Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Bill Carey
The U.S. Government Accountability Office says FAA and the Pentagon still have not approved any fixes to address security and operational risks to military aircraft from transmitting their position via ADS-B Out.
Defense

RUSSIA will supply six new SUKHOI Su-30 fighter jets to Myanmar.

Orbital ATK has demonstrated the ability to combine both electronic and kinetic attack to meet the threat small UAVs pose to ground forces.

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The U.S. Navy has tapped Orbital ATK to develop the first anti-radiation missile designed for internal carriage on the carrier-based F-35C Joint Strike Fighter.
Defense

By Michael Bruno
All options are on the table at multi-industrial giants United Technologies Corp. and General Electric (GE), top executives said Jan. 24.
Defense

Described by the Defense Department as a “new intercontinental, nuclear-armed, undersea autonomous torpedo,” the weapon's development was first revealed in 2015 when a diagram of an ocean-going vessel leaked to the press.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
Britain is mulling holding on to some of its Army infrastructure in Germany to provide a potential deterrent to a more aggressive Russia.
Defense

By Irene Klotz
SpaceX’s first Falcon Heavy rocket roared to life on Jan. 24 for a long-awaited static test hotfire.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
Swedish defense firm Saab is vehemently denying reports that it would split from a deal with Embraer to build Gripens fighters for Brazil if a tie-up between the Brazilian airframer and Boeing goes ahead.
Defense

By Marhalim Abas, Kim Minseok, Bradley Perrett
Jakarta is behind in its monetary contributions. The finance ministry has refused to authorize a payment of $124.5 million due at the end of 2017 for the program.
Defense

By Marhalim Abas
Myanmar has agreed to buy six Sukhoi Su-30 Flanker fighters, Tass news agency reports.
Defense

Terma North America Inc., Warner Robins, Georgia, was awarded a $44,300,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for a 3D audio system for F-16 C and D model aircraft.

By Graham Warwick
Bombardier has made a last-ditch attempt to reopen the U.S. investigation into pricing of the C Series, but may have been misled by reporting on the increased range Embraer is now quoting for the E190-E2.
Defense

Raytheon is preparing for another consequential intercept tests of its newly developed Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block 2A exoatmospheric interceptor.
Defense

By Marhalim Abas
Indonesia is considering the Eurofighter Typhoon and Lockheed Martin F-16V, industry sources say, with the Saab Gripen and Dassault Rafale also considered likely candidates.
Defense

By Irene Klotz
The Google-backed $30-million contest to fly and operate a privately funded spacecraft on the Moon before March 31 is ending without any contestants ever blasting off.
Space

By Mark Carreau
The International Space Station's crucial arm received a much-anticipated upgrade during a Jan. 23 spacewalk by NASA astronauts Mark Vande Hei and Scott Tingle.
Defense

Deliveries of Korea Aerospace Industries Surion utility helicopters to the Republic of Korea Marine Corps have begun.
Defense

By Thierry Dubois
The Vulcain 2.1 engine, which will power the main stage of the Ariane 6 launcher, completed a successful first test firing on Jan. 22.
Defense

A squadron of A-10 Warthog touched down at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Jan. 19 to join the newest phase of the 16-year war against the Taliban.
Defense

Deputy Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan is implementing a series of congressionally mandated measures that effectively strip the U.S. Air Force of much of its space authority, and may develop a roadmap for establishing a separate military department for space activities.
Defense

EUROSAM consortium of MBDA and THALES has new five-year In Service Support contract from Occar for French and Italian land and naval systems (SAAM-Fr, SAAM-It, PAAMS and SAMP/T) and Aster missiles (Aster 15, Aster 30 and Aster 30 Block 1) from France, Italy and the UK.

Retired NASA astronauts Scott Altman and Tom Jones will join 95 other men and women as members of the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in ceremonies scheduled for April 21 at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida

View the U.S. Defense Department Spending: Aviation Support Equipment And Facilities FY16-FY18 ($) chart in PDF format.