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The Changhe Aircraft Industries Corporation Z-10 Thunderbolt is a Chinese attack helicopter whose prototype airframes were powered by two Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6C-67C turboshaft engines.
Defense

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

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Air Force has extended initial operational testing on the Boeing KC-46A for at least three years.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Israel Aerospace Industries says it has signed a $350 million special mission aircraft contract with a “major European country.”
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Camp Simba in Kenya and Al Asad Air Base in Iraq both came under attack in January in a way that dramatized the wide range of vulnerabilities facing U.S. air bases around the world.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Investigators probing the crash of a Canadian Sikorsky CH-148 Cyclone naval helicopter in the Mediterranean in April say the aircraft “did not respond as the crew would have anticipated” as it maneuvered to land on its embarked warship.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lee Hudson
The U.S. Air Force and Department of Energy have qualified the B61-12 tailkit for the F-15E.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Bradley Perrett, Kim Minseok
Korea Aerospace Industries is aiming to hand over the first LCH civil helicopter in 2023, the same year in which it will begin deliveries of the military LAH version to South Korea’s army.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
South Korea plans to begin commercial urban air mobility services in Seoul in 2025 in a bid to tackle traffic congestion and reduce travel times by up to 70%.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
As the commercial space market grows, how can industry incentivize efforts to clean up orbital debris?
Space

By Molly McMillin
The Canadian government is replacing two Challenger 601 utility aircraft with two Bombardier Challenger 650 jets for the Canadian Armed Forces for mission-critical roles in a contract valued at $105 million. The contract also includes training and spare parts.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
The design concept for the habitation and logistics elements of the lunar-orbiting Gateway that NASA is pursuing under a $187 million contract with Northrop Grumman has a significant heritage in the evolving Cygnus resupply mission spacecraft that have so far launched and berthed successfully to the International Space Station 13 times since September 2013.
Program Management

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

Selected U.S. Military Contracts For The Week Of June 1 - 5, 2020 Selected U.S. military contracts for June 1. U.S. NAVY American Electronic Warfare
Defense

By Bradley Perrett
A more powerful version of China’s Long March 11 solid-propellant space launcher will fly in 2022, state manufacturer Casc has told government news agency Xinhua.
Space

By Lee Hudson
Videos posted on social media showed Airbus UH-72A Lakotas with medevac markings and a Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk apparently using their rotor downwash to disperse crowds of protesters.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Bill Carey
DDC will fly its Sparrow rotary-wing drone between the mainland and Christian Island in Georgian Bay, the northeast section of Lake Huron.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble
A satellite laser communication terminal developed by General Atomics’ Electromagnetic Systems division will be demonstrated in orbit in 2021, the company says.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The 757-200s perform a variety of roles for the Air Force, including VIP transport. Their replacement begins phase two of the RNZAF’s mobility fleet recapitalization process.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The company used one of its six commercially configured Airbus A330-200s to make the trip, flying from RAF Brize Norton to Mount Pleasant airfield in the Falkland Islands.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
The delivery to Korea Aerospace Industries comes three years ahead of scheduled flight tests of the first KF-X prototype.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The June 4 flight took place from Sigonella airbase, Sicily.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
A planned, sole-source $9.9 million contract will support a new Missile Defense Agency High-Power Microwave Testbed with Raytheon’s technology.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Graham Warwick
Flight testing is planned to begin in July or August and the 12,000-lb., optionally piloted aircraft will on the market in 2021.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Lee Hudson
The successful test was performed June 3 at Redstone Arsenal in Alabama, and collected data that will be used to refine signal processing algorithms.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare