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Magazine Issue

Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, September 9, 2020

Weekly DeBrief

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The Weekly Debrief: Civilian Internet-of-Things Comes To Warfare, But Whither GMTI?

Sep 08, 2020
A program renaming is in store for the U.S. Air Force's Advanced Battle Management System to reflect its ever-expanding mission, but some of the fundamental questions have not changed.

Funding & Policy

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U.S. Senators Urge New START Treaty Extension

Sep 08, 2020
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators is urging President Donald Trump to extend the New START arms control treaty with Russia for another five years before the agreement expires in February.
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UK Defense Chief Hints Review May OK Future Combat Air System

Sep 08, 2020
British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace has hinted that the UK’s future combat air system initiative, Tempest, could be one of the winners in the government’s Integrated Review of defense and foreign policy. 
ADS
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Specter Of No-Deal Brexit Worries UK Aerospace Again

Sep 08, 2020
UK aerospace and trade association ADS is again warning of the dangers of a no-deal Brexit after it emerged that the British government plans to renege on elements of the Withdrawal Agreement it previously struck with the EU.

Daily Briefs

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Daily Briefs

Sep 08, 2020
Brief news items of interest to aerospace & defense professionals.

In Brief

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The Week Ahead In Aerospace & Defense

Sep 08, 2020
This week in Washington the U.S. Congress returns to work after its summer recess. Also this week the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems…

Programs

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India Demonstrates Scramjet-powered Vehicle At Mach 6

Sep 07, 2020
During a 20-sec. flight, India's Hypersonic Technology Demonstration Vehicle reached a maximum speed of Mach 6.0, validating critical functions of the scramjet propulsion speed at hypersonic speed.
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China’s Reusable Spacecraft Lands After Two Days In Orbit

Sep 06, 2020
The mission adds China to an exclusive club of countries that have landed an orbital, reusable spacecraft.
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Austria Begins Negotiations with Indonesia Over Eurofighter Sale

Sep 07, 2020
Austria has begun negotiating with Indonesia on the possible sale of Vienna’s unwanted fleet of Eurofighter combat aircraft.
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U.S. Navy MH-60S Helicopters Have Corroded Floorboard Problem

Sep 08, 2020
Over the past year, corroded floorboards on U.S. Navy MH-60S multimission helicopters have interfered with installing auxiliary fuel tanks needed for longer flights.

Business

Gogo
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Gogo Sells Commercial Aviation Unit To Intelsat In Vertical IFC Deal

Sep 01, 2020
Embattled aircraft connectivity provider Gogo will sell its commercial aviation unit to bankrupt satellite services provider Intelsat for $400 million in a deal that might help the latter return to a viable business while the former tries to avoid liquidation.

Operations

Axel
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Norway Begins Testing Drone Traffic Management System

Sep 04, 2020
Avinor Air Navigation Services is testing a drone traffic management system at the first two of 18 planned airport towers across Norway.

Technology

Lilium
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Lilium Teams With German Airports On Regional Mobility Study

Sep 08, 2020
German electric aircraft start-up Lilium has partnered up with Dusseldorf and Cologne/Bonn airports to study air mobility networks in the region.

Contracts