Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

Italian aerospace defense firm Leonardo says assembly of the first Eurofighter Typhoons for Kuwait is well underway.

The operator of a drone that collided with a Black Hawk failed to see and avoid the helo because he was flying the drone out of visual range, the NTSB says.

Australia will begin handing over 18 surplus Boeing F/A-18A/B Hornets to Canada in 2019, the government in Canberra says, confirming that a sale is planned.

Airbus Helicopters has begun flight trials of its Project Eagle imaging sensor that could pave the way for fully autonomous landings.

BAE Systems and the University of Manchester have test flown a UAV demo that uses wing circulation control and fluidic thrust vectoring for flight control.

Three U.S., European and Russian astronauts and cosmonauts returned safely to Earth Dec. 14 to conclude a 139-day tour on the International Space Station.

The U.S. Navy’s test program for the Lockheed Martin AGM-158C Long Range Anti-Ship Missiles (Lrasm) has notched another win.

BATH IRON WORKS has $23.9m U.S. Navy contract for DDG 51 Arleigh Burke-class lead yard services.

Honeywell has received a supplemental type certification (STC) from the FAA to offer synthetic vision in the Primus Elite Advanced Features software upgrade on Bombardier Global Express business jets.

A USAF pilot-physician recently flew several F/A-18 sorties to help a NASA team better understand why U.S. Navy pilots are experiencing “physiological episodes.”

An autonomy kit designed to convert any rotorcraft to unmanned operation for resupply or other missions is set to be tested by the Marines in 2018.

Orbital ATK is preparing to select a rocket motor for the cryogenic upper stage of its Next Generation Launcher, with a decision expected in the coming months.

Honeywell International is unlikely to pursue another acquisition the size of United Technologies Corp. (UTC).

Blue Origin resumed test flights on Dec. 12, sending its first New Shepard crew module and an upgraded booster on an unmanned, 10-min. ride.

The Dec. 12 launch of four Galileo satellites on an Ariane 5 puts Europe one step away from completing its own positioning, navigation and timing constellation.

Birds are the unquestioned masters of the air and, when it comes to trying to take down small UAVs, researchers are turning to nature for insight.

GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS INC. has $134m U.S. Air Force contract for block 30 ground control stations.

Wednesday afternoon U.S. Air Force officials will testify to the House Armed Services subcommittee on tactical air and land forces on so-called physiological episodes among pilots.

General Atomics - Aeronautical Systems Inc., Poway, California, has been awarded a not-to-exceed $134,010,380 undefinitized contract action for the production of block 30 ground control stations.

Launch of the mission has been retargeted for no earlier than 10:35 a.m. EST on Friday, the final day for launch before high Sun angles on the space station trigger a 10-day hiatus in vehicle dockings.

Canada has formally launched its long-awaited fighter competition.

NASA has created the legal and regulatory framework for a group of aerospace industry experts to advise the U.S. National Space Council.

Twenty-five European Union members have agreed to take the first steps toward closer defense and security cooperation within the trading bloc.

Hexcel and Alabama are about to unveil a plan to provide additional polyacrylonitrile precursor and carbon fiber for planned production increases of large commercial aircraft.

The U.S. and Afghan military’s new campaign to strike the Taliban’s support structure from the skies is a gamechanger, according to a top general.