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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, June 5, 2020

VOL. 272 NO. 44 June 05, 2020
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Programs

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USAF Lays Out Plans To Replace MQ-9 Fleet In 2030

Jun 04, 2020
The U.S. Air Force is inviting industry to submit ideas to start replacing the MQ-9 unmanned aircraft system by 2030 with a next-generation, medium-altitude strike and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance UAS.
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Spain Plans December Hercules Phase Out in Favor of A400M

Jun 04, 2020
The Spanish Air Force has been steadily building up its capabilities with the A400M and is performing strategic, tactical and aerial refueling missions with the platform.
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First Block III Super Hornet Completes First Flight

Jun 04, 2020
The unpainted aircraft, F287, took off on June 3 from the Boeing assembly line in St. Louis, Missouri.
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AIDC AT-5 Trainer Makes First Taxi Test 

Jun 03, 2020
Taxi testing has begun for the first prototype of Taiwan’s new advanced trainer, the Aerospace Industrial Development Corp. (AIDC) AT-5, ahead of a first flight planned for the second half of June.
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Second Turkish Indigenous Attack Helo Concept Emerges

Jun 04, 2020
“We can call it 'ATAK one and a half,'" Turkish Aerospace CEO Temel Kotil says.

Daily Briefs

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Daily Briefs

Jun 04, 2020
Brief news items of interest to aerospace & defense professionals.

In Brief

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AeroVironment Promotes Ken Karklin To COO

Jun 04, 2020
AeroVironment, Inc. has promoted Senior Vice President Ken Karklin to the role of chief operating officer, effective immediately. Karklin previously…

Funding & Policy

satellite constellation
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SDA To Seek Satellite Bus, Integration Bids Soon

Jun 04, 2020
The Space Development Agency is moving forward with plans to put on contract the initial phases of its ambitious next-generation U.S. Defense Space…

Operations

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Italian F-35 Air Policing Personnel Face Four-Week Quarantine

Jun 04, 2020
With the mission due to be complete in mid-July, the quarantine period effectively will double the period the Italian personnel are away.
Recovery
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Canada Concludes Recovery Operation for Crashed CH-148 Cyclone

Jun 04, 2020
Canada has concluded an undersea search for the wreckage of a Sikorsky CH-148 Cyclone naval helicopter that crashed into the Mediterranean Sea on April 29, killing all six personnel onboard.

Business

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Airbus Tests E-Delivery Process For Helicopters

Jun 03, 2020
Airbus Helicopters has delivered its first helicopters using an electronic-delivery process negating the need for the customer to travel to collect the aircraft in light of the travel restrictions caused by the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Technology

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Pipistrel Advances Hybrid Propulsion As Focus Shifts From Air Taxi

Jun 02, 2020
The light aircraft manufacturer has prioritized development of large cargo UAVs because of increasing indications that the entry into service of electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing air taxis could slip to 2028.

Aviation Week Forecasts

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Aviation Week Forecasts: Top Western Scout Helicopter In-Service Fleets, 2019-2029

Jun 04, 2020
AVIATION WEEK NETWORK estimates that at the end of 2019 there were 1,888 Western-designed helicopters performing scout missions in military service…