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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, March 9, 2020

VOL. 271 NO. 45 March 09, 2020
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Funding & Policy

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USAF Crafts Unique Internal Bidding Plan For ABMS

Mar 06, 2020
The five-year spending plan for the Advanced Battle Management System comes with some new and unique strings attached.

Programs

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NASA: Starliner Flight Test ‘High-Visibility Close Call’

Mar 06, 2020
A independent team that analyzed software errors during the debut flight test of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner recommended 61 actions that Boeing and NASA should take before the capsule flies again.
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Japan Chooses U.S. To Help Fighter Project—Report

Mar 06, 2020
Japan has decided to work mainly with U.S. partners in developing its Next Generation Fighter, with only limited technical cooperation with Britain, the other contender, the Nikkei newspaper said.
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Australia Selling F/A-18A/Bs To Air USA

Mar 06, 2020
Australia will sell up to 46 Boeing F/A-18A/B Hornet fighters to red-air operator Air USA for U.S. Air Force training, Defense Industry Minister Melissa Price said, although only 38 aircraft appear to be available for the deal.
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NASA’s Osiris-Rex Takes Closest Look Yet At Bennu

Mar 05, 2020
NASA’s Osiris-Rex asteroid sample return spacecraft descended to its lowest altitude yet over the asteroid Bennu earlier this week to gather high-resolution imagery of its primary sample collection site.
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Russia To Launch Heavy Angara Later This Year

Mar 06, 2020
This will be the first Angara launch since 2014, when Russia tested two variants from its Plesetsk military spaceport.

Daily Briefs

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Daily Briefs

Mar 07, 2020
Brief news items of interest to aerospace & defense professionals.

In Brief

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UK ‘Will Leave’ EASA, Says British Transportation Secretary

Mar 07, 2020
The UK will withdraw as a member state of the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) after a transition period and shift responsibility for…

Technology

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Honeywell To Reveal World’s Most Powerful Quantum Computer

Mar 03, 2020
Honeywell declared March 3 that it had achieved a “breakthrough” in quantum computing that will lead it soon to reveal the “world’s most powerful quantum computer.”
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DOD Expands Nuclear Reactor Projects For Domestic Bases 

Mar 06, 2020
As the U.S. Defense Department’s Project Pele nears contract awards to develop a deployable nuclear reactor design, defense officials have revealed a separate project now underway to demonstrate a commercially developed 2MWe (megawatt electrical) nuclear reactor on a U.S. military installation by 2027. 

Operations

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Bristow Testing Unmanned Helicopter For SAR Operations

Mar 03, 2020
Bristow is conducting search-and-rescue trials in the UK with an unmanned helicopter as it considers how to use the technology for future search-and-rescue contracts.

Business

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Reimagined Autogyro Aims For Premium Mobility Market

Mar 04, 2020
German startup Fraundorfer Aeronautics is flight testing a technology demonstrator for its Tensor 600X compound gyrocopter, a two-seat personal air…

Calendar

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Upcoming Events

Mar 06, 2020
Calendar of upcoming events of interest to the industry.