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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, September 25, 2020

VOL. 273 NO. 58 September 25, 2020
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Programs

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Boeing Announces Team For NGI Contract Bid

Sep 24, 2020
The Boeing-led team will compete for the Next Generation Interceptor engineering and manufacturing development contract against Lockheed Martin and a Northrop Grumman/Raytheon team. 
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UK Broadening Options For Sovereign GNSS

Sep 24, 2020
Britain is broadening its options to create an organic space-based global navigation satellite system.  
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Saab Completes First Gripen E Flight In Brazil

Sep 24, 2020
Saab announced the first flight of a Gripen E test aircraft in Brazil on Sept. 24 and detailed elements of a months-long flight test program now…
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Ship-based, Large UAS Remains In USMC's Long-Term Plans

Sep 24, 2020
“We're not giving up on a shipboard [unmanned air vehicle] by any stretch of the imagination,” U.S. Marine Corps Commandant Gen. David Berger said on September 24. The Marines restructured a shipboard UAS program in March.
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Turkish Aerospace Begins Weapon Trials Of Aksungur UAS

Sep 17, 2020
Turkish Aerospace has begun weapon trials of its new twin-engine Aksungur medium-altitude, long-endurance unmanned air system. 
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Rolls-Royce Completes Ground Testing For ACCEL Electric Aircraft 

Sep 24, 2020
Rolls-Royce has developed ACCEL to beat the current electric aircraft speed record of 210 mph.
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ESA Launches Polar Ice, Snow Gauging Mission

Sep 24, 2020
The European Space Agency this week awarded a €300 million ($350 million) contract to Airbus for the development of the Copernicus polar ice and snow topography mission.

Daily Briefs

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Daily Briefs

Sep 24, 2020
Brief news items of interest to aerospace & defense professionals.

In Brief

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U.S. Air Force Completes $1.3 Billion Upgrade For B-1B

Sep 24, 2020
All 62 Rockwell International B-1B bombers are now upgraded with a $1.3 billion avionics upgrade called the Integrated Battle Station (IBS), the U.S…

Operations

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Walmart Launches Third Drone Delivery Trial

Sep 22, 2020
Flight services provider DroneUp on Sept. 22 announced a pilot program with Walmart and Quest Diagnostics to deliver COVID-19 test sample collection kits by drone in North Las Vegas, Nevada.

Funding & Policy

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Finland, Norway, Sweden Strengthen Defense Cooperation

Sep 24, 2020
Finland, Norway and Sweden have agreed to further strengthen their defense cooperation with the aim of being able to conduct coordinated military operations during a conflict. 

Business

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Military Training, C4ISR Provider Cubic Fights Takeover

Sep 21, 2020
Cubic, a military training and command, control, computers, communications, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR) services provider, has adopted a so-called poison pill to ward off a potentially hostile takeover attempt by activist hedge fund Elliott Management.

Aviation Week Forecasts

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Aviation Week Forecasts: The L-39 And Global Jet Trainer Requirements

Sep 24, 2020
On Sept. 18 Czech aircraft manufacturer Aero Vodochody announced it had secured type certification for its L-39NG jet trainer, the latest development…