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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, October 20, 2020

VOL. 274 NO. 12 October 20, 2020
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Programs

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Weekly Debrief: Scientific Scrutiny Hits U.S. Army’s 'Super Gun' Project

Oct 19, 2020
A National Academy of Sciences committee has been formed to study the technical feasibility of the U.S. Army's Strategic Long-Range Cannon.
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MBDA Developing Ground-Launched MICA NG

Oct 19, 2020
European missile manufacturer MBDA is developing a ground-launched variant of its MICA NG air-to-air missile. 
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Osiris-Rex Mission Debuts New Planetary Guidance Strategy

Oct 19, 2020
There is promising new science on the horizon as NASA’s nimble Osiris-Rex sample return spacecraft prepares for a daring brief encounter on Oct. 20 with its distant target, the primitive asteroid Bennu.
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Osiris-Rex Seeks Secrets To Life’s Origins

Oct 19, 2020
The modest sample of pebbles and soil that NASA’s Osiris-Rex sample return mission will attempt to gather from the asteroid Bennu may hold important clues to how life arose on Earth and perhaps other planetary bodies.
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OpFires Industry Team Named As Lockheed Looks Long-Term

Oct 16, 2020
The new suppliers fill-out the OpFires industry team for OpFires program following DARPA’s selection of Aerojet Rocketdyne to deliver the critical upper-stage last summer.
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SpaceX Aiming For Starlink Public Beta This Year

Oct 19, 2020
With the arrival of 60 more Starlink satellites into orbit on Oct. 18 and another 60 due to launch this week, SpaceX intends to roll out public trials of its high-speed internet service before year’s end. 
Navy
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U.S. Navy Makes Plan For JADC2 Integration

Oct 15, 2020
The U.S. Navy is stepping up plans to integrate into Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2), which is the Defense Department’s concept to connect sensors from all the military services into a single network.

Daily Briefs

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Daily Briefs

Oct 19, 2020
Brief news items of interest to aerospace & defense professionals.

In Brief

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The Week Ahead In Aerospace & Defense

Oct 19, 2020
Aviation Week’s virtual Defense Chain conference (defensechain.aviationweek.com) is underway this week with speakers including Shawn Barnes, deputy…

Business

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Pandemic Impacting Gripen Supply Chain

Oct 19, 2020
Swedish defense firm Saab has taken a 1.1 billion Swedish Krona ($130 million) charge over impacts on production of the Gripen combat aircraft due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. 
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Embraer Launches UAM Spinoff Eve

Oct 15, 2020
Having incubated Embraer’s involvement in the nascent urban air mobility (UAM) market since 2017, the Brazilian manufacturer’s EmbraerX innovation unit has spun off Eve Urban Air Mobility Solutions as an independent company.

Funding & Policy

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Turkey, Ukraine To Cooperate On UAVs, Turbine Engines

Oct 20, 2020
Ukraine has already purchased Baykar Makina Bayraktar TB2 unmanned air systems from Turkey and is a partner in the development on the company’s larger Akinci medium-altitude, long-endurance platform.
Iran
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Iran Declares UN Arms Embargo Over, But U.S. Objects

Oct 18, 2020
The declaration by Iran appears to open the door to re-opening arms purchases with China and Russia, but U.S. diplomats warned any such deals would trigger a new round of sanctions.
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Continuing Resolution Hinders U.S. Space Force Growth

Oct 16, 2020
The lack of an appropriations bill passed by Congress and signed into law by the president is forcing the U.S. Space Force to slow down some of its work.
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DOD Condemns Turkey Over S-400 Test Reports

Oct 16, 2020
A video of a missile test from the Black Sea report of Sinop on Oct. 16 drew a response from the U.S. Defense Department condemning its NATO ally, if the reports of an S-400 missile firing are accurate.

Contracts

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Selected U.S. Military Contracts For The Week Of Oct. 13 - 16, 2020

Oct 20, 2020
Selected U.S. military contracts from the past week.