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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, October 1, 2020

VOL. 273 NO. 62 October 01, 2020
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Programs

Skyborg
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Second Batch Of Skyborg Contracts Raises Vendor Pool To 13

Sep 29, 2020
Any airframe that enters development will be built around the Autonomous Core System (ACS), which is being integrated by Leidos under a separate contract as the Skyborg Design Agent. 
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Bell, Xwing Demo Autonomous Drone Flight In Controlled Airspace

Sep 30, 2020
Bell has completed a demonstration of its APT 70 unmanned cargo aircraft equipped with Xwing’s detect-and-avoid system under NASA’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems in the National Airspace System project.
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NASA Delays Dragonfly Mission To Titan

Sep 30, 2020
The financial impacts of COVID-19-related work delays have resulted in a one-year postponement in the launch of the Dragonfly astrobiology mission to Saturn’s intriguing moon Titan.
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Britain Markets A400M To Kazakhstan

Sep 30, 2020
The UK has been marketing Airbus’ A400M airlifter to Kazakhstan as the Central Asian country looks to renew its transport fleet.  A British Royal Air Force A400M visited the Kazakh capital, Astana, the UK embassy said Sept. 25 on social media. 
ES-19
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Heart Unveils Propulsion System For All-Electric Regional Aircraft

Sep 25, 2020
Swedish startup Heart Aerospace has unveiled the electric propulsion system for its planned 19-seat regional airliner, the ES-19.
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Czech Republic Selects Spyder Air Defense System

Sep 28, 2020
The Czech Republic has selected Rafael’s Spyder air defense system to meet the country’s short-medium range ground-based air defense requirement. 
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U.S. Air Force Testers Double MQ-9 Hellfire Capacity

Sep 30, 2020
For the first time, the U.S. Air Force has conducted a flight test of the MQ-9A Reaper carrying eight live AGM-114 Hellfire missiles, which doubles the capacity that the unmanned aircraft was originally designed to hold.

Daily Briefs

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Daily Briefs

Sep 30, 2020
Brief news items of interest to aerospace & defense professionals.

In Brief

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Saab Delivers Second GlobalEye To UAE

Sep 30, 2020
News in brief

Operations

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F-35B, KC-130J Collide During Refueling Attempt

Sep 30, 2020
A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B and KC-130J collided on September 29 during an air refueling attempt, causing the F-35B to crash and the KC-130J to make an emergency landing in a field, the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing said.
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UAE Astronauts Training With NASA

Sep 24, 2020
Two months after the launch of its first-ever interplanetary science mission, the United Arab Emirates now counts two astronauts in training at NASA’s Johnson Space Center.

Funding & Policy

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Swiss Requests For Super Hornet, F-35 Approved by State Dept.

Sep 30, 2020
The U.S. State Department has approved potential sales of F/A-18 Super Hornets and F-35 Joint Strike Fighters to Switzerland after a narrowly won referendum enabled the country’s fighter procurement to proceed. 
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U.S. Army Petitions Congress For Seeker Funding

Sep 29, 2020
The U.S. Army is pleading with Congress to not cut funding for a next-generation seeker that will ultimately be used to guide missiles in the European and Pacific theaters, a service official says.