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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, May 4, 2020

VOL. 272 NO. 21 May 04, 2020
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Programs

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Virgin Galactic Makes First N.M. SpaceShipTwo Glide Flight

May 01, 2020
Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo VSS Unity conducted the first unpowered gliding test flight from Spaceport America on May 1, marking another key step toward the planned start of commercial suborbital services from the New Mexico site.
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NASA Buys More SLS Engines From Aerojet

May 01, 2020
NASA has awarded Aerojet Rocketdyne a $1.8 billion contract to manufacture 18 additional RS-25 engines to support Space Launch System flights to the Moon. 
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SpaceX Completes Crew Dragon Parachute Testing

May 01, 2020
SpaceX completed the 27th and final test of its Mk 3 parachutes on May 1, one of the final milestones before NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Doug Hurley are cleared for a flight test aboard a Crew Dragon capsule. 
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NASA Cost, Schedule Challenges Mount With Moon Initiative

Apr 30, 2020
Already cost and schedule challenged across a broad range of space initiatives, NASA faces more stress on both fronts as it surges to achieve an accelerated return to the Moon’s surface with humans in 2024, the U.S. Government Accountability Office says.
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U.S. Approves Attack Helicopter Deals For Philippines

May 01, 2020
The proposed Foreign Military Sales revealed by the U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency reveal two radically different packages for the Bell AH-1Z or Boeing AH-64E Apache.

Daily Briefs

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Daily Briefs

May 02, 2020
Brief news items of interest to aerospace & defense professionals.

In Brief

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Lockheed Wins Patriot

May 02, 2020
Lockheed Martin has won a $6.07 billion U.S. Army contract to produce Patriot Advanced Capability-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) interceptors…

Funding & Policy

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SASC Will Hold Tri-Nomination Hearing

May 01, 2020
The Senate Armed Services Committee will hold an in-person nomination hearing May 7 for the U.S. Air Force chief of staff, Navy secretary and deputy under secretary of defense for policy, despite the novel coronavirus.
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How The Pentagon Is Reaching Small Suppliers

Apr 30, 2020
The Pentagon is employing new ways to track and funnel dollars to small- and medium-sized aviation suppliers hit hard by a drop-off in their commercial business since the novel coronavirus took hold.

Business

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Pentagon Plays Role In Advancing Joby’s eVTOL Air Taxi

May 01, 2020
An early leader in the electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing market, Joby Aviation has been secretive about its progress. But new details emerged during the virtual kickoff event of the U.S. Air Force’s Agility Prime program on April 27-May 1.
Aerion AS2
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Aerion Adds Safran As Supersonic Bizjet Partner

Dec 22, 2019
LOS ANGELES - Safran has joined supersonic jet developer Aerion as a “major partner” for its 12-seater AS2 Mach 1.4 corporate transport currently in…

Fleet Snapshot

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Fleet Snapshot: Global MiG-29 Fleets

May 01, 2020
Global MiG-29 Fulcrum fleets by operator, from Aviation Week's Fleet Discovery Database. To learn about our fleet data products and services, go to: pgs.aviationweek.com/FleetDataServices

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Upcoming Events

May 02, 2020
Calendar of upcoming events of interest.