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The Defense Department has selected Thomas Harker to serve as acting Pentagon comptroller, following Elaine McCusker’s resignation. Pentagon chief
Defense

By Steve Trimble
The decision vaults Sierra Nevada over established industry leaders BAE Systems and Northrop Grumman, who have prior experience integrating radio frequency countermeasure systems on AC-130s and MC-130s.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Graham Warwick
The first Advanced Air Mobility National Campaign, NC-1, will follow an initial developmental test event, NC-DT, to be staged this year.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Bill Carey
“We’re taking a very aggressive position right now, in trying to get more and more companies into the standard airworthiness process,” the head of FAA's UAS Integration Office said July 1.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Irene Klotz
The flight readiness engine, produced at Blue Origin’s Kent, Washington, is the first of two BE-4s ULA will attach to a Vulcan rocket for configuration checks and testing.
Space

By Graham Warwick
These corridors are a key feature of the agency’s first concept of operations, ConOps 1.0, for urban air mobility.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Lee Hudson
Submitted by Rep. Michael Waltz (R-Fla.), the amendment would withhold funding until SOCOM completes certain deliverables.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
HOUSTON—Spacewalking NASA astronauts Chris Cassidy and Bob Behnken made significant progress July 1 in their month-long effort to upgrade bulky
Space

By Bill Carey
Belfast-based unmanned aircraft services provider Crowded Space Drones has named the lead drone executive of the UK Civil Aviation Authority as its new director of operations.
Advanced Air Mobility

MBDA will adapt its MMP man-portable missile system for a European Union (EU) cooperative program to develop a beyond-line-of-sight (BLOS) attack
Missile Defense & Weapons

Rep. Rob Bishop (R-Utah) has submitted an A-10 synthetic aperture radar improvements amendment to the fiscal 2021 defense policy bill.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bradley Perrett
An expected order for Lockheed Martin AGM-158C anti-ship missiles has been approved, according to a strategy policy issued July 1.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Irene Klotz
Another problem has arisen while preparing the Mars 2020 rover for launch, triggering an additional eight-day delay to July 30, NASA said June 30.
Space

Program Dossier: Embraer C-390 Millennium
Defense

News in brief
Defense

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

By Graham Warwick
“Our target is very squarely a U.S. city. We call it our North Star,” Wisk CEO Gary Gysin said. "We’re not announcing what that city will be, but we know where we are going to fly.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
The first Airbus A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) destined for the Multinational Multirole Tanker Transport Unit (MMU) has arrived at its home base in the Netherlands.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lee Hudson
The House Armed Services Committee proposes investing $150 million in space technology development in the chairman’s mark of the fiscal 2021 defense policy bill.
Space

By Irene Klotz
With its interest in reusable rockets growing, Space Command’s Space and Missile Systems Center agreed to adjust the launch profile so SpaceX could attempt to recover the Falcon 9 first stage on a drone ship.
Space

By Steve Trimble
Some—but perhaps not all—of the U.S. military’s hypersonic weapon prototypes will be ready to enter large-scale production by the second half of the
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Lee Hudson
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith (D-Wash.) would not support the Pentagon submitting a supplemental funding request to reimburse defense contractors for costs related to the coronavirus.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Army expected to take delivery on June 30 of the Enhanced Medium Altitude Reconnaissance and Surveillance System (EMARSS)-V from Sierra Nevada’s upgrade facility in Hagerstown, Maryland.
Defense

By Kim Minseok, Bradley Perrett
The second batch, reportedly totaling 20 aircraft, will be used as lead-in fighter trainers.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
U.S.-Spanish startup Skydweller Aero is opening offices in Oklahoma as the company pushes its solar-powered medium-altitude pseudo satellite for potential U.S. government requirements.
Advanced Air Mobility