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EUROFIGHTER has 5-year arrangement with NETMA (NATO Eurofighter & Tornado Management Organization) to support global Eurofighter Typhoon fleet; two contracts cover sustainment of engineering capabilities, program management, logistics, repairs, spares.
James Mattis, the retired Marine general chosen to become the next defense secretary, expressed absolute support for the NATO alliance and skepticism regarding Russian President Vladimir Putin during his Jan. 12 Senate confirmation hearing. In an exchange with Chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.), Mattis named Russia, global terrorism and China’s actions in the South China Sea top threats to the U.S. McCain pointed out that the last three presidents have taken office optimistic about improving relations with Russia, only to be disappointed.
In observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday in the U.S., Aerospace Daily & Defense Report will not be publishing on Tuesday, Jan. 17. The next issue will be dated Wednesday, Jan. 18.
NASA and European Space Agency spacewalkers have all but closed out the two-week opening round of a long-running battery upgrade outside the International Space Station.
Lockheed Martin Chairman President and CEO Marillyn Hewson told President-elect Donald Trump on Jan. 13 that the F-35 provider was close to striking another production-lot contract that would see “significantly” lower unit costs of future Joint Strike Fighters.
Italian aerospace and defense company Leonardo has signed deals with Rome to deliver a new attack helicopter for the Italian army, and an initial order for the new M345 High Efficiency Trainer (HET).
The French armament procurement agency DGA this week announced it has ordered a fourth system of three General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper medium-altitude, long endurance (MALE) UAVs and an accompanying ground segment.
In a 62-page report that focuses primarily on delays and challenges for the F-35 program, one of the Joint Strike Fighter’s toughest critics highlighted progress toward fixing a safety issue with the aircraft’s ejection seat.
Italian industrial holding company Leonardo has withdrawn from Russian joint venture Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company (SCAC), which designs and manufactures the Sukhoi Superjet 100.
THALES ALENIA SPACE’s Bangabandhu Satellite-1 for Bangladesh passed satellite and satellite control segment Critical Design Reviews in Cannes at the end of 2016.
On a visit to Washington, Paulo Cesar de Souza e Silva, president and CEO of Brazilian aircraft builder Embraer, sat down for a round table with Aviation Week editors.
President-Elect Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Pentagon, retired Marine Gen. James Mattis, is firmly committed to modernizing the nation’s nuclear triad, but may not be on board with developing a new strategic cruise missile to arm the U.S. Air Force’s bomber fleet.
CEO Mauro Moretti spoke to journalists in London Jan. 12 as the company—previously known as Finmeccanica—formally revealed its new British identity, Leonardo MW.
