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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, July 23, 2020

VOL. 273 NO. 13 July 23, 2020
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Programs

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F-15EX Engine Competition Limited By 18-Month Wait For P&W Engines

Jul 22, 2020
Pratt & Whitney is campaigning for an F-15EX engine competition, but an 18-month integration process for the F100-PW-129 revealed in a new U.S. Air Force acquisition document kept the company out of consideration for Lot 1 production.
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Aerojet Winner Of OpFires Upper Stage Propulsion System

Jul 22, 2020
DARPA indirectly confirmed the supplier of the critical OpFires upper stage in a July 17 contract award to Lockheed Martin for $7.45 million. 
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Pentagon Seeks F-35 Restitution From Lockheed Martin

Jul 22, 2020
For five years, Lockheed Martin delivered F-35 spare parts that were not ready for installation and the U.S. Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) is seeking compensation.
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USAF Opens Bidding Process For Reforge Trainer Lease

Jul 22, 2020
Air Combat Command (ACC) released an “invitation to propose” to companies for the Reforge Proof of Concept program last week, with bids expected based on the T-50 and M-346 advanced jet trainers.
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Bidding For Hypersonic Defense Interceptor Delayed To October

Jul 22, 2020
A request for proposals for the Regional Glide Phase Weapon System contract has been delayed since April as the Missile Defense Agency continues to review performance requirements, including data from recent hypersonic testing.
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Raytheon To Build Mini-Missile Interceptor For Aircraft Self-Defense

Jul 21, 2020
The Air Force Research Laboratory on July 21 awarded a $93.4 million task order to Raytheon to kick-off Phase 2 of the Miniature Self-Defense Munition demonstration program.
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PACOM Commander Seeks Aegis Ashore To Defend Guam

Jul 21, 2020
Guam's current Thaad system will not provide the kind of 360-degree defensive coverage that Guam will need, making the purchase of the land-based system a top priority, PACOM's chief says.
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LeoLabs To Extend Space Debris Tracking With Costa Rican Radar Site

Jul 22, 2020
Space situational awareness provider LeoLabs is to locate its fourth space radar in Costa Rica.
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MBDA Delivers Instrumented Meteor Missiles To Support F-35 Integration

Jul 17, 2020
Missile manufacturer MBDA has delivered a trio of Environmental Data Gathering (EDG) rounds to the UK defense ministry to support the integration of the Meteor beyond visual range air-to-air missile on the Lockheed Martin F-35B.
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Trilateral Framework Moves Tempest Forward

Jul 22, 2020
Industry and government discussions for the development of a UK-led future combat air system, Tempest, have moved to the trilateral level, industry leaders have announced.

Daily Briefs

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Daily Briefs

Jul 22, 2020
Brief news items of interest to aerospace & defense professionals.

In Brief

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Northrop Delivers GEM 63 Boosters For Atlas V Launch

Jul 22, 2020
News in brief

Operations

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Global 6000s Will Perform Germany’s Pegasus Sigint Mission

Jul 21, 2020
Germany is to purchase three Bombardier Global 6000 business jets to carry out its signals intelligence (SIGINT) mission.

Technology

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Qinetiq Demos UK-Developed Manned-Unmanned Teaming Capability

Jul 22, 2020
British defense firm Qinetiq says it has carried out the UK’s first manned/unmanned teaming demonstration, operating a semi-autonomous multicopter unmanned aircraft system from an Airbus H125 light helicopter.

Program Dossier

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Program Dossier: Xian H-6

Jul 22, 2020
Program Dossier: Xian H-6