Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

By Bill Carey
Brazil’s Department of Airspace Control has installed South America’s first “remote tower” at an air base in Rio de Janeiro, using a system based on Frequentis visualization technology.
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By Bill Carey
The Aireon space-based surveillance system has been integrated into the air traffic control automation platform used by Brazil’s Department of Airspace Control.
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By Tony Osborne
France wants a weapon capable of high-supersonic speeds while the UK would prefer a subsonic weapon with low-observable attributes. Without an agreement, industry officials question whether the FC/ASW studies will be able to proceed.
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By Graham Warwick
Utah’s Transportation Department plans to collaborate with Singaporean startup NEO Aeronautics on testing and potential deployment of its Crimson S8 eVTOL personal air vehicle.

By Tony Osborne
GKN Aerospace says it has designed, manufactured and delivered a midscale demonstrator tool to support the development of a composite wing spar for Airbus’ Wing of Tomorrow program.
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By Irene Klotz
Startup Blue Origin’s bid to build NASA’s human lunar lander system will include industry behemoths Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman, as well as Draper Laboratory.
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By Graham Warwick
Under a NASA contract, electric aircraft developer Ampaire is studying the feasibility of modifying the de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter to hybrid-electric propulsion.
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By Bradley Perrett
The Korean Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) will static test the complete third stage of its KSLV-II space launcher within a few months, with a static test of the first stage to follow in 2020 ahead of the planned first flight in 2021.
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By Mark Carreau
NASA’s Office of Protective Services has accepted a series of recommendations from the agency’s inspector general that support more centralized oversight of NASA security.
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By Tony Osborne
Flight testing of the five-seat electric vertical takeoff and landing platform is proceeding apace at the Oberpfaffenhofen airfield near Munich.

By Graham Warwick
Drone delivery service Zipline has demonstrated its medical delivery capabilities in joint military exercises involving the U.S. Marine Corps and Australian Defense Force.
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This week sees the International Astronautical Congress get underway in Washington.

MAXAR TECHNOLOGIES completed System Requirements Review for NASA’s lunar Gateway Power and Propulsion Element.

Endeavor Robotics Inc., Chelmsford, Massachusetts, has been awarded a $25,500,000 modification to contract W56HZV-19-D-0031 to procure reset, sustain, maintain and recap parts for Robot Logistics Support Center technicians.

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s first all-female spacewalk, conducted Oct. 18 by astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir, is a sign of increasing diversity among the space exploration community, the two women said.
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By Michael Bruno, Sean Broderick
Wall Street came down hard on 737 MAX manufacturers Boeing and Spirit AeroSystems after an internal Boeing pilot conversation over the 737 and its maneuvering characteristics augmentation system became public.

By Marhalim Abas
The Philippines defense department will decide in December on the type of multi-role fighter (MRF) aircraft to be purchased by the air force, its chief says.
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By Tony Osborne
Lithuania has become the latest Eastern European country to select the Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk for its rotary-wing requirements.
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By Mark Carreau
Longstanding planetary protection practices should be re-evaluated and updated regularly given the growing interest in international and commercial planetary exploration, advances in astrobiology and new small spacecraft technologies, according to a NASA-sponsored study.
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By Tony Osborne
The UK plans to look at the creation of a mobile national counter-drone capability to respond to “challenging drone security incidents” such as the shutdown of London’s Gatwick Airport last December.

By Lee Hudson
The U.S. Air Force has made an initial award of $15.8 million to seven companies to provide advanced adversary air and close air support threat services under a contract with a maximum value of $6.5 billion over five years.
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By Tony Osborne
German urban air taxi developer Volocopter has shown off its vision for an urban air mobility terminal.

By Tony Osborne
Switzerland’s Kopter Group and KAI have agreed to cooperate on marketing, sales and potential assembly of Kopter’s SH09 single-engine light helo in South Korea.
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By Bill Carey
Raytheon has integrated the AirMap UAS monitoring application on a working prototype of its Multi-platform ATC Rehosting Solution for air traffic control.

By Thierry Dubois
Position, navigation and timing equipment manufacturer Orolia is targeting the end of 2020 for the first delivery of its new survival emergency locator transmitter (ELT), which will feature a multiconstellation receiver.
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