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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, October 15, 2020

VOL. 274 NO. 9 October 15, 2020
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Programs

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ESA Awards Mars, Moon Exploration Contracts To Airbus, TAS

Oct 14, 2020
Both companies will serve as prime contractors for the definition phase of the European Large Logistics Lander, supporting NASA's Artemis human lunar missions.
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GE Tests New FATE Engine To Offer Army Upgraded T408

Oct 14, 2020
GE’s Future Affordable Turbine Engine (FATE), which jointly funded by the Army, is not planned to transition into an aircraft, but component technologies could be inserted into the 7,500 shp-class T408 turboshaft engine.
Hercules
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Netherlands Accelerating Airlifter Procurement Plans

Oct 14, 2020
The Netherlands plans to accelerate the replacement of its C-130 Hercules airlifter fleet with a procurement program planned to deliver new aircraft from 2026.
Compound helicopter
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SB-1 Defiant Opens Flight Envelope To 232 Knots

Oct 14, 2020
The new speed level by coaxial-compound rotor with a pusher propeller was achieved at about two-thirds prop torque and engine power.
AH-1W
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NAVAIR Will Host AH-1W Industry Day

Oct 14, 2020
Although the U.S. Marine Corps is retiring the AH-1W Super Cobra aircraft, Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) is contemplating what the aircraft’s post-operational life will look like.
LiquidPiston
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Army Funding Advances LiquidPiston’s Jet-Fuel Rotary Engine

Oct 13, 2020
Development of compact, efficient rotary internal-combustion engines able to run on jet fuel has been boosted by U.S. Army contracts to advance the technology for unmanned-aircraft propulsion and rotorcraft auxiliary-power applications.
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Lockheed Preps For GMLRS, PRSM Advances

Oct 14, 2020
Two U.S. Army missile programs led by Lockheed Martin are set to enter another round of critical flight tests.
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General Atomics, Boeing Team Up For High Energy Lasers

Oct 14, 2020
The new partnership combines Boeing's expertise in beam directing with General Atomics' distributed gain laser technology.
Casc
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Casc Tests Gear For Mid-Air Recovery Of Rocket Engines

Oct 14, 2020
Chinese engineers have designed and tested equipment for aerial recovery of space launcher main engines, which they regard as offering advantages over powered descent by fully reusable first stages.

Daily Briefs

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Daily Briefs

Oct 14, 2020
Brief news items of interest to aerospace & defense professionals.

In Brief

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Zhuhai’s Airshow China ‘Postponed,’ No New Dates

Oct 14, 2020
News in brief

Funding & Policy

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Qatari Hawk Fleet Could be Based In UK

Oct 14, 2020
UK Defense Secretary Ben Wallace and his Qatari counterpart, Khalid bin Mohamed Al-Attiyah, signed a statement of intent on Oct. 14 to strengthen the bilateral defense relationship.
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Sweden Plans Smallsat Launch Capability From 2022

Oct 14, 2020
Stockholm is planning to make investments in the planned launch site, near Kiruna in the north of the country, that would enable smallsat launch as early as 2022.
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National Space Council Evaluating Lunar Propellant Reserve

Oct 13, 2020
The reserve could support perhaps 1,100 lunar personnel living and working permanently in the cislunar realm to grow a future $3 trillion annual space economy, ULA president and CEO Tory Bruno says.
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Seven Nations Sign U.S. Artemis Accords For Space Exploration

Oct 14, 2020
The first countries to sign bilateral Artemis Accords agreements with the U.S. are Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, the United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom.

Technology

PlanetVac
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Flexible Sample Collection Device Headed for Moon, Mars

Oct 13, 2020
NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) have selected a new technology for planetary sample collection and return for future missions to the Moon and Martian moon Phobos.