate the Lockheed Martin F-35’s performance as an airborne sensor for air and missile defense in an upcoming Aegis sea trial.

The main engine maintenance supplier to the Royal Australian Air Force has helped develop a system for linking experts with technicians as they work.

Boeing confirms it is in talks with the Indian Navy over proposing the F/A-18 for the service’s carrier-based multirole combat aircraft requirement.

Artificial gravity hovers like an enigma over real-life U.S. ambitions of returning to the Moon before pressing on to Mars and beyond.

Boeing says it still may consider bidding for Canada’s CF-18 replacement, despite the long-running trade dispute that has soured relations between Ottawa and the U.S. manufacturer.

The CAE Brunei multi-purpose training center will be cheaper and nearer to other Asia-Pacific operators of the Black Hawks, providing an immersive training experience for a full range of pilot training requirements.

South Korea’s defense ministry wants a hefty increase in spending next year on weapons to face the missile and nuclear threat from North Korea.

As a global, multi-domestic company, Elbit Systems looks deeper at the individual nations in the Asia-Pacific region, their specific cultures, procurement policies and traditions.

UKRAINE conducted first flight test of new ground-launched cruise missile.

There will be no lack of new technology to see at next week’s Singapore Airshow, from the Mach 3 SR-72 reconnaissance aircraft in development by Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works to a fully electric VTOL flying car from Paul DeLorean.

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In unveiling theTrump administration’s latest Nuclear Posture Review, officials stressed that the roadmap serves to raise the threshold for nuclear attacks, and not lower it, as some critics maintain.

Narrowing the cost disparity between missiles and their targets is essential if the threat to ground forces from inexpensive drones and rockets is to be countered.

The U.S. Air Force is taking a step forward in potentially buying a light attack fleet to fighter terrorists in the Middle East.

South African defense firm Paramount is developing a kit that will turn commercial light helicopters into armed gunships.