Aerospace & Defense Roundup: Jul. 16

UK LANCA ‘Key Activity’ For Australian ATS Team

Boeing is leaning on the development of its Airpower Teaming System (ATS) in its offer for the UK’s Lightweight Affordable Novel Combat Aircraft (LANCA) initiative. Boeing Autonomous Systems is working with Marshall Aerospace and Cranfield University and submitted its proposal for a LANCA platform in the spring.

Singapore, Israel Team Up To Market Next-Gen Anti-Ship Missile

Two state-owned companies in Singapore and Israel agreed on July 16 to set up a joint venture (JV) to market advanced anti-ship missiles. The equally-split JV between Singapore Technologies (ST) Engineering and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) will be called Proteus Advanced Systems.

Spacewalkers Complete ISS Battery Upgrade

NASA astronauts Chris Cassidy and Bob Behnken all but completed a long-running series of battery replacements on the outside of the International Space Station (ISS) during a 6-hr. spacewalk July 16.

NASA Bumps JWST Launch To Oct. 31, 2021

After overcoming years of delays to resolve technical issues, launch of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), a long-awaited successor to the 30-year-old Hubble observatory, is being postponed at least seven months, largely due to pandemic-related workplace shutdowns, NASA said on July 16.
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Third NATO AGS Global Hawk Arrives In Italy

NATO’s Alliance Ground Surveillance Force (NAGSF) has taken delivery of its third RQ-4D Phoenix radar-reconnaissance unmanned aircraft system. The aircraft, a derivative of the Northrop Grumman Block 40 Global Hawk, touched down at Sigonella airbase, Sicily, on July 15 after a 21.8-hr., nonstop ferry flight from Edwards AFB, California.

UAE Mars Hope Launch Retargeted For July 20

Launch of the United Arab Emirates’ Mars Hope mission, already twice delayed by poor weather, has been reset for no earlier than July 20. “Due to continued thunderstorms, clouds and unstable weather conditions in the coming days on Tanegashima Island, the launch site for the Emirates Mars Mission’s Hope probe, the launch is now scheduled to take place between the 20th and 22nd July 2020, depending on improved weather,” the Emirates Space Agency and the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Center said in a July 16 statement.

UK LANCA 'Key Activity' for Australian ATS team, Singapore and Israel team up to market next-gen anti-ship missile, NASA bumps JWST launch, third NATO AGS Global Hawk arrives in Italy, and more. A roundup of aerospace, space and defense news powered by Aerospace Daily & Defense Report. 

 

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