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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, February 13, 2020

VOL. 271 NO. 29 February 13, 2020
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Programs

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U.S. Air Force Fast-Tracks Radar Upgrade For F-16s

Feb 12, 2020
The U.S. Air Force’s fiscal 2021 budget submission shows plans to integrate Northrop Grumman APG-83 AESA radars on 330 more F-16s.
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Space Sensor Program Moves To SDA Under Fiscal 2021 Budget

Feb 12, 2020
The Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor program is moving to the Space Development Agency to avoid redundancy.
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Boeing Pitches Apache As Low Risk For Australia

Feb 12, 2020
The company is expecting the Australian Department of Defense to request tenders for the supply of 29 helicopters late this year or early next.
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Mars 2020 Rover Arrives At KSC To Prepare For Summer Launch

Feb 12, 2020
Two Air Force Boeing C-17 Globemaster airlifters carrying the Mars 2020 rover and various other elements touched down at Kennedy Space Center’s former Shuttle Landing Facility shortly after 3 p.m. EST Feb. 12.
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NASA Seeking More Astronaut Applicants

Feb 12, 2020
The new astronauts would be eligible for exploratory missions to the surface of the Moon and perhaps Mars as well as to staff the International Space Station or commercial low-Earth-orbit successors.
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Elbit To Demo Drone Capability For UK Coastguard

Feb 05, 2020
Elbit will fly several different unmanned aircraft systems for the maritime demo, including its 1.2-metric-ton Hermes 900.
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L3Harris To Continue Development of PNT Spacecraft

Feb 06, 2020
L3Harris has received the green light to develop an experimental spacecraft that will improve the military’s positioning, navigation and timing assets.

Daily Briefs

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Daily Briefs

Feb 13, 2020
Brief news items of interest to aerospace & defense professionals.

In Brief

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Veloce VTOL Unmanned Aircraft Enters Final Development

Feb 13, 2020
News in brief

Funding & Policy

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Thornberry: Space Force To Garner ‘Pretty Intense Oversight’

Feb 12, 2020
“I think all of us expected it to be a crawl, walk, run sort of situation,” the committee’s ranking member, Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-Texas) told reporters Feb. 12.

Business

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Ousted NASA Human Spaceflight Chief Becomes SpaceX Consultant

Feb 12, 2020
Gerstenmaier, 65, left NASA last year after being reassigned by Administrator Jim Bridenstine in July to serve as a special advisor to Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard.
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MBDA Takes Stake In French AI Validation Specialist

Feb 11, 2020
European missile manufacturer MBDA has taken a stake in French software analysis company Numalis in a bid to strengthen the artificial-intelligence capabilities of future weapons.
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Leonardo Establishes Joint Venture in Brazil

Feb 12, 2020
The Italian company, through its subsidiary, Leonardo International, will take a 51% majority stake in the new joint venture, called Leonardo & Codemar S.A.
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Astronautics Offers Tailored Upgrades

Feb 11, 2020
Asia-Pacific operators have a growing appetite for customized flight deck retrofits for fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft says Astronautics Corporation of America, which announced follow-on cockpit modernizations for Lockheed Martin P-3 and L-100/C-130s at the Singapore Airshow.
CAE
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CAE Continues MAX Simulator Manufacturing Push

Feb 07, 2020
Canadian pilot training specialist CAE expects increasing demand for its simulators for Boeing 737 MAX and continues to make so-called “white tail” systems ahead of actual orders. 

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Defense Market Intelligence Notes

Feb 13, 2020
Recent market intelligence items for aerospace & defense professionals.