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By Michael Bruno
The appointment of Mitja Schulz as CEO completes an executive search announced in April.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
The board will assess the joint effort with the European Space Agency to retrieve and return to Earth samples of rock cores drilled and preserved by the Perseverance Mars 2020 rover.
Space

By Bill Carey
Planned flight trials at FAA-designated UAS test sites in New York and Virginia will evaluate remote-identification technologies to track drones from the ground in increasingly complex traffic environments.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Mark Carreau
Following their successful Demo-2 test flight, NASA and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than Oct. 23 for the first operational commercial launch of astronauts to the International Space Station.
Space

Selected U.S. military contracts from the past week.
Defense

FINLAND’s HX fighter competition plans fourth round of negotiations and performance evaluation events in September-November. Requests for final bids
Defense

This week the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency hosts its virtual Electronics Resurgence Initiative summit (eri-summit.darpa.mil), with
Defense

By Steve Trimble
The F-35A’s onboard sensor fusion prevents the Air Force right now from widely implementing a live, virtual and constructed training format, a top US Air Force commander says.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The $4.94 billion deal confirms a long-awaited order to deliver 66 of the GE Aviation F110-powered F-16s for Taiwan and about 25 Pratt & Whitney F100-powered F-16s for Morocco. The US government approved export packages for both aircraft in 2019.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
A robust low-boom design method developed by Japanese researchers should make it easier to certify future quiet supersonic transports, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) says.
Air Transport

By Jen DiMascio
Northrop Grumman on Aug. 13 conducted the first ground test of an extended-length solid rocket motor it is developing with United Launch Alliance for the Vulcan Centaur rocket at Northrop’s facility in Promontary, Utah.
Space

By Bill Carey
The U.S. Navy is seeking information from industry to equip Navy and Marine Corps aircraft with portable automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) In receivers to display weather and traffic data in the cockpit.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Mark Carreau
An investigation into an incident that damaged the National Science Foundation (NSF) Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico was continuing Aug.14, focusing on the cause and cost of repairs.
Space

By Graham Warwick
China’s EHang is to launch an urban air mobility trial in Linz, Austria, the first operation of its kind in Europe.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Leonardo has equipped one of its prototype AW169 twin-engine intermediate-medium helicopters with skidded landing gear as part of flight testing for a militarized version of the platform ordered by the Italian armed forces.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Turkey’s Baykar Makina has flown the second prototype Akinci medium-altitude/long-endurance unmanned aircraft system.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Electric power train developer VerdeGo Aero is running what the startup describes as “the most powerful piston hybrid system in the world.”
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
The UK’s year-long FlyZero feasibility study will help position its industry to participate in developing a zero-carbon emissions commercial aircraft for the 2030s, according to the country’s Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI).
Aircraft & Propulsion

Energy company Phillips 66 has announced plans to convert its San Francisco Refinery into the world’s largest renewable fuels plant, producing 800
Defense

Conferences and events for professionals in the aerospace and defense community.
Defense

By Samuel Archer, Nate Taylor
Aviation Week’s Fleet Discovery Database. To learn about our fleet data products and services, go to: pgs.aviationweek.com/FleetDataServices
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Brief news items of interest to aerospace & defense professionals.
Defense

By Lee Hudson
After about a four-month delay because of issues related to the spread of the novel coronavirus, the U.S. Army has completed a successful live-fire test of the Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Jen DiMascio
The Pentagon appears willing to consider permanently paying companies a greater percentage of the costs associated with the work underway on contracts.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Lee Hudson
As the U.S. Space Force determines how to organize acquisition, the Space Rapid Capabilities Office must remain independent with a direct line to the chief to stay on the cutting edge, according to the office’s director.
Space