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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, June 11, 2020

VOL. 272 NO. 48 June 11, 2020
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Funding & Policy

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U.S. Army’s Top Acquisition Priorities Safe Despite Pandemic, General Says

Jun 10, 2020
A month after warning of potentially dire budget cuts, the head of the U.S. Army’s Futures Command has softened his forecast about the fiscal impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic on top acquisition programs. 
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‘Slash the Trash’: A Formula For Curbing Orbital Debris

Jun 08, 2020
As the commercial space market grows, how can industry incentivize efforts to clean up orbital debris?
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2024 Moon Landing Forcing NASA To Reform Human Spaceflight

Jun 09, 2020
The director of the White House National Space Council believes NASA’s push to return astronauts to the lunar surface by 2024 is helping the agency significantly streamline its decision-making, though there’s more to do.

Daily Briefs

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Daily Briefs

Jun 10, 2020
Brief news items of interest to aerospace & defense professionals.

In Brief

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Airbus Appoints Anand Stanley To Head Asia-Pacific Office

Jun 10, 2020
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Programs

Surion
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South Korea To Decide On Launching Attack Surion For Marines

Jun 10, 2020
South Korea is moving toward a decision on whether to develop a version of the Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) Surion utility helicopter for the marine corps’ attack mission.
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USAF Completes System-Level Design Review For T-7A

Jun 10, 2020
The U.S. Air Force has closed a system-level critical design review for the Boeing T-7A trainer and ground-based training system, the service announced on June 9. 
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Kitty Hawk Kills Flyer eVTOL, Focuses Instead On Heaviside

Jun 03, 2020
After building 111 aircraft and conducting more than 25,000 flights, unmanned and manned, startup Kitty Hawk is winding down the Flyer project to develop a single-seat recreational electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) aircraft.
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USAF: Boeing To Begin KC-46 RVS 1.5 Flight Tests In Two Weeks

Jun 10, 2020
Boeing will begin flying the KC-46A Pegasus aircraft in approximately two weeks outfitted with Remote Vision System (RVS) 1.5, a revised version of the refueling tanker’s camera system that includes numerous software changes and a few hardware updates.
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Raytheon Delivers First JPALS Low-Rate Initial Production Unit

Jun 10, 2020
Raytheon delivered the first production unit of the Joint Precision Approach and Landing System to the USS Carl Vinson roughly one month ahead of schedule.
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Bye Nears Critical Design Review On All-electric eFlyer

Jun 03, 2020
Bye Aerospace is approaching the critical design review for its eFlyer 2 two-seat electric training aircraft and has revealed plans to develop an all-electric six- to nine-seater in addition to the already announced four-seat eFlyer 4.    

Business

Cloncurry
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Qinetiq Building UAS Flight Test Range in Australia

Jun 05, 2020
Qinetiq’s Australian business has been contracted to design and build an unmanned aerial systems flight test range for the Queensland Government.
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Carbon Fiber Prepreg Provider Toray Cutting U.S. Capacity

Jun 05, 2020
Toray Composite Materials America announced June 5 it was immediately suspending operations at its Spartanburg, South Carolina plant and …