Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

The first spacecraft is in storage, awaiting launch in 2018, and the second is integrated and ready for environmental testing, according to Lockheed Martin.

Lockheed is working through “unexpected issues” in adapting the latest iteration of F-35 simulator software...

The 65,000-ton, 280 meter-long HMS Queen Elizabeth was inched out of the Rosyth naval dockyard on June 26.

This strategy also would feature less chance of introducing terrestrial contamination, reduced risk and perhaps a more manageable cost...

Two of the three twin-seat Typhoons ordered by Muscat touched down at the newly built Adam air base in central Oman on June 21.

The launch from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) was the second mission for SpaceX in three days, following Friday’s deployment of Bulgaria’s first communications satellite.

The SmartGlider weapon family, which MBDA says will be available from 2025, is an unpowered glide-bomb fitted with deployable wings offering a high lift-to-drag ratio.

The launch from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) was the second for SpaceX in three days. SpaceX then landed the first-stage booster on a barge in the Pacific Ocean.

LOCKHEED MARTIN and TATA signed agreement to produce F-16 Block 70s in India.

Safran Helicopter Engines’ Arriel 2L2 turboshaft performed its first ground run at the company’s Bordes, France, facility early this month.

The launch was the second to use a Falcon 9 first-stage rocket that had previously flown and landed.

U.S. lawmakers want the U.S. Air Force to sustain or accelerate fielding of its T-X trainer and consider ditching the General Atomics Block 5 MQ-9 Reaper in favor of the company’s newer MQ-9B.

India has successfully launched its Cartosat-2E remote sensing satellite, along with 30 co-passenger satellites.

ROLLS-ROYCE and AVIALL have $3b distribution agreement to support global fleet of AE defense engines.

U.S. House Transportation Chairman Rep. Bill Shuster (R-Pa.) on June 21 introduced a new bill that features a revised and supposedly friendlier approach to moving air traffic control (ATC) out of the FAA.

NASA is evaluating a range of power system options to meet the challenging requirements of the agency’s human Mars exploration ambitions.

Oil and gas support helicopter operator Bristow has been forced to undertake a radical restructuring to allow it to better compete in a low-oil-price environment.

India’s space agency is in the final stages of preparation for the planned June 23 launch of its Cartosat-2E remove sensing satellite.

The second intercept test of the supersized Raytheon/Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Standard Missile-3 Block 2A failed June 21 against a medium-range ballistic missile target.

The European Space Agency awarded the “batch 3” order for Galileo satellites to OHB System June 22 during a contract signing event at the Paris Air Show.

Israel Aerospace Industries maintains its position as provider of weapon systems and capabilities that establish some of Israel’s strategic pillars - yet most of the companies’ revenues come from export.

For at least the whole of the current century, militaries have understood the critical role cyberdefense plays in every aspect of operations. Yet most military organizations appear reluctant to train for network defense outside of specialist cyber units.

Looking toward a future where low-cost drones are increasingly weaponized or used to spy, Israel’s Rafael (Static Display A8) is publicly promoting Drone Dome – a laser that can shoot them down.

Israeli company Bird Aerosystems has teamed with Airbus to develop and field the Airborne Missile Protection System (AMPS) MV on helicopters and aircraft to protect them from the proliferating threat of man-portable air defense systems, or manpads.

BOEING has three-year contract to continue support of Indian Navy’s fleet of P-08I maritime patrol aircraft.