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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, March 19, 2020

VOL. 271 NO. 53 March 19, 2020
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Boeing Calls For $60B in Coronavirus Aid For Aerospace Manufacturing

Mar 18, 2020
Boeing called for the U.S. government to provide a minimum of $60 billion in aid to the aerospace manufacturing community in response to the COVID-19 coronavirus crisis that has cratered air travel and could trigger a worldwide recession.
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Textron Aviation Workers To Begin Four-Week Furloughs

Mar 18, 2020
Textron Aviation is instituting rolling four-week furloughs for most of its U.S. employees in response to the coronavirus pandemic and to adjust production to anticipated market demand, the company said. 
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Boeing Joins Cranfield DARTeC Project

Mar 18, 2020
The £65 million ($78m) facility, due to open this summer, will lead research into digital aviation technology.
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Rocket Lab Adds On Sat Hardware With Sinclair Interplanetary Deal

Mar 17, 2020
Rocket launching company Rocket Lab has reached a deal to acquire satellite hardware maker Sinclair Interplanetary, the companies announced late March 16. 

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Daily Briefs

Mar 19, 2020
Brief news items of interest to aerospace & defense professionals.

Operations

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Arsenal Of Democracy Flyover Moves To September

Mar 18, 2020
Organizers have postponed the Arsenal of Democracy Flyover and related events in Washington from May until September, given concerns related to COVID-19. 
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SpaceX Falcon 9 Delivers Starlinks, Fails Landing

Mar 18, 2020
A SpaceX Falcon 9 booster, making an unprecedented fifth flight, successfully dispatched another 60 Starlink websats into orbit, then failed to touch down on a drone ship stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. 
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Redstone Arsenal Employee Tests Positive For COVID-19

Mar 17, 2020
A U.S. Army civilian has tested positive for the COVID-19 disease at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, the home of several aviation- and space-related acquisition, research and testing organizations, base officials said on March 17.
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NASA Shuts Down All Centers Due To Coronavirus Concerns

Mar 18, 2020
CAPE CANAVERAL -- NASA on March 17 ordered all employees to work at home, with only mission-critical personnel being allowed on locations throughout…

Technology

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Roper Cites Research Work On Coating To Cloak IR Signatures

Mar 17, 2020
A coating that could cloak objects from infrared sensors by controlling their thermal radiation has been demonstrated by researchers at U.S. universities, with funding support from the U.S. Air Force and Navy.

Funding & Policy

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NASA Expanding Scope Of New Planetary Science Decadal 

Mar 16, 2020
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine’s planetary science decadal survey for 2023 to 2032 has some significant new themes—astrobiology and planetary defense—according to a virtual presentation sponsored by the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC).
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DOD Providing Supplies To Combat COVID-19

Mar 18, 2020
U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper has notified Congress that the Pentagon will provide federal health officials with 5 million respirator masks and 2,000 specialized ventilators to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.

Programs

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Raytheon Expanding Coyote Family Beyond Block II 

Mar 18, 2020
Raytheon is developing new air- and ground-launched versions of the Coyote Block II interceptor for small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) as production ramps up to support surging U.S. Army demand and a newly approved export license.
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COVID-19 Pandemic Postpones ABMS Demo

Mar 18, 2020
The U.S. Air Force has postponed the second demonstration of the Advanced Battle Management System from April to June because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Apollo 15 Astronaut Al Worden Dies

Mar 18, 2020
Alfred “Al” Worden, the command module pilot on the Apollo 15 mission to the Moon, died in his sleep on March 18 in Texas.
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Developing Fighter Radar, LIG Nex1 Compacting Array

Mar 18, 2020
LIG Nex1 is this year beginning a fourth phase in its effort to develop an advanced fighter radar, aiming at reducing the size of transmission and reception units so it can squeeze more power into the nose of a combat aircraft.