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From the Blue Origin L2 section, regarding progress on New Glenn:

>Blue is manufacturing test barrel sections for the New Glenn first stage at this time, and they have made a number of them so far.
The issue is making the barrel sections the same outside diameter, and that turns out not to be as easy as it sounds.
This is a drawn-out learning process.

>They expect to have the structure of the test first stage completed by next spring, at the same time the test cell is ready to receive it for testing.

>The first flight quality first stage, is expected to be completed late next summer, as the launch pad is expected to be completed about this time next year.

>First test flight will likely end up being NET Spring 2021.