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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, March 5, 2020

VOL. 271 NO. 43 March 05, 2020
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Programs

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'War Room' Set Up To Review Hypersonic Industrial Base

Mar 04, 2020
The U.S. Defense Department’s acquisition leadership has set up a “war room” in the Pentagon to assess the industrial base for hypersonic weapons ahead of a planned production ramp-up within a few years. 
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RFP For MDA’s Next Generation Interceptor ‘Imminent’

Mar 04, 2020
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency is close to launching the competitive phase for the Next Generation Interceptor program, said Vice Adm. Jon Hill, the agency’s director, on March 4. 
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New Hypersonic Interceptor Design Limited To Ship Launch

Mar 04, 2020
The Regional Glide Phase Weapon System—a concept for an interceptor against a hypersonic glide vehicle—will be initially constrained to a ship launch application with a Mk. 41 vertical launch system, Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Director Vice Adm. Jon Hill said March 4.
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DARPA Picks SpaceLogistics For Robotic Servicing In GEO

Mar 04, 2020
Northrop Grumman subsidiary SpaceLogistics has signed on as DARPA’s commercial partner for the Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites program.
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Precision Strike Missile Candidate Set For 500-km Test ‘Very Soon’ 

Mar 04, 2020
The U.S. Army will “very soon” demonstrate a ground-launched ballistic missile with a range greater than 500 km, the previous limit set by a now-defunct arms control treaty, Gen. Mike Murray said on March 4. 
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JPO Links F-35 Sustainment Package To Demand For Data Rights 

Mar 04, 2020
The F-35 joint program office has linked a proposed multibillion dollar sustainment package to a demand for Lockheed Martin to provide access to critical data at the back end of the multiyear deal.
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Erickson Wins Composite Main Rotor Blade OK For S-64 Helicopter

Mar 03, 2020
Heavy-lift helicopter operator Erickson has secured FAA certification for a composite main rotor blade for its S-64 Aircrane.
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U.S. Navy Faces Reality In Pausing MQ-4C Production, Official Says

Mar 04, 2020
The U.S. Navy made a “reality-based” decision to pause MQ-4C Triton production in the fiscal 2021 budget request, according to the service’s acquisition executive.
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U.S. Navy Ditches CVN 79 Dual-Phased Delivery Plan

Mar 04, 2020
The U.S. Navy has ditched its plan for a dual-phased delivery of the USS John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) and instead will use a single-phased approach, meaning the entire ship will be delivered at the same time.

Daily Briefs

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Daily Briefs

Mar 05, 2020
Brief news items of interest to aerospace & defense professionals.

In Brief

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MHI Shuts Down F-35 FACO Over Virus Concerns

Mar 05, 2020
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has shut down a final assembly and check out (FACO) facility for the Lockheed Martin F-35A in Nagoya, Japan, for one week…

Business

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Stratolaunch Targets September Flight Test Restart 

Mar 04, 2020
Developers of the revived Stratolaunch carrier aircraft project aim to restart flight tests of the giant twin-fuselage mother ship in September as part of plans to provide a launch platform for rocket-powered hypersonic test vehicles.
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GomSpace Slashed Workforce In 2019; ADS-B Spinoff Failed

Mar 02, 2020
Small-satellite manufacturer GomSpace last year cut more than 100 workers from its staff—which numbered 231 at the start of 2019—as it sought about $6.3 million worth of cost savings while wrestling with “the loss of the large Sky and Space Global order.”
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Sea Launch Complex Leaves U.S. For Russia

Mar 03, 2020
S7 Space Corp. has started to relocate the Sea Launch complex from Long Beach, California, to Russia’s Far East.

Program Dossier

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Program Dossier: Embraer EMB-314

Mar 04, 2020
The Embraer EMB-314 Super Tucano is a tandem-seat turboprop light attack aircraft developed from the EMB-312A Tucano, a basic flight trainer with secondary light attack capabilities.