Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Tony Osborne
Airbus has partnered with engineering firm Siemens to develop hybrid electric propulsion systems that could power small airliners in the 2030s.

The approach could enable the life-seeking mission to Europa that has strong backing on Capitol Hill by dispensing tiny ChipSats onto promising spots on the icy moon's surface to detect chemical biomarkers there.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
Lockheed Martin, BAE Systems and British building firm Balfour Beatty will build the new facilities that will support and house the British F-35 fleet.
Defense

By Graham Warwick
France has contracted with Safran to supply Sagem Patroller UAVs for the French army’s Système de Drone Tactique (SDT) tactical UAV program.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
The company is working with Germany on the first testing phase of several technologies capable of detecting infantry gunfire from a number of different calibers.
Defense

By Jen DiMascio
The U.S. reduced spending by 2.4%, yet it still far outpaces the rest of the world.
Defense

With operational Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) being sidelined recently, U.S. Navy officials are facing testing hurdles for MQ-8 Fire Scout unmanned aerial vehicles, according to a recent report by the U.S Government Accountability Office (GAO).
Defense

BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON has $170m U.S. Navy foreign military sales contract to deliver ...

Software developers at The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory will support NASA’s Johnson Space Center in ...

By Graham Warwick
An FAA-chartered advisory committee has submitted recommendations for regulations that would enable small unmanned aircraft to be flown over people.
Defense

By Mark Carreau
A multi-observatory survey of large galaxies and their black holes in the nearby universe suggests that supermassive black holes may be more common than previously assumed.
Defense

By Maxim Pyadushkin
The Russian military is continuing to rely on its proven Sukhoi export bestseller, ordering another large batch of two-seat Su-30SM fighters.
Defense

By Mark Carreau
Researchers have seen encouraging results from the on-orbit use of the Russian Chibis, an awkward-looking set of mechanical leggings, in their efforts to address vision changes in astronauts assigned to typical six-month missions on the International Space Station.
Defense

With the P-8A Poseidon continuing to garner international recognition for its maritime surveillance abilities, work is ramping up for the Boeing aircraft program.
Defense

Naval submarine leaders from the U.S. and South Korea recently signed an agreement to reaffirm the “longstanding” relationship between the two countries and pledge continued support between their respective submarine forces.
Defense

By Maxim Pyadushkin
Russia seriously increased its arms export backlog in 2015.
Defense

By Michael Bruno
New technology like “big data” and analytics will dramatically change the world of aerospace maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO), according to two well-known competing consultants speaking at Aviation Week's MRO Americas 2016 symposium.
MRO Americas

RAYTHEON signed a deal with TERMA for mission systems work.

Tuesday morning the Senate Armed Services Committee will review the fiscal 2017 authorization for ...

BAE Systems Technology Solutions & Services Inc., Rockville, Maryland, is being awarded a ...

Detailed characterization of the infrared detectors on NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope have allowed scientists to map surface temperatures on an exoplanet.
Defense

Software developers at The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory will support NASA’s Johnson Space Center in designing and operating avionics software for human-rated spacecraft traveling beyond low Earth orbit under a new $38.7 million contract.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
The Kuwaiti government has finally signed a long-delayed contract with Italy to purchase 28 Eurofighter Typhoons in an $8.7 billion deal.
Defense

John Grunsfeld, a five-time space shuttle astronaut who specialized in hands-on upgrades to the Hubble Space Telescope, will retire from NASA at the end of the month.
Defense

The U.S. Navy has put together a submarine-building strategy that combines the efforts for the Virginia-class attack boats and the Ohio-class nuclear-missile-armed vessels.
Defense