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By Jen DiMascio
The Space Development Agency plans to issue a request for proposals for an initial tranche of 20 satellites that will begin to form a low-latency network connecting all sensors, shooters and data from all domains of warfare.
Space Symposium

By Tony Osborne
Boeing will suspend production at its Philadelphia facilities for two weeks as Pennsylvania battles against the rapid spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Supply Chain

Defense

By Michael Bruno
Aerospace and defense supplier Triumph Group has picked up a former Raytheon treasurer experienced in debt restructuring and asset liquidations to become a new independent director on the Triumph board.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Irene Klotz
Virgin Orbit, a startup small-satellite launch company owned by Richard Branson’s Virgin Group, will partner with Oita Prefecture, located on the island of Kyushu in Japan, to develop a horizontal launch site for its air-launched LauncherOne service.
Space Symposium

By Lee Hudson
After receiving the first-ever CMV-22 Osprey in January, the U.S. Navy immediately kicked off developmental testing at Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland, starting by testing one of the new variant’s key differences—its larger fuel system.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Croatia is delaying procurement of new combat aircraft after the novel coronavirus pandemic and an earthquake sent the country’s economy into a crisis.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Michael Bruno
Boeing is offering a voluntary layoff plan in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis and acknowledged its product portfolio may change—and likely decrease—as the coronavirus pandemic drives a historic halt across aerospace and aviation.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
SOCOM will choose up to four companies to award contracts worth a maximum of $4 million for the prototype demonstration phase.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Embraer is resuming essential operations in Brazil, such as customer support, aircraft maintenance and manufacturing, following a temporary shutdown

By Daniel Urchick
AVIATION WEEK NETWORK estimates that at the end of 2019, there were 1,188 western-designed aircraft specifically equipped for military command
Defense

North America Lockheed Martin has tapped an aerospace veteran to lead the Pentagon’s largest provider starting June 15, with Lockheed board member Jim
Defense

Brief news items of interest to aerospace & defense professionals.

Defense

By Graham Warwick
Airbus is to continue investing in urban air mobility despite shutting down Voom, its on-demand helicopter booking service, citing the impact of the novel coronavirus crisis.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Czech aerospace manufacturer Aero Vodochody has ramped up flight envelope testing of its new L-39NG light jet trainer as it pushes to have the aircraft certified for the third quarter of 2020.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
More than 12,000 well-educated aspirants representing every U.S. state and territory have applied for an uncertain and perhaps modest number of openings in NASA’s astronaut corps.
Space Symposium

By Tony Osborne
General Atomics has flown the first production representative MQ-9B SkyGuardian medium-altitude, long-endurance unmanned air system.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Victoria Moores
UK-headquartered Acro Aircraft Seating has appointed former Collins Aerospace and B/E Aerospace executive Neil Cairns as its new CEO.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bradley Perrett
Japan has set up a project office for its Next Generation Fighter program and reiterated an intention to decide on an international partner within eight months, despite a report last month that the U.S. was already preferred.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Brief news items of interest to aerospace & defense professionals.

The U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) has awarded two contracts worth up to $500 million each to Raytheon and L3Harris to

News in brief
Defense

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

By Jen DiMascio
The Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center has awarded two contracts worth up to $500 million each to Raytheon and L3Harris Technologies to develop and produce new, secure modems.
Space Symposium