Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Jefferson Morris
President Donald Trump signed the fiscal 2018 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) into law Dec. 12.
Defense

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

By Graham Warwick
An unmanned glider that could precisely deliver supplies to clandestine forces and then decompose without leaving tell-tale traces has completed initial flights.
Defense

By Jay Menon
India’s state-run space agency is developing a low-cost small launch vehicle for compact satellites that is set to debut in little more than a year.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
China has conducted its first crash test to assess the potential for aircraft damage in an airborne collision with a small UAV.
Defense

ROLLS-ROYCE obtained approval for €720m ($847m) purchase of 53.1% of shares in engine maker INDUSTRIA DE TURBO PROPULSORES SA (“ITP”), owned by SENER.

Two U.S. senators are leading a push to modestly boost the National Transportation Safety Board’s (NTSB) budget to an average of $113.4 million a year through fiscal 2023.

View the U.S. Defense Department Spending: UAV Procurement And R&D: FY16-FY18 ($K) chart in PDF format.

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By Irene Klotz
President Donald Trump is calling for NASA to launch a seventh human mission to the Moon and build a foundation for a future mission to Mars.
Space

By Michael Bruno
Annual foreign sales of arms and military services by U.S.-based companies jumped 4% to $217.2 billion in 2016, according to a well-known Swedish think tank.
Defense

By Bill Carey
North Sea offshore helicopter operators have completed simulator trials of Honeywell’s Mark XXII enhanced ground proximity warning system for helicopters.
Defense

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s New Horizons carried out a small course-correction maneuver Dec. 9.
Defense

Boeing says it is “focused on the competition, not promotional flights,” having already submitted its T-X proposal in March and the corresponding flight-test data in June.
Defense

By Thierry Dubois
Experiment results on Europe’s Microscope mini-sat have confirmed a key principle in Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity, French space agency CNES says.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
The contract also comes just days after Qatar signed up to purchase 12 additional Dassault Rafales from France adding to the 24 it already has on order as well as the 36 Boeing F-15QA Advanced Eagles being purchased from the United States.
Defense

Northrop Grumman on Dec. 7 formally announced it won a $750 million logistics and support services contract for the U.S. Army’s fleet of 75 intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft.

L-3 COMMUNICATIONS VERTEX AEROSPACE LLC has $10.3m U.S. Air Force contract for T-1A logistics support.

By Tony Osborne
Bell-Boeing is gearing up to induct the first of more than 250 MV-22 Osprey tiltrotors into a program that will standardize the fleet.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Japan intends to arm its new F-35 with the medium-range Joint Strike Missile following North Korea’s most recent intercontinental ballistic missile test.
Defense

By Michael Bruno
Advanced composites provider Hexcel has acquired additive manufacturer Oxford Performance Materials' aerospace and defense business.
Defense

Bell Helicopter is progressing toward first flight of the V-280 Valor slower than hoped, having missed the target months of September, October and November.
Defense

By Jay Menon
India is aiming to step up its satellite launches next year by having one mission per month as it tries to magnify its presence in the global space business.
Defense

BELL BOEING JPO has $18m U.S. Navy contract for technical analysis, engineering and integration services in support of V-22 aircraft.

United Launch Alliance (ULA) has postponed the launch of the National Reconnaissance Office’s classified NROL-47 spacecraft from its previous target of this month to no earlier than Jan. 10, 2018.