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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, November 18, 2020

VOL. 274 NO. 33 November 18, 2020
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Operations

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SM-3 Block IIA Shoots Down ICBM Target In Space

Nov 17, 2020
A U.S. Navy SM-3 Block IIA missile late on Nov. 16 shot down an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) target in a landmark test for the U.S…
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Crew-1 Dragon Docks With Space Station

Nov 17, 2020
SpaceX’s NASA-contracted Crew-1 Dragon spacecraft successfully docked with the International Space Station late Nov. 16.
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Arianespace Finds Cause Of Vega Failure

Nov 17, 2020
Launch service operator Arianespace has traced the cause of the Nov. 16 failure of a Vega rocket to an improperly connected electrical harness on the launcher’s Avum engine.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

Tower at Washington Dulles International Airport
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FAA Reports 300 COVID-19 Cases At ATC Facilities

Nov 17, 2020
More than 300 employees working at FAA air traffic control (ATC) facilities have contracted COVID-19 since the first positive cases were detected at Chicago Midway International Airport in March, the agency’s top ATC executive said Nov. 17.

Programs

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Greece Seeks To Buy Up To 24 F-35s

Nov 17, 2020
Greece has submitted requests to purchase up to 24 Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, calling for a delivery of some of the aircraft from as early as 2021.
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Sierra Nevada Dream Chaser Debut Slips To 2022

Nov 17, 2020
NASA’s third cargo resupply line to the International Space Station, operated by privately owned Sierra Nevada Corp., is delaying the debut launch of its reusable winged Dream Chaser spaceplane until 2022 due to COVID-19 pandemic-related work issues, the company said on Nov. 17.
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JWST On Schedule For October 2021 Liftoff

Nov 17, 2020
Much delayed and technically challenged, the NASA-led development and prelaunch testing of the James Webb Space Telescope is now on schedule for an Oct. 31, 2021, launch, officials say.
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Lockheed Unveils Miniaturized IRST For F-16 Block 70/72s

Nov 17, 2020
The Legion-Embedded System pod has been ordered by an undisclosed F-16 Block 70/72 customer and is available for delivery by new operators starting in 2023.
Angara
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Angara A5 Test Launch Planned for Nov. 28

Nov 17, 2020
This will be only the second launch for the heavy launch vehicle since its maiden flight in 2014.
KC-390
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Hungary Buying Two KC-390s

Nov 17, 2020
Embraer has secured its second KC-390 Millennium airlifter contract after receiving a long-awaited order for two aircraft from Hungary. 

Funding & Policy

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House Lawmaker Fears Georgia Runoff Will Hinder Defense Policy Bill

Nov 17, 2020
House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Mac Thornberry (R-Texas) is concerned the two U.S. Senate election runoffs in Georgia and “political calculations” over renaming military bases honoring Confederate leaders will hinder signing the fiscal 2021 defense policy bill into law.

Business

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Survey: Potential Passengers Split On Self-Flying Air Taxis

Nov 16, 2020
A survey of potential urban air taxi users by German research organization Fraunhofer and vehicle developer Volocopter reveals a high demand for safety but a split on whether the aircraft should be piloted.

Technology

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Aurora Studying Unconventional Configurations For DARPA’s X-plane

Nov 17, 2020
An image released by Aurora Flight Sciences announcing its selection under a DARPA X-plane program gives a hint at how designing an aircraft from the outset around active flow control could dramatically change the configurations that are possible.
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U.S. Army Industrial Base On Verge Of Large, Fast 3D Printer Use

Nov 17, 2020
Additive manufacturing machine maker 3D Systems said it is on the verge of finishing one of the world’s largest, fastest most precise powder metal 3D printers for U.S. Army Research Laboratory use toward long-range munitions, helicopters, air and missile defenses.