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Brief news items of interest to aerospace & defense professionals.
Defense

Recent market intelligence items for aerospace & defense professionals.
Defense

By Lee Hudson
The top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee is against folding funding for Defense Department programs into the latest COVID-19 relief package.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Irene Klotz
The failure of a high-pressure liquid-oxygen feed line triggered a premature engine shutdown during the debut flight of Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne rocket, the company said on July 27.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Britain’s combat aircraft ambitions for the 2030s and 2040s are not compatible with the nation’s finances unless the UK considers developing the Tempest future combat air system as an unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV), a think tank has suggested.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) said he has placed a hold on the renomination of Michael O'Rielly to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) over the agency’s controversial order granting Ligado Networks spectrum near GPS frequencies.
Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA Demo-2 astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley took a look back and a look ahead during July 28 interviews aboard the International Space Station (ISS), just days before their two-month Commercial Crew Program/SpaceX test flight is scheduled to end.
Space

By Bradley Perrett
Japan will likely engage Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to undertake the F-X fighter program as prime contractor, with help from a U.S. company, local media reports suggest.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Three companies are expected to stand-up adversary air support operations at five bases by late summer under the first round of awards for the U.S. Air Force's $6.4 billion program for private "red air" services.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Dassault Aviation CEO Eric Trappier says he does not believe there will ever be a merger of Europe’s two future combat air systems, despite calls from partners at Airbus for such a combination.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Switzerland’s Dufour Aerospace has completed 550 flights of a large-scale technology demonstrator in an initial phase of testing for its tilt-wing electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing air taxi.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
A proposal by Senate Republicans seeks to add billions for defense spending to the COVID-19 relief package, including new money for F-35, P-8 and C-130J procurement.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
Logos Technologies is to conduct proof-of-concept flight tests of a wide-area motion imagery sensor on the Insitu RQ-21A Blackjack small tactical unmanned aircraft system operated by the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

Brief news items of interest to aerospace & defense professionals.
Defense

By Tony Osborne
Luxembourg looks set to expand its role in the European Multinational Multi-Role Tanker Transport Unit (MMU) by enabling the purchase of a ninth Airbus A330 Multi-Role Tanker-Transport (MRTT).
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Lee Hudson
Starting this fall, Airborne Tactical Advantage Company (ATAC), a Textron company, will provide adversary air training for pilots at two U.S. Air Force bases.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
The State Department’s unilateral reclassification of formerly Missile Technology Control Regime Category 1 aircraft has no impact on sales of large unmanned aircraft systems in the near-term. The move could even create new uncertainty in the long-term about the status of an emerging class of autonomous “Loyal Wingman” UAS.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
Garmin on July 27 said that aviation applications were among the company’s web-based platforms returning to service following a cyberattack four days earlier.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Thierry Dubois
Freshly trained Indian Air Force pilots on July 27 ferried five Dassault Rafale fighters to Ambala Air Force Station, where they will become part of the N°17 Squadron “Golden Arrows.”
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Turkish Aerospace has delivered the first of 35 Block 30-model F-16 Fighting Falcons to undergo an airframe life extension.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has completed the first flight of a Heron TP medium-altitude, long-endurance unmanned air system to be operated by Germany.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Brief news items of interest to aerospace & defense professionals.
Defense

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

News in brief
Defense

Brief news items of interest to aerospace & defense professionals.
Defense