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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, October 9, 2020

VOL. 274 NO. 5 October 09, 2020
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Programs

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NATO Setting Requirements For New Medium Helicopter

Oct 08, 2020
NATO is to start engaging with industry in early 2021 as European members begin to mull their medium-rotorcraft needs for the 2040s.  
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France Begins Retiring KC-135

Oct 08, 2020
France has begun retiring the Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker as it modernizes its aerial refueling capacity around the Airbus A330 Phenix Multi-Role Tanker Transport. 
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Kubernetes Achieves First Flight On Military Aircraft

Oct 08, 2020
The U.S. Air Force had already run Kubernetes in ground-based aircraft tests, but the Sept. 22 flight aboard a U-2S marked a new landmark in advanced software applications for military aircraft.
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U.S. Army Demo Included Flares Inflight Recoveries

Oct 08, 2020
Multiple Air Launched Effects vehicles were recovered in flight by an octorotor during the Project Convergence 20 demonstration.
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Britten-Norman, Blue Bear Team On Automated Islander

Oct 06, 2020
Britten-Norman, Blue Bear Team On Automated Islander  Tony Osborne, [email protected] LONDON–British aircraft OEM Britten-Norman and unmanned system technology company Blue Bear Systems Research have teamed up to automate Britten-Norman’s Islander twin-engine utility aircraft. 
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HAPSMobile UAV Demonstrates LTE Connectivity From The Stratosphere

Oct 08, 2020
HAPSMobile has announced the first stratospheric flight of its AeroVironment-developed Sunglider high-altitude pseudo-satellite, the fifth test flight of the solar-powered long-endurance unmanned aircraft.
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Marines, Sikorsky Near CH-53K Lot 4 Deal

Oct 08, 2020
The U.S. Marine Corps and Sikorsky are close to an agreement for six CH-53K Lot 4 helicopters and may seal the deal by the end of the month.
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KHI RC-2 Electronic Intelligence Aircraft Joins Squadron

Oct 08, 2020
An electronic-intelligence aircraft converted from a Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) C-2 airlifter prototype moved to a tactics development unit on Oct. 1, bringing new but undisclosed signals-interception capabilities closer to operation for Japan.
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Boom Firms Up Overture Plans As XB-1 Rolls Out

Oct 07, 2020
Boom Supersonic is readying the XB-1 demonstrator for ground tests at its Centennial Airport, Colorado, headquarters following a virtual rollout event on Oct 7.
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STC Adds Enhanced Vision System To Firefighting DC-10

Oct 07, 2020
Astronics Corp. has announced FAA supplemental type certificate (STC) approval of its Max-Viz 1400 enhanced vision system installation on the McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 aerial firefighting tanker.

Daily Briefs

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Daily Briefs

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

In Brief

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Pandemic Slows NASA’s Supersonic X-59

Oct 08, 2020
Already on a tight schedule to deliver community-acceptance data to regulators, NASA has revealed that COVID-19 challenges have pushed the first…

Funding & Policy

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DOD Issues First-Ever Data Strategy

Oct 08, 2020
The Pentagon has distributed its first-ever data strategy, which is integral for the Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control concept that will link military equipment across the future battlefield.

Technology

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RAF Drone Swarm Trials Include BriteCloud Technology

Oct 07, 2020
Leonardo’s BriteCloud active decoy technology has been adapted to fit onboard small unmanned aircraft to support the UK Royal Air Force’s drone swarm trials. 

Business

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Aerojet Opens Arkansas Plant For Large Solid Rocket Motors

Oct 07, 2020
The 17,000-sq.-ft. “Engineering, Manufacturing and Development" facility in Camden, Arkansas, replaces a former large solid rocket motor plant near Sacramento, California.

Aviation Week Forecasts

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Oct 08, 2020
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