Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Bill Carey
Registration to fly drones weighing 0.55–55 lb. (0.25–25 kg) as a hobby was required under a registration rule the FAA issued in December 2015.
Defense

By Guy Norris
Boeing has revealed details of a reusable Mach 5-plus demo vehicle design that could pave the way for a future high-speed strike and reconnaissance aircraft.
Defense

Budget paralysis in Washington has claimed perhaps its first victim of 2018, the Wings Over Atlanta Air and Space Exposition.
Defense

Russia has called for international cooperation to prevent armed drones from getting into the hands of terrorists, after its bases in Syria were targeted.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
Britain’s Empire Test Pilots School is gearing up for the arrival of new aircraft as it prepares to begin offering courses under new EASA regulations in 2019.
Defense

By Michael Bruno
Shareholder approval came despite significant concerns voiced over the proposed acquisition by leading aircraft manufacturers Airbus and Boeing, as well as by some investors.
Defense

By Michael Bruno
British small-cap defense supplier Ultra Electronics saw its stock price climb almost 22% on Jan. 11.
Defense

What does it take in 2018 to make a quadcopter stand out as an aircraft worth writing about?
Defense

By Bradley Perrett
Japan wants its two planned Aegis Ashore batteries to become operational as quickly as possible, Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera says.
Defense

By Thierry Dubois
CFOSat, set to lift off from China this year, will provide a deeper understanding of how the ocean works and its role in curbing climate change.
Defense

By Marhalim Abas
Spatial disorientation has been determined as the cause of the fatal crash of a Royal Thai Air Force Saab JAS 39C Gripen a year ago.
Defense

Raytheon is warning of a Tomahawk cruise missile production gap if more orders aren't forthcoming.
Defense

By Michael Bruno
Canada charges that Washington’s anti-dumping and countervailing-duties measures are not compliant with international law under the trade group.
Defense

LORD CO. has $27m U.S. Navy contract for V-22 item repair.

A U.S. startup developing an eVTOL aircraft using the channel wing configuration pioneered in the 1950s by Willard Custer has flown a small-scale model of its concept.

By Mark Carreau
The JWST’s primary mirror and science instrument package are ready to depart NASA’s JSC for integration with the spacecraft bus and sunshield.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
Boeing HorizonX has flown a prototype electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) unmanned cargo aircraft.
Defense

By Mark Carreau
NASA needs to reassess certain health risks to astronauts on long-duration space missions, according to a National Academies of Sciences (NAS) panel.
Defense

By swapping Bushmasters for e-blasters, BAE Systems wants to bring its high-power microwave (HPM) energy technology to the high seas.
Defense

By Michael Bruno
Global aviation aftermarket services provider AAR says Chairman/CEO David Storch will retire as chief executive and President/COO John Holmes will become CEO.
Defense

By Bradley Perrett
The long-expected Japanese acquisition of the Raytheon SM-3 Block 2A ballistic-missile interceptor has begun.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
Two former executives of Italian aerospace and defense firm Leonardo have been acquitted in a corruption case.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
Airbus has rolled out the first complete A330-based BelugaXL transport aircraft airframe as the firm pushes for the first flight of the airlifter by mid-2018.
Defense

RAYTHEON has $10.2m U.S. Navy contract for incorporation of Block II plus engineering change proposal into 100 Lot 17 AIM-9X missiles.

This week Congress continues working to avert a government shutdown on Jan. 19 when the current stopgap spending measure expires.