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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, June 12, 2020

VOL. 272 NO. 49 June 12, 2020
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Funding & Policy

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Senate Panel Proposes Major F-35 Plus-Up

Jun 11, 2020
The Senate Armed Services Committee’s version of the fiscal 2021 defense policy bill, if passed, would be a big win for the F-35, MQ-9, X-58 and the U.S. Army’s UH-60 replacement.
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Senate Panel Blocks DOD's Request For U.S. Space National Guard

Jun 11, 2020
The Senate Armed Services Committee blocked the Pentagon’s request for a U.S. Space National Guard and did not address space acquisition in its mark of the fiscal 2021 defense policy bill because the Defense Department did not submit information requested in time for debate, according to a committee aide.
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Lord: Defense Contractors Need Billions In COVID-19 Relief

Jun 10, 2020
The Pentagon is likely to seek double-digit billions of dollars to reimburse defense contractors that were authorized to seek the money by the CARES Act to preserve their workforce during the COVID-19 crisis, the Pentagon’s top procurement officer told lawmakers June 10.

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Daily Briefs

Jun 11, 2020
Brief news items of interest to aerospace & defense professionals.

In Brief

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Former UK Air Chief Endorsed To Chair Aviation Authority

Jun 11, 2020
Former Royal Air Force Chief of Staff Sir Stephen Hillier has been endorsed by lawmakers to become chairman of the UK Civil Aviation Authority…

Programs

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Perseverance Mars Rover Faces Short Launch Delay

Jun 10, 2020
NASA’s Perseverance Mars 2020 rover will experience a three-day delay to its planned mid-July launch due to an issue with ground equipment at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) launch site.
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Wisk Resumes Flight Testing Of Cora eVTOL

Jun 10, 2020
Wisk, the urban air mobility joint venture between Kitty Hawk and Boeing, has resumed flight testing of its Cora all-electric autonomous air taxi in the U.S. and New Zealand.
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Astrobotic To Deliver NASA’s Water-Seeking Lunar Rover

Jun 11, 2020
NASA has awarded Astrobotic a $199.5 million contract to deliver the Volatiles Investigation Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) to the Moon’s south pole in 2023, where it will search for water ice deposits that could be useful to future astronauts.
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JWST Launch Slips Again; COVID Response Cited

Jun 10, 2020
Expectations for a March 2021 launch of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) are fading, agency officials told a June 10 virtual meeting of the National Academies of Sciences’ Space Studies Board (SSB).
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IAI Special Mission Contract Could Be For Italy

Jun 08, 2020
Israel Aerospace Industries says it has signed a $350 million special mission aircraft contract with a “major European country.”
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GA-ASI Confirms Plans To Enter MQ Next Competition

Jun 10, 2020
The manufacturer of the MQ-9 medium-altitude unmanned aircraft system plans to enter the U.S. Air Force’s competition to select its replacement, dubbed MQ Next.
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Russia To Buy 20 Su-34 Fighter Bombers

Jun 11, 2020
Last week’s Russian Defense Ministry contract with Sukhoi for 20 Su-34 Fullback fighter-bombers is an interim step until development of a modernized variant is completed, an industry source tells Aerospace DAILY.
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X-57 Electric Propulsion Demonstrator Making Progress

Jun 11, 2020
Empirical Systems Aerospace (ESAero) is conducting fit checks with an advanced wing for NASA’s X-57 electric propulsion demonstrator as the X-plane progresses toward a first flight at Armstrong Flight Research Center at Edwards AFB in California.

Business

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Aero Vodochody Under New Ownership

Jun 11, 2020
Czech aerospace firm Aero Vodochody has new owners following its sale by private equity firm Penta Group.

Operations

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UK Front-Line F-35 Squadron Embarks On British Carrier

Jun 10, 2020
Britain’s first front-line F-35 squadron has embarked on the HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier for the first in a series of workups to prepare for the first deployment of the ship to the Far East in 2021.

Aviation Week Forecasts

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Aviation Week Forecasts: Western Scout Helicopter Deliveries/Retirements 2020-2029

Jun 11, 2020
AVIATION WEEK NETWORK forecasts that over the next ten years, 282 new Western-designed military scout helicopters will be built, 25 will be…