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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, March 12, 2020

VOL. 271 NO. 48 March 12, 2020
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Programs

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Schedule For New ICBM Interceptor Accelerated

Mar 11, 2020
A series of requests for information to industry since last fall has generated proposals to accelerate the current, 10-year schedule.
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Japanese Suborbital Startup Advances Test Vehicle Plans

Mar 11, 2020
Japanese suborbital spaceflight startup PD AeroSpace plans to fly the latest in a series of the subscale company’s first suborbital test vehicles.
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USMC Joins USAF Effort To Advance eVTOL For Logistics

Mar 10, 2020
The U.S. Marine Corps is joining the U.S. Air Force’s Agility Prime program to accelerate commercial development eVTOL vehicles, with a view to using them for logistics.
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USMC Envisions Buying Two Separate Air Vehicles For MUX

Mar 10, 2020
The U.S. Marine Corps now is pursuing an unmanned family of systems for its Marine Air-Ground Task Force Unmanned Aircraft Expeditionary (MUX) effort.
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First VC-25B Enters Structural Modification Phase

Mar 11, 2020
The first change to the aircraft removes the skin and structural material in lower lobes of the forward and aft fuselage, the Air Force said.
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Transcend To Flight-Test Design Upgrades For VTOL Tiltwing

Mar 10, 2020
Startup vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft developer Transcend Air is poised to start flight tests of a revised scaled version of its tiltwing Vy 400 intercity transport vehicle

Daily Briefs

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Daily Briefs

Mar 12, 2020
Brief news items of interest to aerospace & defense professionals.

In Brief

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Kuwait Halting All Flights In Coronavirus Response

Mar 12, 2020
News in brief

Funding & Policy

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Britain Investing To Create DARPA-Like Research Agency

Mar 11, 2020
The British government plans to create a DARPA-like agency to fund “high-risk, high-reward” science capabilities.
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U.S. Navy Launches Six-Month Study Of Carriers, Carrier Aviation

Mar 11, 2020
The Blue-Ribbon Future Carrier 2030 Task Force is seen as complementary to a broad review of shipbuilding requirements being led by Deputy Defense Secretary David Norquist.

Technology

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Safran Helicopter Engines Partnering On French Biofuel Program

Mar 11, 2020
The project, initiated by Safran, involves regional companies working in agricultural chemicals and energy that plan to work together to produce and distribute sustainable biofuels.
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Freshly Grown ISS Vegetables Show Deep-Space Promise

Mar 09, 2020
Assessments of red romaine lettuce grown aboard the International Space Station suggest astronauts could cultivate and consume their own fresh vegetables.
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Pentagon Seeks Industry Help To Modernize Comms Network

Mar 11, 2020
The strategy aims to correct a longstanding problem for the Pentagon—that its communication networks use thousands of disparate terminals that are not compatible with each other.

Operations

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NATO Exercise Called Off Over Virus Fears

Mar 11, 2020
Exercise Cold Response 2020, planned for March 2-18, was to involve some 14,000 troops from Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, UK and U.S

Business

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Leonardo Halts International Travel Amid Italian COVID-19 Lockdown

Mar 11, 2020
Italian aerospace and defense company Leonardo says operations are continuing normally despite the national lockdown.

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Defense Market Intelligence Notes

Mar 12, 2020
North America The U.S. military is requesting an additional 17 Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighters and U.S. Transportation Command is pushing…