Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

Boeing remains in “active” and “productive” discussions with Embraer and Brazil's government over a potential alignment, Boeing’s chief executive said Jan. 31.

SpaceX has been granted a five-year operators license from the FAA to launch communications satellites from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral.

The European Space Agency has selected Airbus as prime contractor to develop the next iteration of the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service.

The company this week released the first images of its T-X cockpit, revealing a 21st century knobless and switchless touchscreen large-area display.

The Defense Department’s new director of operational test and evaluation believes the F-35's new modernization plan is "not executable" within its planned timeline.

This week sees a flurry of international launch activity­—On Tuesday a SpaceX Falcon 9 carrying SES-16/GovSat 1 is due to lift off from Cape Canaveral, Florida.

LOCKHEED MARTIN has $459.2m U.S. Missile Defense Agency contract for additional Lot 10 Terminal High Altitude Area Defense interceptors (one-shot devices) and associated production support efforts.

The head of Airbus Helicopters Inc. has accused Leonardo of holding its UH-72 Lakota production line “hostage” with a new lawsuit.

The first sign of a Russian invasion of the Baltic states would be widespread disruption of the electromagnetic spectrum, according to a new report.

Leadership of Casis, which manages the U.S. National Laboratory assets of the ISS, is defending the nonprofit’s potential to nurture a growing LEO economy.

An MQ-1B Predator crew’s failure to follow a checklist procedure for a lost link caused the crash of the UAV in 2016, the U.S. Air Force said.

North Korea’s infrastructure and mechanisms for launching missiles are getting more and more sophisticated, a U.S. Air Force general says.

Airports have upped pressure on European authorities to adopt safety and traffic management rules to ensure the safe use of drones in and around airports.

Leonardo is mulling further divestments in a bid to focus more on its core fixed-wing, rotary-wing and defense electronics businesses.

Airframe and Powerplant (A&P) mechanics are retiring faster than they can be replaced, according to a report by the Aviation Technician Education Council.

With an eye on electric propulsion, Boeing is Boeing is investing in advanced battery startup Cuberg.

The U.S. Navy will hire Raytheon Missile Systems to develop and deliver an improved version of the Air Force’s ADM-160 Miniature Air-Launched Decoy/Jammer (MALD-J).

RAYTHEON has $92m U.S. Army contract for engineering and technical services to support the Stinger Weapon System for the U.S., Poland and Taiwan.

NASA has tested wing folding in flight, a technique that could reduce tail size and therefore drag in subsonic aircraft.

Britain’s Royal Air Force is re-opening a radar station in the Shetland Islands to boost regional radar coverage in response to increased sorties flown by Russian long-range aviation.

The Pentagon’s leading contractor by sales plans to spend more on venture capital investments and workforce development, among other priorities.

View the U.S. Defense Department Spending: Nuclear Weapons Facilities: FY16-FY18($K) chart in PDF format.

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The U.S. Air Force finally is ready to welcome its second female F-35 pilot, now that enough aircraft have been upgraded with a new ejection seat designed to accommodate lightweight aircrew.

The small fleet of fixed-wing light attack aircraft is being provided to Beirut as U.S. military aid to support counterterrorism missions.