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By Tony Osborne
British scientists and academics are studying the potential use of diamond batteries to provide long-lasting energy resources that could power small satellites and sensors.
Space

By Michael Bruno
Major aviation training and simulator provider CAE said it is temporarily laying off at least 465 staff starting March 27 and cutting staff manager salaries in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis.
Marketplace

By Mark Carreau
Looking to close dozens of capability gaps for reaching Mars with human explorers, NASA expects to rely on activities aboard the International Space Station and future lunar-orbiting Gateway, as well as terrestrial work in locations that can act as analogs for the red planet.
Space

By Molly McMillin
Embraer has placed all employees at sites in Brazil who cannot perform their jobs remotely on temporary paid leave through March 31 because of the virus causing COVID-19, the company said.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Irene Klotz
NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida remained open on March 23 to personnel working on Mars 2020, Commercial Crew and Cargo and other mission-critical programs despite its first confirmed case of the coronavirus COVID-19.
Space

By Bradley Perrett, Kim Minseok
Radar development for the Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) KF-X is moving toward production of a prototype, following evaluation of a technology demonstrator in Israel and South Korea.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Irene Klotz
A Russian Soyuz rocket lifted off from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on March 21 to deliver another 34 satellites into orbit for OneWeb, which is
Space

By Jen DiMascio, Steve Trimble
The Pentagon will pay up to 90% of billed work immediately for large contractors and 95% for small businesses.
Budget, Policy & Operations

To Our Readers, We are all living through difficult and exceptional times in our industry as the novel coronavirus and the COVID-19 illness it can

Brief news items of interest to aerospace & defense professionals.

The Pentagon is in talks on invoking the Defense Production Act to support the government’s response to COVID-19 and determining what that entails for

By Guy Norris
LOS ANGELES -- As part of efforts to sustain operations and increase its chances of receiving a state bailout to offset the devastating impact of the
Marketplace

By Jen DiMascio
Marcel Dassault hired Saget as a test pilot in 1955 and later appointed him chief test pilot.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick
Longview Aviation Capital Corp. has suspended production on its De Havilland Dash 8-400 and Viking Twin Otter 400 programs “until further notice” and laid off about 1,000 workers, the company announced.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
With the defense industrial base formally declared "critical infrastructure," the Defense Department is emphasizing the supply chain's "special responsibility" to maintain schedules.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
The March 19 test means the technology can transition into weapon systems development for the Army and Navy, the Pentagon says.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Lee Hudson
A U.S. Air Force active duty member who works for the Defense Health Agency has tested positive for COVID-19.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Oil-and-gas helicopter operator Bristow Group has converted three of its helicopters to perform evacuation missions for oil workers with suspected cases of novel coronavirus.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Lee Hudson
Two lawmakers are making a bipartisan plea to House Appropriations defense subcommittee leadership for the purchase of two MQ-4C Tritons in fiscal 2021.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble, Graham Warwick
A new, low-cost turbojet designed to power future generations of swarming cruise missiles has completed flight testing, the Air Force Research Laboratory announced on March 19.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Michael Bruno
U.S. defense primes are increasingly securing billion-dollar sums of new debt financing as companies large and small manage a liquidity crisis stemming from the COVID-19 virus and the collapse of air travel.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Organizers of July’s Farnborough International Airshow and the Royal International Air Tattoo have decided to cancel the events in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Marketplace

CAPE CANAVERAL - NASA is temporarily halting work on the Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion spacecraft as it closes the Michoud Assembly Facility in
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Michael Bruno
Former Trump administration UN Ambassador Nikki Haley has resigned from aerospace and defense giant Boeing’s board of directors in opposition to the company’s $60 billion bailout bid, the company said March 19.
Marketplace

By Jen DiMascio
The coronavirus pandemic is putting U.S. defense companies in a bind.
Budget, Policy & Operations