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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, April 10, 2020

VOL. 272 NO. 5 April 10, 2020
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Programs

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USAF Bomber Chief Prefers Clean Sheet Design For Arsenal Plane

Apr 09, 2020
Gen. Timothy Ray, the head of Global Strike command, favors a concept not based on a modification to an existing aircraft.
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Boeing Australia Loyal Wingman UAV Powers Up

Apr 09, 2020
Boeing’s Airpower Teaming System unmanned aircraft is on its landing gear and powered up as the loyal wingman demonstrator progresses toward a first flight planned in Australia later this year.
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NASA Contracts With Masten For Lunar Surface Mission

Apr 09, 2020
NASA has selected Masten Space Systems, of Mojave, California, to launch, land and oversee operations of eight science payloads at the lunar south pole for at least 12 days in 2022 under its Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative.
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ESA’s Mercury Probe In Gravity-Assist Earth Flyby

Apr 09, 2020
France–The European Space Agency (ESA)’s BepiColombo, the probe it launched in 2018 to study the planet Mercury, is performing a flyby of Earth this week as a gravity-assist maneuver in its seven-year-long journey.
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Electric Light Aircraft Progressing Toward First Type Certifications

Mar 30, 2020
Slovenia’s Pipistrel Aircraft is close to receiving European type certification for its Velis Electro electric-powered light aircraft. 

Daily Briefs

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Daily Briefs

Apr 09, 2020
Brief news items of interest to aerospace & defense professionals.

In Brief

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Arlington Capital Partners Bolts Together Defense Service Provider

Apr 09, 2020
Arlington Capital Partners is bolting on more assets to its AEgis Technologies brand for U.S. national security customers, acquiring boutique…

Business

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Textron Aviation Extends Furloughs Due To COVID-19

Apr 09, 2020
Textron Aviation is extending furloughs for most employees in response to the impact of the novel coronavirus pandemic, the company said April 9.

Funding & Policy

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COVID-19 Affects U.S. Army Aviation Upgrades

Apr 09, 2020
The U.S. Army is aggressively upgrading its legacy AH-64 Apache, CH-47 Chinook and HH-60 Black Hawk fleets, but is encountering some delays in these efforts related to the spread of the novel coronavirus.

Operations

Rafale
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Rafale Ride Leads To Inadvertent Ejection By Overstressed Passenger

Apr 09, 2020
A ride in a French Air Force Rafale B didn’t go as planned when an overstressed, back-seat passenger inadvertently ejected from the two-seat fighter, and the aircraft was saved only because of a previously undetected flaw that prevented the pilot’s ejection, a new French military report said.
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French Carrier Returning To Port After COVID-19 Outbreak

Apr 08, 2020
France is returning its aircraft carrier to port two weeks earlier than planned after 40 sailors on board were diagnosed with the novel coronavirus.
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NTSB Reports Reveal Challenges In Developing Safe eVTOLs

Apr 03, 2020
A series of accidents has underlined that development of safe, robust electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) vehicles will be no easy task.
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U.S., Russian Trio Launches, Docks To Space Station

Apr 09, 2020
A NASA astronaut and two cosmonauts successfully docked to the International Space Station April 9, just more than 6 hr. after launching from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, with all three men prepared, if necessary, to continue minimal staffing of the orbiting science lab through October.

Technology

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Iris Automation Releases Drone Collision Avoidance System

Apr 09, 2020
Iris Automation on April 6 announced the commercial release of its Casio 360 collision avoidance system for drones, which it described as the first such onboard system with a 360-deg. radial field of view.

Aviation Week Forecasts

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Western C4ISR Aircraft Deliveries/Retirements 2020-2029

Apr 09, 2020
AVIATION WEEK NETWORK forecasts that over the next ten years, 286 Western-designed aircraft preforming C4ISR (command, control, communications,…