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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, April 26, 2019

VOL. 268 NO. 20 April 26, 2019
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Funding & Policy

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Pentagon IG Clears Shanahan Of Ethical Complaints

Apr 25, 2019
The Pentagon’s Inspector General (IG) has cleared Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan of unethical behavior.
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North Dakota, Harris Announce Drone ‘Super Corridor’

Apr 24, 2019
Grand Sky Business and Aviation Park near Grand Forks, North Dakota, and Harris Corporation have unveiled a 100-mi.-long “super corridor” that supports flights of UAS BVLOS of their operators.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Apr 27, 2019
BOEING has $8.6m U.S. Air Force contract for F-15SA Aircrew Training Devices.

In Brief

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Iranian-Adapted Missile May Have Downed Saudi UAV

Apr 27, 2019
Israeli sources say Houthi rebels in Yemen have downed a Chinese-made UAV operated by Saudi Arabia using an air-to-air missile adapted by the Iranians to be fired from the ground.

Programs

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Fifth EQ-4 Slated To Join Air Force Fleet

Apr 25, 2019
A fifth EQ-4 will soon join the fleet of manned and unmanned aircraft that carry a Northrop Grumman-built comm gateway payload called the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node.
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U.S. Marine Corps Deploying Incompatible F-35 Spare Parts

Apr 25, 2019
The Pentagon is working on a process to modify Lockheed Martin F-35 afloat spares packages to match the needs of deployed aircraft by August 2020.
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Airbus H135 Plant In China To Begin Deliveries This Year

Apr 25, 2019
An helicopter assembly line owned by Airbus and Chinese state partners has begun putting together its first H135s, with deliveries due to begin this year.
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L3 To Provide Collision Avoidance For MQ-25

Apr 24, 2019
Boeing has awarded L3 Commercial Aviation a contract to supply a traffic alert and collision avoidance (TCAS) processor and flight-data recorder for the U.S. Navy’s MQ-25 Stingray unmanned refueling tanker.
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Chinese Wave Rider Launched In Reusable Rocket

Apr 25, 2019
The first test flight of a privately developed Chinese reusable space launcher hurled an experimental hypersonic waverider vehicle to a speed faster than 2,800 mph on April 23.
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Japan’s Hayabusa 2 Images Asteroid Blast Site

Apr 25, 2019
Japan’s Hayabusa 2 sample return mission to the asteroid Ryugu has completed a low-altitude surveillance operation over the site where it dropped an explosive charge in early April to expose subsurface material for a planned second attempt to land and gather soil and rock.

Business

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Raytheon Acknowledges Restructuring Missile Systems

Apr 25, 2019
Raytheon leaders acknowledged a significant restructuring of their Missile Systems division April 25.

Operations

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Ghana Inaugurates Largest Medical Drone Delivery System

Apr 24, 2019
Ghana has formally launched the world’s largest medical drone delivery service, operated by Zipline and covering the entire country.
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U.S. Army Will Kick Off Virtual Sim Trial This Summer

Apr 18, 2019
The U.S. Army will receive 30 virtual reality systems at Fort Rucker, Alabama, over the course of about a year to see if the cutting-edge technology can produce more capable pilots.

Aviation Week Forecasts

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Aviation Week Forecasts: Western C4ISR Aircraft MRO Demand By Family 2019-2028

Apr 27, 2019
View the Aviation Week Forecasts: Western C4ISR Aircraft MRO Demand By Family 2019-2028 chart in PDF format.