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France Adds €8 Bn to Fund Aerospace Recovery Plan

France Adds €8 Bn to Fund Aerospace Recovery Plan

PARIS — France launched what it billed a 15-billion-euro ($17 billion) support plan for its aerospace industry on Tuesday, accelerating research on a green jetliner and warning 100,000 French jobs could be lost due to the coronavirus crisis.

The plans – which include 7 billion euros of aid alre…

US Air Force Investigating Hypersonic Test Failure

US Air Force Investigating Hypersonic Test Failure

LOS ANGELES and WASHINGTON — A scramjet-powered missile developed under the joint DARPA/U.S. Air Force Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC) program was destroyed in a recent test accident, Aerospace DAILY has learned.

The missile is believed to have inadvertently separated from a B-5…

USAF Delays Decision on KC-46 Tanker Production to 2024

USAF Delays Decision on KC-46 Tanker Production to 2024

The U.S. Air Force has delayed by four years a decision on whether the $44 billion KC-46 tanker program should be approved for full-rate production while contractor Boeing Co. tries to show it has fixed the flawed camera system used for the plane’s midair refueling mission.

An Air Force statement…

Leonardo Wins Maintenance Contract with Danish Navy

Leonardo Wins Maintenance Contract with Danish Navy

ROME — Leonardo has signed a twenty-year framework agreement with the Danish Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organisation (DALO) which provides for logistics support and the possible future upgrade of the seventeen 76/62 Super Rapid Gun Mounts which are in-service on the Danish Navy’s Iver Huitf…
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