Aerospace & Defense Roundup: Aug. 04

F-35B

Triumph Sells Aerostructures Composites To Arlington Capital Partners

Triumph Group has announced a significant step forward in shedding some aerostructures businesses, revealing a definitive agreement to sell its composites operations to private equity investor Arlington Capital Partners.

Russia To Hasten Development Of Sukhoi S-70 Combat UAV

Deliveries of the Sukhoi S-70 Okhotnik (Hunter) unmanned combat air vehicle to the Russian military will start in 2024, the head of Russia’s United Aircraft Corp., Yury Slyusar, told President Vladimir Putin at an Aug. 3 meeting.

ABLRS1 test.

Virgin Adds Rolls-Royce To Supersonic Transport Study

Virgin Galactic has unveiled the outline configuration of its ongoing high-speed air-breathing passenger transport study and announced Rolls-Royce as its propulsion partner for the Mach 3 design concept.

USAF Defines Price Range For 'Attritable' UAS

The U.S. Air Force has defined a price range of between $2 million and $20 million as the target for an emerging class of “attritable” unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) that are designed to be reusable surveillance platforms or hybrid cruise missiles depending on the mission.

By 防衛省 - https://www.mod.go.jp/j/yosan/yosan_gaiyo/2020/yosan_191220.pdfArtist's concept of F-X.