Subscription Required

 

Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, March 24, 2020 is published in Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, an Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) Market Briefing and is included with your AWIN membership.

Already a member of AWIN or subscribe to Aerospace Daily & Defense Report through your company? Login with your existing email and password.

Not a member?  Learn how you can access the market intelligence and data you need to stay abreast of what's happening in the aerospace and defense community.

LoginLearn How
Magazine Issue

Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, March 24, 2020

VOL. 271 NO. 56 March 24, 2020
Download PDF

Business

flag
article

French Unions Have Mixed Feelings About Airbus Resuming Production

Mar 23, 2020
French unions have reacted negatively—or, at best, cautiously—to Airbus’ Mar. 23 announcement it is partially resuming production in the country, amidst an unprecedented crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
article

Boeing Suspends Dividends to Counter COVID-19 Pandemic Impact

Mar 21, 2020
LOS ANGELES -- As part of efforts to sustain operations and increase its chances of receiving a state bailout to offset the devastating impact of the…
CAE
article

CAE Lays Off Workers, Closes Training Centers

Mar 23, 2020
Major aviation training and simulator provider CAE said it is temporarily laying off at least 465 staff starting March 27 and cutting staff manager salaries in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis.
Gulfstream G700
article

General Dynamics Warns Stakeholders About Coronavirus

Mar 23, 2020
General Dynamics has become the latest aerospace and defense giant to warn investors that the COVID-19 crisis is a risk to the company.
article

Italian Aerospace Workers Strike Over COVID-19 Concerns

Mar 23, 2020
Workers at Italian aerospace companies Avio Aero, Leonardo and MBDA have gone on strike over concerns about continuing to work despite the COVID-19 outbreak.
GE9X
article

GE Aviation Cuts Workers, Prepares For Market Falloff

Mar 23, 2020
GE Aviation, the leading division within General Electric, is cutting 10% of its U.S. workforce as it anticipates a steep falloff in maintenance, repair and overhaul work for three months, and it will continue to let go outsourced workers in the wake of the novel coronavirus, the company’s head executive said March 23.

Daily Briefs

Daily Briefs promo image
article

Daily Briefs

Mar 24, 2020
Brief news items of interest to aerospace & defense professionals.

In Brief

In Brief promo image
article

The Week Ahead In Aerospace & Defense

Mar 24, 2020
News in brief

Advertisement

USC Ad Promo Image
article

Advertisement: University of Southern California (USC)

Mar 24, 2020
Top Ranked Online Graduate Engineering Programs U.S. News & World Report, 2020 USC Viterbi School of Engineering Academic Disciplines include: *…

Programs

article

First USMC F-35C Squadron Wins ‘Safe For Flight’ Certification

Mar 23, 2020
The first U.S. Marine Corps F-35C Joint Strike Fighter squadron has received its “safe for flight” operations certification.
article

NASA Exploration Ground Systems Making Progress, Audit Shows

Mar 19, 2020
NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) program, which provides ground processing and launch facilities for the integrated Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion spacecraft, is in better shape now than when the program was last audited in 2016, but the agency needs to improve cross-program integration and testing, the NASA Office of Inspector General (OIG) said March 19. 
article

ADD, Hanwha Close To Testing KF-X Radar Prototype

Mar 23, 2020
Radar development for the Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) KF-X is moving toward production of a prototype, following evaluation of a technology demonstrator in Israel and South Korea.

Funding & Policy

article

Pentagon Boosts Up-Front Payments to Defense Companies

Mar 21, 2020
The Pentagon will pay up to 90% of billed work immediately for large contractors and 95% for small businesses.
faury
article

Airbus Secures Large Loan, Deals With Multiple Deferral Requests

Mar 23, 2020
Airbus is faced with an avalanche of requests for delivery deferrals and is preparing for substantial production cuts as many of its customers struggle with the impact of COVID-19 coronavirus on air transport. 

Operations

article

Soyuz Lifts Off to Add 34 Satellites to OneWeb Network

Mar 21, 2020
A Russian Soyuz rocket lifted off from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on March 21 to deliver another 34 satellites into orbit for OneWeb, which is…
article

Helos Evacuating COVID-19 Patients From Oil Platforms

Mar 20, 2020
Oil-and-gas helicopter operator Bristow Group has converted three of its helicopters to perform evacuation missions for oil workers with suspected cases of novel coronavirus.
article

KSC Logs First COVID-19 Case, But Dodges Closure

Mar 23, 2020
NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida remained open on March 23 to personnel working on Mars 2020, Commercial Crew and Cargo and other mission-critical programs despite its first confirmed case of the coronavirus COVID-19.

Technology

article

Structural Batteries Seen Reducing Electric Aircraft Weight

Mar 13, 2020
Embraer, Stanford University and the U.S. Energy Department are exploring multifunction structures that can store energy and carry loads.
article

Fit Checks Begin For Russian Hybrid-Electric Propulsion Demo

Mar 23, 2020
An electrical turbogenerator has been test fitted on a Yakovlev Yak-40 flying testbed at a Siberian research institute as part of a Russian project to demonstrate hybrid-electric propulsion for short- and medium-haul airliners.

Contracts

Contracts_Promo_image
article

Selected U.S. Military Contracts For The Week Of March 16 - March 20, 2020

Mar 24, 2020
Selected U.S. military contracts from the past week.