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

The U.S. Defense Department will have spent an estimated $481 billion between 2018 and 2024 to identify and develop new technologies for advanced

By Jen DiMascio
The move, being made to address cybersecurity concerns, could impact the program’s schedule.
Space Symposium

By Lee Hudson
The KC-46 program can recover easily from a two-week pause and the Air Force acquisition executive says he has “no reason” to believe Boeing will extend the production pause.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Maxim Pyadushkin
Russian airframer Irkut’s fourth MC-21-300 flight prototype has arrived at the Gromov Flight Research Institute in Zhukovsky, near Moscow, ahead of certification trials
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Marine Corps commandant has acknowledged uncertainty about a week-old decision to cap squadron strength for F-35s at 10 aircraft and plans to commission at least one independent study to examine the issue.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Lynn Tilton has stepped down as CEO of MD Helicopters (MDH) after bankruptcy judges ordered her to sell companies to repay collateralized loan obligations worth nearly $2 billion.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
French startup VoltAero has been forced to cancel a public demonstration of its Cassio 1 hybrid-electric propulsion testbed, but is preparing to fly a modified Cessna 337 Skymaster in its latest form.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jen DiMascio
The U.S. Air Force, in need of more than 26,000 hr. of aerial refueling support, is continuing to search for commercial service providers to make up some of the shortfall caused in part by late delivery of the Boeing KC-46 tanker.
Budget, Policy & Operations

Brief news items of interest to aerospace & defense professionals.

An electrical turbogenerator has been test-fitted on a Yakovlev Yak-40 flying testbed at a Siberian research institute as part of a Russian project to

By Steve Trimble
Air Combat Command has dropped a plan to award a sole-source contract to Hillwood Aviation to supply Korea Aerospace Industries/Lockheed Martin T-50s for a five-year demonstration program, opting for a competition instead.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
The Vega light launcher and its evolutions will continue to enjoy brisk sales, despite the current health crisis around the COVID-19 pandemic and its negative impact in the short term, Avio CEO Giulio Ranzo says.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Saab has cut metal on the first components for the two-seat JAS-39F Gripen, marking a milestone in the design and development of the new fighter.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Lee Hudson
A U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, the USS Theodore Roosevelt, pulled into Guam during a deployment because of a growing outbreak of the novel coronavirus spreading among sailors throughout the decks.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Kurt Hofmann
Austrian aerospace parts and services provider FACC expects further consolidation in the supplier business in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
A European Union-funded research project to improve aircraft ice protection is preparing upgraded wind tunnels for testing of a hybrid system capable of detecting icing caused by supercooled large droplets (SLD).
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) plans a second space debris removal demonstration in partnership with a Japanese startup.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Germany will make a split buy of Eurofighters and U.S.-made F/A-18 Super Hornets to replace its aging Panavia Tornadoes, media reports have suggested.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Britain’s Royal Air Force has suspended all flying displays as the COVID-19 pandemic hits major public events and airshows across the UK and Europe.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Daniel Urchick
AVIATION WEEK NETWORK forecasts that from 2020 to 2029, western-designed military taker aircraft will generate $60.4 billion in maintenance, repair
Defense