Aerospace & Defense Roundup: Jul. 6

July 07, 2020

Aurora To Design Active Flow-Control X-Plane For DARPA

TU Delft Credit: Active flow control could enable novel configurations for aircraft.
Boeing subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences is the first company to receive a contract under a new DARPA program to build an X-plane designed around active flow control.

NASA Hopes To Have Artemis Accords Ready By Year’s End

Moon Credit: NASA
NASA hopes to have the Artemis Accords ready for signature by year’s end, according to Mike Gold, NASA’s acting administrator for the agency’s Office of International and Interagency Agreements.
Lockheed Martin
PRSM
Naval Air Systems Command
TH-73A

Israel Launches New Spy Satellite Into Orbit

Shavit 2 launches Ofek 16 into low Earth orbit Credit: IAI
The Israeli military on July 6 launched a new electro-optic reconnaissance satellite bearing the out-of-sequence designation Ofek 16, government and industry officials announced.

Astronaut Hopes For Ramp-Up Of ISS Science, Tech

Kate Rubins Credit: NASA
NASA astronaut and cancer researcher Kate Rubins, the first person to sequence DNA from space, is hopeful for a resurgence in science and technology activities aboard the International Station when she returns to the ISS in October.

Indonesia Formalizes MV-22 Interest With U.S. Export OK

The U.S. government has cleared Indonesia to become an export customer for the Bell Boeing MV-22C, but the prospects of a signed order remain uncertain.
Credit: Bell-Boeing

The Weekly Debrief: Griffin's Departure Marks End Of Transformative Chapter In DOD Tech

Credit: Michael Griffin Credit: NASA
From the moment Michael Griffin entered the Pentagon as undersecretary of defense for research and engineering in February 2018, he was in a hurry to change the way the U.S. military transitions advanced technology into operational systems.
U.S. Army
UH-60

U.S. OKs France For E-2D Sale

U.S. Navy
E-2D

Aurora to design active flow-control X plane for DARPA, U.S. Army confirms sole-source contract plans for PRSM, Israel launches new spy satellite into orbit, NASA hopes to have Artemis accords ready by year's end and more. A roundup of aerospace, space and defense news.

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