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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, December 2, 2020

VOL. 274 NO. 41 December 02, 2020
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Programs

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China Reports Successful Moon Landing

Dec 01, 2020
China’s Chang’e 5 lunar sample return mission successfully touched down on the Moon’s surface on Dec. 1, the China National Space Administration said.
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U.S. Confirms Greek Interest In F-35

Dec 01, 2020
U.S. officials have confirmed Greek interest in acquiring the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, but insist that any purchase of the fifth-generation combat aircraft will be a “multiyear process.”
LauncherOne
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Virgin Orbit Targets December For Second Launch Attempt

Dec 01, 2020
Virgin Orbit will make a second attempt to reach orbit with the air-dropped LauncherOne small satellite rocket on Dec. 19, with backup launch windows available later in the month in the event of a delay.
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Hungary Buying Surface To Air Missile System

Dec 01, 2020
Hungary has ordered Kongsberg’s Norwegian Advanced Surface to Air Missile System to replace its Soviet-era ground-based air defense system. 
Overture
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Boom Selects Amazon Cloud Computing For Supersonic Design

Dec 01, 2020
Supersonic aircraft developer Boom Technology has said it is using Amazon Web Services (AWS), including the company’s cloud-based high-performance computing (HPC) capability, to accelerate the design and construction of the XB-1 demonstrator and the follow-on Overture airliner.
scramjet
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Australia, U.S. To Test Hypersonic Cruise Missile Prototypes

Dec 01, 2020
Australia said it will work with the U.S. in developing and testing prototype hypersonic cruise missiles.
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Boeing Starts Assembling First Simulators For T-7A Trainer

Dec 01, 2020
Workers at Boeing’s complex in St. Louis, Missouri are now assembling the weapons systems trainer and the operational flight trainer, which are scheduled for delivery to the U.S. Air Force in 2023.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

Emergency locator transmitters
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Transport Canada Mandates Digital Emergency Transmitters

Nov 25, 2020
Canada will require emergency locator transmitters on most aircraft in the country to operate on both digital and analog frequencies starting as soon as next year, under new Transport Canada regulations .

Funding & Policy

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OMB Rallies Senate Appropriators During Conference Negotiations

Dec 01, 2020
The White House Office of Management and Budget outlined its “additional views” in a letter to Senate appropriators regarding the chamber’s version of the fiscal 2021 defense appropriations bill.

Business

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Jacobs To Buy PA Consulting For Advanced Tech Services

Nov 30, 2020
Jacobs Engineering Group has announced its second acquisition in as many weeks that aims to boost the government services provider’s profile in providing advanced technologies of keen interest to national security and other agencies.
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Kratos Buys Unmanned Supplier 5-D, Boosts Austin Connection

Dec 01, 2020
Defense unmanned systems provider Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has acquired 5-D Systems.
Shetland
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Billionaire Scottish Landowners Invest in Shetland Spaceport

Nov 27, 2020
The space launch ambitions of the Shetland Islands have been given an additional boost with investment from a Scottish conservation fund, but the cash injection appears to have prompted a war of words between competing space ports.