Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

ESA has made progress with an ExoMars 2020 parachute problem and hopes the probe will be ready for launch this summer.

Joby Aviation now is the most well-funded startup in the emerging electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) air taxi market.

NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Christina Koch resumed efforts Jan. 15 to replace aging batteries on the International Space Station.

The Marine commandant points to the MUX effort as an example of requirements creep and how the services must be more disciplined.

The new pod will become one of the key capabilities for the F/A-18E/F Block III that is scheduled to enter flight testing in a few months.

Investment firm L Squared Capital Partners is looking to acquire small companies focused on aerospace and defense.

As operators report an increasing number of GNSS signal losses related to radio frequency interference, Airbus is reminding pilots of the consequences and required action in the cockpit.

“I would put us in the red-risk for being ready at the national level for sample analysis of the Osiris-Rex materials,” the mission's principal investigator says.

The Japanese Ministry of Defense is seeking information on an unspecified training system for Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning pilots.

BridgeComm and Boeing’s HorizonX are exploring applications for a new, ultra-high-speed communications network for systems on land, in the air and in space.

The Archange aircraft will use Thales’ CUGE universal electronic warfare payload, and will replace the French Air Force's two C-160G Gabriel platforms.

Lockheed Martin has won a sixth prime contractor role in a U.S. hypersonic missile program.

Brief news items of interest to aerospace & defense professionals.

Gen. John Raymond is now officially in charge of the first new U.S. military service to be created in more than 70 years.

A Twitter posting shows a subscale eVTOL aircraft flying carrying the branding of Chinese automaker Geely.

After finding no evidence of criminal drone activity, Colorado’s Department of Public Safety “scaled back proactive operations."

Rocket Lab is building a new headquarters, mission control center and production complex in Long Beach, also home to rival Virgin Orbit.

Startup ABL Space Systems is working with AFRL to develop and test propulsion elements for unspecified launch vehicles.

The Pentagon plans to award contracts in April for three to five counter-small unmanned aircraft systems for use in the Middle East.

Airbus conducted the first untethered flight of its CityAirbus eVTOL air-taxi demonstrator at the end of 2019.

Opener, developer of the BlackFly personal eVTOL aircraft, is testing an initial batch of 30 vehicles ahead of a planned North American sales tour.

A custom-made anti-drone system has been deployed at London Heathrow Airport (LHR), using technologies from different manufacturers.

Boeing says it expects Berlin to issue a contract award for a fleet of 44-60 helicopters plus sustainment and training in 2021.

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