Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

Wednesday afternoon the House Armed Services seapower subcommittee will discuss the tumultuous Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program with Rear Adm. Ronald Boxall.

Swiftships LLC, Morgan City, Louisiana, is being awarded a $27,402,593 firm-fixed-price modification to a previously awarded contract (N00024-14-C-4217).

In the new era of President Donald Trump, the head of Boeing’s defense arm sees a bright future for the company’s iconic fighters.

NASA is assembling a panel of experts to review technical, cost and schedule challenges associated with the planned Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope.

The satellite was proposed by India Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2014 to provide a full range of applications and services to India’s south Asian neighbors.

Solar Impulse co-founder Andre Borschberg’s new venture, H55, plans to develop certified electric propulsion systems for aircraft manufacturers.

The FAA is testing Gryphon Sensors’ counter-drone system at Dallas Fort Worth (DFW) International Airport, the latest in a series of detection system evaluations that began in early 2016.

Boeing is going all-in with its new partner Leonardo Helicopters for the U.S. Air Force’s $2-3 billion UH-1N Huey Replacement competition.

The tools, which exploit a branch of computer science called formal methods to eliminate vulnerabilities in software, were developed under Darpa’s High Assure Cyber Military Systems (HACMS) program.

The prototype Avic AG600 amphibious aircraft has begun taxi tests, the Chinese manufacturer says.

Insitu has flown its ScanEagle unmanned aircraft powered by a hydrogen fuel cell.

SAAB has SEK 500m ($56m) order from Swedish Defense Material Administration for next generation anti-ship missiles. Deliveries to begin in the mid-2020s.

Doug Derwin wants SpaceX founder Elon Musk to sever his ties with President Trump and help battle the administration’s climate-change stance.

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Virgin Galactic's second SpaceShipTwo (SS2) suborbital spaceplane passed a significant milestone on May 1 with the first in-flight deployment of the feathering re-entry system.

Congressional appropriators unveiled a $1.2 trillion omnibus spending bill on May 1 to fund the government through the end of the fiscal year, including $593 billion for the military.

The U.S. State Department has approved a potential sale of the P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft to New Zealand.

Astrophysicist John Grunsfeld accepted the 2017 Rotary National Award for Space Achievement on April 28 with notes of inspiration, confidence and caution.

In the first foreign military sales request for the helicopter type, Slovakia wants its Model 429s equipped with Wescam MX-10 electro-optical cameras and additional communication and navigation equipment.

In the first foreign military sales request for the helicopter type, Slovakia wants its Model 429s equipped with Wescam MX-10 electro-optical cameras and additional communication and navigation equipment.

Harlow Aerostructures has acquired the businesses of Aerospace Holdings.

The two-seat version of the Avic Chengdu FC-1 export fighter is a combat aircraft as well as a trainer, the state manufacturer says following the first flight.

SpaceX launched its first satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office, the classified NROL-76, on May 1.

Wesco Aircraft Holding is suddenly changing CEOs and warning Wall Street of disappointing earnings to come.

Initial electrification of NASA’s X-57 Maxwell electric propulsion demonstrator is under way at Scaled Composites.