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By Tony Osborne
A U.S. emergency medical services (EMS) helicopter operator has become the first commercial customer to order an instrument flight rules (IFR)-certified AW119 single-engine light helicopter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
Satellite communications provider Viasat said July 8 that it has removed internet speed limits for business aviation subscribers to its Ka-band service plans.
Interiors & Connectivity

News in brief
Defense

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

By Lee Hudson
A draft of the House Appropriations Committee’s (HAC) mark of the fiscal 2021 defense funding bill, released July 7, would give the Pentagon $9.3 billion for 91 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, an additional 12 aircraft above President Trump’s budget request.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Mark Carreau
The Mars InSight lander’s mission team has decided to give its 6-ft.-long robot arm a rest from applying pressure into the red planet’s surface.
Space

By Graham Warwick
Dubai has issued legislation regulating the use of drones and supporting an initiative to build an ecosystem for cargo, passenger and other operations by unmanned aircraft in the emirate.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lee Hudson
The U.S. Air Force has received nominations from 26 states to become the future home of U.S. Space Command (Spacecom).
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Irene Klotz
Legislators’ first draft of a fiscal 2021 budget for NASA scales back the Trump administration’s requested 12% increase to current spending levels of $22.6 billion, which would moot a 2024 crewed landing on Moon.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Austria is to phase out its aging Saab 105 jet trainers without a replacement as ministers attempt to figure out the country’s future airspace surveillance plans.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Bradley Perrett
The Japanese defense ministry proposes to fly the first prototype of the Next Generation Fighter (NGF) in 2028 and begin deliveries to the air force seven years later.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
With plans to operate as well as produce its electric air taxis, German startup Lilium has unveiled its thinking on modular vertiports that could start small, but scale up quickly as the market takes off.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
German aerospace center DLR is founding four new research institutes focused on synthetic fuels, low-emission propulsion and electric aviation.
Emerging Technologies

By Mark Carreau
The sponsors of a global student contest to virtually design small lunar race cars have chosen four winners.
Space

By Bradley Perrett, Kim Minseok
Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) has published the first photograph of the first KF-X airframe.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Completed structures will be delivered to the Saab final assembly line in Linköping, Sweden.
Aircraft & Propulsion

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

Brazilian workers in São Bernardo do Campo on July 7 started assembling the first major structures of Saab F-39E/F Gripen fighters ordered by the
Defense

By Tony Osborne
France has been approved by the U.S. State Department to purchase three E-2D Hawkeye carrier-borne airborne early warning aircraft.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
A potential sale of Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawks to Lithuania has been approved by the U.S. State Department.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Mark Carreau
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.
Space

By Steve Trimble
Michael Griffin, U.S. defense undersecretary for Research and Engineering, leaves behind a new model for advanced technology development in the Pentagon that seeks to deliver capabilities years faster than the system he inherited.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Lee Hudson
U.S. Navy instructor pilots have begun learning to fly the TH-73A helicopter trainer at Leonardo’s facility in Philadelphia.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
In response to a request by Indonesia of a potential sale, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress on July 6 that Indonesia is eligible to import the U.S. Marine Corps version of the twin-engine tiltrotor.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Mark Carreau
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.
Space