Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Tony Osborne
Brussels has rejected a French offer for a closer defense partnership based on Belgium selecting the Dassault Rafale as its future fighter to replace the F-16.
Defense

By Jay Menon
India plans to launch the next satellite in its Cartosat-2 series next month.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
South African defense firm Paramount Group has purchased four ex-French Air Force Dassault Mirage F1Bs to bolster its training arm.
Defense

By Mark Carreau
The new Lone Star Flight Museum is no stranger to adversity—or the drive to overcome it.
Defense

AAI CORP. has $9.5m U.S. Navy contract for Unmanned Influence Sweep System US

India has approved the sale of a 10% stake in its military airframer Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL) through an initial public offering (IPO).

The U.S. Navy has identified and is working to fix one contributor to the problem of hypoxia-like cockpit events that have left pilots across the fleet disoriented and short of breath: a faulty valve.
Defense

Raytheon is pursuing several opportunities with the U.S. Army to demonstrate its growing suite of laser and microwave energy weapons on helicopter gunships and ground combat vehicles.
Defense

The U.S. and Qatar are close to finalizing a multibillion-dollar deal for up to 48 F-15QA multirole fighters.
Defense

By Marhalim Abas
The Philippines is making progress in a program to acquire six Embraer Super Tucanos to fill a light-attack requirement.
Defense

By Marhalim Abas
Airbus is making inroads into what was once Bell territory in the helicopter fleet of the Thai police.
Defense

By Bradley Perrett
Chinese space engineers have identified the fault that caused the failure of the second flight of their country’s largest space launcher, Long March 5.
Defense

The Increment 3.2B upgrade introduces the latest Raytheon AIM-9X Block 2 Sidewinder and AIM-120D Amraam air-to-air missiles.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
The company’s first public long-term forecast claims the helicopter market will be worth around €370 billion ($434 billion) over the next 20 years.
Defense

By Michael Bruno
Sierra Nevada Corp. has continued its push into potential Canadian space and defense markets, striking a deal with the Canadian Space Agency centered on its Dream Chaser spacecraft.
Defense

LOCKHEED MARTIN has $7.5m U.S. Air Force contract for F-22 sustainment.

Tuesday afternoon the House Armed Services Committee will review U.S. defense strategy in South Asia with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford Jr. and Defense Secretary James Mattis.

Pacific Scientific Energetic Materials Co., Hollister, California, has been awarded a $77,000,000 ceiling for an indefinite-quantity/indefinite-delivery, firm-fixed-price with economic price adjustment contract.

By Tony Osborne
The AW609's powerplant—Pratt & Whitney’s 2,000 shp PT6C-67A—received Transport Canada certification on Sept. 12.
Business Aviation

USAF is changing the way it inspects, maintains and repairs the B-1B based on initial results from full-scale fatigue testing.
Defense

By Mark Carreau
NASA plans a sole-source contract with Las Vegas-based Bigelow Aerospace to extend and expand the use of the company’s Bigelow Expandable Activity Module, or BEAM.
Defense

By Mark Carreau
All three of NASA’s current International Space Station crewmembers are preparing for a series of spacewalks this month to service the station’s crucial robot arm.
Defense

By Michael Bruno
Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) announced a major restructuring and reduction in workforce Oct. 2.
Defense

By Michael Bruno
An unidentified company bid for Orbital ATK before Northrop Grumman succeeded in securing the space, missiles and munitions provider last month for $9.2 billion.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
Leonardo plans to certify and bring to market the derivative AW189K fitted with the Safran Aneto-1K by the end of 2018.
Aerospace