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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, May 27, 2020

VOL. 272 NO. 37 May 27, 2020
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Weekly Debrief

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Weekly Debrief: Has DARPA Paid Only $161 Million For Two Hypersonic Missiles? Not So Fast …

May 26, 2020
Anniversaries are for taking stock, so the 10th anniversary of the Boeing X-51A’s first flight on May 26 is a good time to inspect the finances of the experimental scramjet-powered vehicle’s successor. 

Programs

Demo-2 astronauts
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Starship Flight On Hold Pending Demo-2

May 25, 2020
Work on SpaceX’s prototype Starship spacecraft has eased up while the company focuses on launching its first people into orbit, says CEO Elon Musk. 
SpaceX Starship
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SpaceX Aims For Starship Crew Flights by 2023

May 25, 2020
SpaceX is looking to shave development time for Starship crewed flights to less than half of the six years it has taken to get the Falcon 9-Dragon system ready to fly people for the first time.
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AFRL Taps Leidos To Adapt Sea Hunter Autonomy For Skyborg

May 21, 2020
Leidos will design and demonstrate the autonomy platform that will be integrated into and control the U.S. Air Force’s future family of Skyborg unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has announced. 
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Upgraded Pillan Trainer Proposals Gain Traction

May 12, 2020
Chilean state-owned manufacturer Enaer wants to supply up to 40 Pillan IIs to the Chilean Air Force.

Daily Briefs

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Daily Briefs

May 26, 2020
Brief news items of interest to aerospace & defense professionals.

Operations

Virgin Orbit LauncherOne first flight
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Virgin Orbit Investigating LauncherOne Demo Failure

May 25, 2020
Space company Virgin Orbit is reviewing telemetry data from the first LauncherOne launch vehicle orbital test flight attempt, which was terminated after an anomaly occurred shortly after launch May 25.
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Russia’s Next Move In Libya Could Be Long-Range SAMs, Africom Warns

May 26, 2020
The U.S. Air Force’s top general in Africa Command warned on May 26 that Russia’s next move in Libya could be to deploy permanent, long-range air defense systems. 
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UK Starts Firing Trials Of Martlet Missile

May 26, 2020
The UK has begun firing trials of Thales Lightweight Multirole Missile (LMM) from the Leonardo AW159 Wildcat naval helicopter.
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Japanese Cargo Mission Reaches ISS

May 26, 2020
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA) ninth resupply mission completed a 4-ton cargo delivery to the International Space Station (ISS) early May 25.

Business

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Piaggio To Maintain Italian Armed Forces P.180s

May 26, 2020
Piaggio Aerospace has been given a €125 million ($137.2 million) maintenance contract by the Italian defense ministry to look after the country’s fleet of P.180 turboprop utility aircraft.

Technology

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Upgraded Pillan Trainer Proposals Gain Traction

May 12, 2020
Chilean state-owned manufacturer Enaer wants to supply up to 40 Pillan IIs to the Chilean Air Force.

Contracts

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Selected U.S. Military Contracts For The Week Of May 18 - 22, 2020

May 26, 2020
Selected U.S. military contracts for May 18 U.S. AIR FORCE Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Redondo Beach, California, has been awarded a not-to…