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By Michael Bruno
The Trump administration has unveiled significant new export restrictions on China that limit U.S. aircraft systems, sensors and electronics, essentially trying to keep away products that may go to any end user affiliated with the Chinese military.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Michael Bruno
For all those who believe that things come in threes, there now is the third failed mergers and acquisition (M&A) deal attributable to COVID-19 in April alone.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jen DiMascio
The U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has awarded Maxar Technologies $20 million in contracts for land-cover classification and change-detection services.
Space

By Bill Carey
Verizon portfolio company Skyward has added a “Live Flights” feature to its aviation management platform that enables users to monitor drone flights in near real time from their offices or wherever they have internet connectivity.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Bill Carey
France has begun the first phase of developing an unmanned aircraft systems traffic management architecture called “Hubspace” that it plans to deploy by 2023 to manage drone traffic nationwide.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Mark Carreau
Germany’s Aerospace Industries Association has sided with Airbus and called on the government to accelerate the procurement of Eurofighters as a replacement for the Panavia Tornado.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
Startup Skyryse is flight testing the software for the first application of its FlightOS automation system as it progresses toward certification of the aircraft-agnostic fly-by-wire (FBW) architecture on its first platform.
Emerging Technologies

Brief news items of interest to aerospace & defense professionals.

The Trump administration has unveiled significant new export restrictions on China that limit U.S. aircraft systems, sensors and electronics

By Jen DiMascio
The intelligence-gathering capability of Iran’s recently launched Nour 1 satellite is being minimized by the commander of U.S. Space Command.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Sikorsky has secured offshore oil and gas support operator Cougar Helicopters as a launch customer for its S-92A+ helicopter upgrade.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Air Force fired the Pentagon programmer’s equivalent of a standoff range weapon at the Army earlier this month. The question now is whether either side of a simmering, internal debate has enough firepower left to win the argument.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Mark Carreau
James M. Beggs, who served as the sixth of NASA’s 13 administrators, died April 23 in Bethesda, Maryland, where he lived.
Space

By Mark Carreau
At 30 years old, the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) remains vibrant thanks to its far-reaching discoveries and their implications for people living on Earth as well as those eager to explore beyond our planet.
Space

By Mark Carreau
Russia’s MS-14 Progress resupply capsule successfully docked to the International Space Station’s (ISS) Russian segment early April 25, less than 3 1/2 hr. after lifting off from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Space

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

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

By Jen DiMascio
Lockheed Martin has won a $5.8 million contract to begin the first phase of satellite integration for Darpa’s Blackjack program, the company says
Defense

Calendar of upcoming events of interest.

Brief news items of interest to aerospace & defense professionals.

As the novel coronavirus pandemic continues, the Blue Angels and the Thunderbirds are joining forces over the next two weeks to conduct a series of

By Jen DiMascio
MDA will accept responses from May 1 through July 31, according to a notice about the request for proposals. Two prime contracts are expected by late fall or early winter.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Irene Klotz
Getting the spacecraft and technicians to the Tanegashima Space Center for launch preparations was extra challenging due to travel quarantines, workplace shutdowns and health issues stemming from COVID-19.
Space

By Lee Hudson
In the latest rendition of Pentagon musical chairs, the White House announced April 24 the intent to nominate Shon Manasco to serve as Air Force under
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
The release of the second draft on April 24 by the Air Force Lifecycle Management Center moves the competition closer to a formal bidding phase scheduled to begin later this year.
Aircraft & Propulsion