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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, July 3, 2020

VOL. 272 NO. 64 July 03, 2020
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Programs

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Australia To Expand Electronic Attack, ISR Forces In 2030s

Jul 02, 2020
Australia is planning to expand its electronic-attack force for the 2030s following the retirement of its Boeing EA-18G Growlers while also enlarging its fleets of surveillance aircraft, partly through the replacement of Boeing E-7A Wedgetails.
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NATO Studies On E-3 Replacement To Begin Next Year

Jul 02, 2020
NATO has initiated the Alliance Future Surveillance and Control project only eight months after awarding Boeing a $1 billion contract to complete the final modernization program for the E-3 fleet. 
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Australia To Work On Hypersonic Strike

Jul 02, 2020
Australia is allocating $4-6 billion for research and development in high-speed strike and missile defense.
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Blue Origin Delivers First BE-4 Engine To ULA

Jul 01, 2020
The flight readiness engine, produced at Blue Origin’s Kent, Washington, is the first of two BE-4s ULA will attach to a Vulcan rocket for configuration checks and testing.
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MMP Battlefield Missile To Be Adapted For European Program

Jul 01, 2020
MBDA will adapt its MMP man-portable missile system for a European Union (EU) cooperative program to develop a beyond-line-of-sight (BLOS) attack…

Daily Briefs

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Daily Briefs

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

In Brief

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Pentagon Appoints New Acting Comptroller

Jul 02, 2020
The Defense Department has selected Thomas Harker to serve as acting Pentagon comptroller, following Elaine McCusker’s resignation. Pentagon chief…

Funding & Policy

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Fiscal 2021 Defense Policy Bill Clears House Committee

Jul 02, 2020
The bill includes proposals to procure a synthetic aperture radar for the A-10 Warthog and potentially block funding for the Armed Overwatch program.
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Moldova Shuts Down Clandestine Helicopter Production Line

Jul 02, 2020
Moldovan authorities have closed down an illegal helicopter factory that was clandestinely producing rotorcraft with a similar configuration to Kamov’s Ka-26 co-axial helicopter.
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India Approves Purchase Of Russian Fighters

Jul 02, 2020
Indian defense officials have approved the purchase of more than $5 billion in defense equipment, including deals to buy and upgrade Russian fighters.
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Twelve Drones Advance Toward FAA Type Certification

Jul 01, 2020
“We’re taking a very aggressive position right now, in trying to get more and more companies into the standard airworthiness process,” the head of FAA's UAS Integration Office said July 1.

Business

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Wisk’s 'North Star': Urban Air Mobility In The U.S.

Jun 30, 2020
“Our target is very squarely a U.S. city. We call it our North Star,” Wisk CEO Gary Gysin said. "We’re not announcing what that city will be, but we know where we are going to fly.

Operations

Skydweller
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Skydweller Opening Oklahoma City Offices

Jun 30, 2020
U.S.-Spanish startup Skydweller Aero is opening offices in Oklahoma as the company pushes its solar-powered medium-altitude pseudo satellite for potential U.S. government requirements.

Technology

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Lunar Ice Seen Cutting Exploration Costs

Jun 29, 2020
Mining lunar ice could rein in the cost of future human cislunar space activities as well as expeditions to Mars, according to proponents.
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Japan’s SkyDrive Plans Public eVTOL Demo This Summer

Jun 19, 2020
Startup SkyDrive has confirmed plans for a public flight demonstration this summer of Japan’s first manned electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicle.

Aviation Week Forecasts

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Western Maritime Helicopter Deliveries/Retirements 2020-2029

Jul 02, 2020
AVIATION WEEK NETWORK forecasts that over the next ten years, 677 new, Western-designed helicopters performing maritime missions will be built, 114…