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The Pentagon needs a task force that can share best practices across services.
 
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DARPA taps Blue Origin and Lockheed for Draco craft designs, NASA Mars helicopter flight test on hold, defense analysts predict FY22 budget request and more. A roundup of aerospace, space and defense news.
 
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Graham Warwick

President Joe Biden is proposing a DARPA-like organization to conduct high-risk, high-payoff advanced research into climate resilience.
 
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Digitalization, demand for faster R&D, emerging technologies, 5G, AI, cyber and biowarfare threats are upending conventional models. Prepare to disrupt yourself. Invest in a digital future. Find out how.
 
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James Albright

Whenever I witness a transport airplane cross a runway threshold by a few feet, I think back to all the accidents in which aiming for “brick one” ended badly.
 
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Guy Norris, Helen Massy-Beresford

With cargo demand rising since the beginning of the pandemic, Airbus sounds out the potential for A350 and A380 freighter versions.
 
 
Tony Osborne, Kim Minseok

KF-21 fighter development will strengthen economy and national defense, says South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in.
 
 
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The 2021 Military Aviation Logistics & Maintenance Symposium (MALMS) is a dynamic forum for members of the U.S. military and commercial aerospace industry to discuss process improvements and operational readiness concerns regarding aircraft maintenance, logistics, sustainment, acquisition processes, and requirements for force modernization.
 
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Protecting critical data across the supply chain is a responsibility of epic proportions. The DOD is implementing the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) to normalize and standardize cybersecurity preparedness across the defense industrial base. This MALMS session will provide an overview of the progressive model of the CMMC framework and the certification process for suppliers and how section 889 affects these efforts.