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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, July 29, 2020

VOL. 273 NO. 17 July 29, 2020

Funding & Policy

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Senate GOP Seeks Billions For Defense Spending In COVID-19 Relief Bill

Jul 28, 2020
A proposal by Senate Republicans seeks to add billions for defense spending to the COVID-19 relief package, including new money for F-35, P-8 and C-130J procurement.

Daily Briefs

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Daily Briefs

Jul 28, 2020
Brief news items of interest to aerospace & defense professionals.

In Brief

Raytheon Technologies
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Raytheon Sees Commercial Recovery Taking At Least Three Years

Jul 28, 2020
Commercial aviation’s pandemic-driven downturn appears to have hit its low point during the 2020 second quarter (Q2), but signs point to a slow and unsteady recovery that will last until at least 2024, Raytheon Technologies Corp. (RTX) executives said. 

Programs

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Draken, Tacair Win USAF Red Air Support Awards, Joining ATAC

Jul 28, 2020
Three companies are expected to stand-up adversary air support operations at five bases by late summer under the first round of awards for the U.S. Air Force's $6.4 billion program for private "red air" services.
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Logos To Fly Wide-Area Imaging Sensor On Navy’s RQ-21 UAS

Jul 28, 2020
Logos Technologies is to conduct proof-of-concept flight tests of a wide-area motion imagery sensor on the Insitu RQ-21A Blackjack small tactical unmanned aircraft system operated by the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps.
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Future European Fighter Program Merger Unlikely, Dassault CEO Says

Jul 28, 2020
Dassault Aviation CEO Eric Trappier says he does not believe there will ever be a merger of Europe’s two future combat air systems, despite calls from partners at Airbus for such a combination.
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Virgin Galactic Unveils SpaceShipTwo Cabin

Jul 28, 2020
The sleek, mimimalistic design is intended to blend safety for six passengers with maximizing the novel view of Earth from the edge of space.
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Tempest Should be a UCAV, Think Tank Suggests

Jul 28, 2020
Britain’s combat aircraft ambitions for the 2030s and 2040s are not compatible with the nation’s finances unless the UK considers developing the Tempest future combat air system as an unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV), a think tank has suggested.
F-X
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F-X Likely To Be Developed By MHI With U.S. Help, Reports Say

Jul 28, 2020
Japan will likely engage Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to undertake the F-X fighter program as prime contractor, with help from a U.S. company, local media reports suggest.
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Virgin Orbit Tracks Launch Failure To Broken LOX Line

Jul 28, 2020
The failure of a high-pressure liquid-oxygen feed line triggered a premature engine shutdown during the debut flight of Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne rocket, the company said on July 27. 
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Dufour Completes Initial Demo Flights For Tilt-wing EVTOL

Jul 28, 2020
Switzerland’s Dufour Aerospace has completed 550 flights of a large-scale technology demonstrator in an initial phase of testing for its tilt-wing electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing air taxi.

Operations

MMF1
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Luxembourg To Increase MMU Flight Hours

Jul 28, 2020
Luxembourg looks set to expand its role in the European Multinational Multi-Role Tanker Transport Unit (MMU) by enabling the purchase of a ninth Airbus A330 Multi-Role Tanker-Transport (MRTT).
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Demo-2 Ready For Splashdown; Future Commercial Crew Named

Jul 28, 2020
NASA Demo-2 astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley took a look back and a look ahead during July 28 interviews aboard the International Space Station (ISS), just days before their two-month Commercial Crew Program/SpaceX test flight is scheduled to end.