Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, December 8, 2017

Volume 262, Issue 48

Funding & Policy

Dec 7, 2017
Article
Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

Pentagon Aims To Cut Time To Contract New Weapons In Half  

The Pentagon’s top weapons buyer believes the department can reduce the timeline to get new equipment on contract by as much as 50%....More
Dec 7, 2017
Article
Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

UK Commits £200,000 To Space Business Incubators  

The UK Space Agency announced Dec. 7 it was committing £200,000 ($269,000) for four new business incubators to try to help grow Britain’s space industry....More

SpeedNews Defense & Space

Dec 8, 2017
Article
Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

SpeedNews Defense & Space  

L-3 COMMUNICATIONS VERTEX AEROSPACE LLC has $10.3m U.S. Air Force contract for T-1A logistics support....More

In Brief

Dec 8, 2017
Article
Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

Northrop Wins U.S. Army ISR Aircraft Supp  

Northrop Grumman on Dec. 7 formally announced it won a $750 million logistics and support services contract for the U.S. Army’s fleet of 75 intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft....More

Business

Dec 7, 2017
Article
Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

Raytheon Grows Middle East Presence With UAE Subsidiary  

Raytheon is forming a formal subsidiary for its work in the United Arab Emirates, executives announced Dec. 7....More
Dec 5, 2017
Article
Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

Triumph To Combine Aerostructures, Components Groups  

Triumph Group said Dec. 4 it will combine its Aerospace Structures and Precision Components groups into one business unit come Jan. 1, 2018....More
Dec 6, 2017
Article
Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

Space Vets See Sustainable Commercial Space Transition  

Aerospace veterans see it coming: the transition of low Earth orbit activities to a commercially dominated landscape....More
Dec 5, 2017
Article
Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

Space Economy Enthusiasm May Be Justified, Expert Says  

Recent predictions of a still-growing $1 trillion global space economy by 2030 may not be out of step, one longtime expert in the field says....More

Programs

Dec 7, 2017
Article
Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

Qatar Exercises Option For 12 Dassault Rafales  

Even before Dassault delivers the first Rafale fighter to Qatar in 2018, the country has ordered another 12 aircraft....More
Dec 7, 2017
Article
Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

Global Aviation Technologies To Upgrade 19 USAF Learjets  

Global Aviation Technologies will update 19 C-21A jets, the military designation for the Learjet 35A, for the U.S. Air Force....More

Operations

Dec 7, 2017
Article
Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

Launch Complex 40 Back In Service  

Cape Canaveral's Launch Complex 40 returned to service on Dec 6 after a 14-month repair and refurbishment following an explosion on the pad....More

Airlines

Dec 5, 2017
Article
Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

IATA Pushes For Standards Regulating Drones  

The ICAO sent a state letter to its member countries to protect manned-aircraft operations from drones....More