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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, March 23, 2020

VOL. 271 NO. 55 March 23, 2020
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Programs

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Flight Test Moves First U.S. Hypersonic Weapons Out Of Research Phase

Mar 20, 2020
The March 19 test means the technology can transition into weapon systems development for the Army and Navy, the Pentagon says.
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AFRL Completes Gray Wolf Missile Engine Testing

Mar 20, 2020
A new, low-cost turbojet designed to power future generations of swarming cruise missiles has completed flight testing, the Air Force Research Laboratory announced on March 19.
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Lawmakers Urge MQ-4Cs Buy To Avoid Production Pause

Mar 20, 2020
Two lawmakers are making a bipartisan plea to House Appropriations defense subcommittee leadership for the purchase of two MQ-4C Tritons in fiscal 2021.
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NASA Suspends Work On SLS, Orion

Mar 20, 2020
CAPE CANAVERAL - NASA is temporarily halting work on the Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion spacecraft as it closes the Michoud Assembly Facility in…
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Startup Developing Lifting-body UAV For Precision Cargo Delivery

Mar 19, 2020
U.S. startup ThereCraft is developing an unmanned aircraft that can deliver urgent cargo to remote locations with the accuracy of a helicopter but without the need to land or use parachutes. 
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Hermeus Tests Scaled Engine To Mach 5

Mar 18, 2020
Atlanta-based hypersonic aircraft developer Hermeus has completed scaled static and high-speed laboratory tests of a turbine-based combined cycle (TBCC) engine prototype up to Mach 5 and is working on near-term plans to test transition between engine modes.

Daily Briefs

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Daily Briefs

Mar 21, 2020
Brief news items of interest to aerospace & defense professionals.

In Brief

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McCarthy: More Defense Production Act News ‘Soon’

Mar 21, 2020
The Pentagon is in talks on invoking the Defense Production Act to support the government’s response to COVID-19 and determining what that entails…

Funding & Policy

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Defense Contracting Designated Essential, But Uncertainty Remains

Mar 20, 2020
With the defense industrial base formally declared "critical infrastructure," the Defense Department is emphasizing the supply chain's "special responsibility" to maintain schedules.

Business

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Farnborough, RIAT Canceled Due To COVID-19

Mar 20, 2020
Organizers of July’s Farnborough International Airshow and the Royal International Air Tattoo have decided to cancel the events in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Northrop Debt Surge Latest Of Primes Seeking Liquidity

Mar 20, 2020
U.S. defense primes are increasingly securing billion-dollar sums of new debt financing as companies large and small manage a liquidity crisis stemming from the COVID-19 virus and the collapse of air travel.
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Nikki Haley Resigns From Boeing Board Over Bailout

Mar 19, 2020
Former Trump administration UN Ambassador Nikki Haley has resigned from aerospace and defense giant Boeing’s board of directors in opposition to the company’s $60 billion bailout bid, the company said March 19.
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Berlin ILA Show Canceled Over COVID-19 Concerns

Mar 18, 2020
Berlin’s ILA Air Show has become the latest international event to fall victim to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Letter From The Editor

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Letter From The Editor

Mar 21, 2020
To Our Readers, We are all living through difficult and exceptional times in our industry as the novel coronavirus and the COVID-19 illness it can…

Operations

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UK Declared F-35 Operational Despite Issues, Auditors Say

Mar 19, 2020
The UK declared the F-35 operational even though the fleet was suffering from availability, infrastructure, logistics and security issues, auditors have revealed.
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USAF Member Tests Positive For COVID-19

Mar 20, 2020
A U.S. Air Force active duty member who works for the Defense Health Agency has tested positive for COVID-19.