Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

Said to be the result of “technical problems,” the crash occurred during Saudi-led operations against Houthi rebels in Yemen.

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft collected its final photos of the Saturn system on Sept. 14 as it headed toward a final plunge into the gas giant’s crushing atmosphere.

Honeywell International could downsize the end-markets it serves from roughly eight to five as it unveils the results of its portfolio review in October.

Two Ariane 6s will launch four Galileo satellites in 2020-2021.

Boeing’s 737-based offer for the U.S. Air Force’s $6.9 billion J-Stars Recapitalization program includes provisions for a larger, more powerful single or dual-sided radar.

The TV7-117ST turboprop engine made its first flight on the Ilyushin Il-76LL testbed from the Gromov Flight Research Institute, in Zhukovsky, near Moscow, on Sept. 12.

Early Japanese F-35s are not meeting targets for local content, the government’s Board of Audit says.

THALES is opening metal 3D printing center of excellence in Casablanca, Morocco.

France’s Thales on Sept. 12 announced the closing of a deal to buy Guavus, a Silicon Valley company specializing in Big Data analytics.

Boeing does not see the need for manned, radar-carrying battle management aircraft such as the E-8C J-Stars and E-3 AWACS going away.

Science is not the only legacy from Cassini’s 13-year exploration of Saturn.

The jury is still out on what business model and network architecture may thrive in the satellite telecommunications market in the near future.

NASA’s Kennedy Space Center will remain closed at least through Thursday while a damage assessment team continues inspections to determine Hurricane Irma’s toll.

The third quarter of 2017 was not kind to Passur Aerospace, with the business intelligence, predictive analytics and big data company recently announcing a 13% drop in year-over revenue.

L3 Technologies has bought Adaptive Methods, a systems engineering company specializing in undersea and antisubmarine warfare services for the U.S. military.

Contrary to previous concerns, astronauts assigned to long-running missions may not have to worry about anemia, a study shows.

Work on India’s first lunar lander is almost complete as the Indian space agency targets March 2018 for its launch as part of the country’s second lunar exploration mission.

Ducommun has completed the acquisition of the corporate parent of Lightning Diversion Systems, a provider of lightning protection systems across the aerospace and defense industry.

AE Industrial Partners, a private equity investor specializing in aerospace, power generation and specialty industrial companies, has succeeded in its acquisition of engineering services group CDI.

LOCKHEED MARTIN has $25.9m U.S. Air Force contract for F-22 sustainment activities.

On Friday NASA’s Cassini probe will bring its 13-year exploration of Saturn to a fiery close.

Huntington Ingalls Inc., Newport News, Virginia, is being awarded a $104,955,829 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to a previously awarded contract.

Less than a year after the Canadian government started negotiating with Boeing to buy 18 F/A-18 Super Hornets, the U.S. State Department let Congress know on Sept. 11 it had approved a potential Foreign Military Sale of the aircraft.

Leonardo says the AW149, a military spinoff of its AW189 commercial offering, would make an ideal replacement for the Puma if the type is retired at its current out-of-service date of 2025.

The U.S. Air Force’s largest nuclear cruise missile program since the Cold War can proceed unencumbered, with Boeing deciding not to protest the service’s Aug. 23 awards to Raytheon and Lockheed Martin.