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Brief news items of interest to aerospace & defense professionals.

By Tony Osborne
The U.S. Government Accountability Office should rule on the protest by mid-May.
Defense

By Bill Carey
Panasonic Avionics Corp. said Feb. 5 that it will supply the inflight entertainment (IFE) system for Kuwait Airways’ new Airbus A330-800neo widebodies.
Air Transport

By Sean Broderick
AVENTURA, Florida—Bloomberg Intelligence analysts expect Boeing’s next product launch to target the larger narrowbody market and see the new midmarket airplane (NMA) as all but doomed thanks in large part to Airbus A321XLR orders by some of the NMA’s most likely customers.
Air Transport

By Lee Hudson
Seven months after being ousted as the Space Development Agency’s first director, Fred Kennedy is warning industry that the U.S. Space Force is not a quick fix for all the Pentagon’s acquisition problems.
Defense

By Michael Bruno
Wall Street remains dubious that aircraft subsystems provider Woodward and composites supplier Hexcel can provide one of the main benefits they promised from their recent merger, particularly as the commercial aviation sector reels from the Boeing 737 MAX production halt and both companies lower their 2020 guidance as a result.
Air Transport

By Bill Carey
Air navigation service provider Airways New Zealand has entered into an agreement with a UK company to build on a proof-of-concept drone detection system currently being tested at Auckland Airport (NZAA).
Air Transport

By Molly McMillin
Over the next five years, Honeywell Aerospace expects manufacturers to deliver 4,100 new civil helicopters, spurred by the entry-into-service of several new products.
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
Although Dynetics has yet to accomplish the airborne recovery of an air-launched unmanned aircraft, DARPA has announced plans to award the company a sole-source follow-on contract for a mission demonstration under its Gremlins program.
Defense

By Michael Bruno
The key aerospace supplier plans to lay off 3-10% of its direct and indirect workforce in part due to the Boeing 737 MAX production halt.
Air Transport

ROLLS-ROYCE completed sale of its mostly North American nuclear services business to WESTINGHOUSE following regulatory clearance. Sale also includes

NASA has awarded Maxar (see related story) a $5 million contract for the Sample Acquisition, Morphology Filtering and Probing of Lunar Regolith

By Tony Osborne
Elbit will fly several different unmanned aircraft systems for the maritime demo, including its 1.2-metric-ton Hermes 900.
Defense

By Steve Trimble
A manned EA-18G controlled two other Growlers in flight as part of a joint Boeing/U.S. Navy demo of manned-unmanned teaming by a carrier-based fighter aircraft.
Defense

By Michael Bruno
In-seat system provider Astronics on Feb. 4 warned investors over financial effects of the Boeing 737 MAX production halt, as well as other “unfavorable” developments including a negative court ruling and ongoing restructuring charges.
Air Transport

By Lee Hudson
After a tough year in 2019, Maxar Technologies has secured a trio of contract awards.
Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
U.S. startup Astra Space has emerged from stealth mode and identified itself as the sole remaining competitor in DARPA’s Launch Challenge to increase the flexibility and pace of flights into low Earth orbit.
Aerospace

By Steve Trimble
U.S. Special Operations Command has revived the Defense Department’s on-again, off-again pursuit of a light attack aircraft fleet by announcing plans to acquire a new fleet of manned aircraft to perform the “armed overwatch” mission.
Defense

By Bill Carey
Air navigation service provider Naviair will establish a remote tower center at Billund Airport (BLL), Denmark’s second largest airport, to manage surrounding air traffic and ultimately provide central air traffic control for other regional airports.
Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
The New Zealand government has signed a memorandum of understanding with urban air mobility startup Wisk to conduct a “world-first” passenger transport trial using its Cora electric self-flying air taxi.
Business Aviation

By Tony Osborne
The UK Royal Air Force’s first Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft has touched down on British soil.
Defense

By Mark Carreau
Solar research by NASA’s Heliophysics Division, NOAA and the National Science Foundation have been slowed by budgets that fail to keep pace with inflation, according to a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.
Defense

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

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Defense

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Defense