Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Mark Carreau
Two solar-powered NASA planetary mission spacecraft have achieved recent deep-space milestones.
Defense

As global superpowers jostle for influence on the African continent, the U.S. military is having to learn to share Djibouti with China.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
The UK and France have signed a deal for the concept phase of the development of a next-generation cruise/anti-ship weapon.
Defense

NORTHROP GRUMMAN delivered Combat Electromagnetic Environment Simulator to SAAB AB to conduct testing on JAS 39 Gripen multirole fighter. PT DIRGANTARA INDONESIA delivered 50th H225 rear fuselage to AIRBUS HELICOPTERS.

China and Russia are engaging in hybrid warfare in space, a former member of President Ronald Reagan’s National Security Council says. “They are conducting probing, provocative actions just below the threshold of any meaningful U.S. or allied response,” charges Roger Robinson, who heads RWR Advisory Group, a security and business consultancy. Like the “little green men” who helped provoke conflict in Ukraine, the techniques—using cyberattacks, radio-frequency interference and orbiting satellites that linger near U.S.

By Tony Osborne
Finland has issued a request for information (RFI) on potential weaponry to arm its new fighter aircraft.
Defense

By Michael Bruno
AAR’s win was a blow to gear leader Héroux-Devtek, the Canadian incumbent, according to analysts.
Defense

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Worldwide defense industry revenues are expected to grow 3.2% in 2017, Deloitte says in its latest global aerospace and defense forecast.
Defense

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s Mission Control remotely commanded the International Space Station’s Canadian robot arm to move Pressurized Mating Adapter-3 from the Node 3 Tranquility module to the Node 2 Harmony module on March 26.
Defense

The Indian Space Research Organization is carrying out studies to support the “best use of satellite-derived information to develop methodologies” for making predictions about natural disasters.
Defense

By Bradley Perrett
Japan Marine United has delivered the Japanese navy’s fourth helicopter carrier, right on time after 41 months of construction.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
Oil and gas helicopter operator CHC says it is has emerged as an “economically robust and agile competitor,” 10 months after filing for bankruptcy.
Defense

By Marhalim Abas
Malaysia will probably accept an offer from Japan for surplus P-3C Orion maritime patrollers if it can persuade Tokyo to pay for refurbishment.
Defense

Congressional auditors warn that Boeing's KC-46 tanker is in danger of falling even further behind schedule.
Defense

BOEING has $24.7m U.S. Air Force contract to provide 18 QF-16 full-scale aerial targets and associated warranties through April 27, 2021.

The new NASA authorization directs the next NASA administrator to deliver a plan for the International Space Station (ISS) “to transition in a step-wise approach.

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By Mark Carreau
Spacewalking astronauts advanced efforts to equip the International Space Station (ISS) with a second U.S. segment commercial crew docking port on March 24.
Defense

The U.S. Defense Department wants input from allies and industry on future global wideband satellite communications architectures.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
Britain’s Royal Navy has retired the last of its Lynx helicopters.
Defense

Engineers at NASA’s Stennis Space Center hot-fire tested an RS-25 developmental rocket engine for the heavy-lift Space Launch System March 23 with an upgraded electronic controller intended to help lift an Orion capsule toward a flight around the Moon.
Defense

By Maxim Pyadushkin
Russia had another strong year of defense exports in 2016, keeping its second-place spot on the global arms market, although new orders hit a five-year low.
Defense

The price of a U.S. Air Force F-35A fell below $100 million for the first time in the latest low-rate initial production lot. But that’s not good enough, the Pentagon says.
Defense

Indo-Russian joint venture BrahMos Aerospace is expecting to sign its first export contract with an undisclosed country by year’s end.
Defense