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Airborne Range Hawks enabling more hypersonic flight tests
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Covid-19: More US defence contractors re-open than close for first time since virus struck
Pat Host, Washington, DC - Jane's Defence Industry
02 May 2020
For the first time since the coronavirus (Covid-19) reached the United States, more defence contractors re-opened than closed over the past week, according to the Pentagon's top weapons buyer.
Ellen Lord, under-secretary of defence for acquisition and sustainment (A&S), told reporters on 30 April that out of the 10,509 companies tracked by the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA), 93 are closed, which is 13 fewer than last week. Of these, 141 had re-opened, 73 more than last week's tally of 68.
Additionally, out of the 11,413 companies tracked by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), 438 are closed while 237 that were closed have re-opened.
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L3Harris Technologies and a team of European defence and technology firms have been contracted to develop future Nato surveillance concepts.
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