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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, December 11, 2020

VOL. 274 NO. 48 December 11, 2020
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Programs

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USAF Clears EPAWSS To Enter Production Phase

Dec 10, 2020
The decision clears BAE Systems to begin production of the electronic warfare upgrade as developmental and operational testing by the 53rd Wing continues.
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Gremlins Miss Docking With C-130 In Nine Attempts: DARPA

Dec 10, 2020
The motion of each X-61A in relation to the capture mechanism during each attempt proved larger than the designers expected, DARPA said. The X-61As instead deployed parachutes to recover safely on the ground.
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SpaceX Starship Crashes After High-Altitude Flight Test

Dec 10, 2020
A SpaceX Starship prototype, powered for the first time by a trio of liquid oxygen- and methane-burning Merlin engines, crashed during a landing…
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MQ-25 Test Asset Flies With Refueling Store

Dec 10, 2020
With a Cobham drogue pod installed on the left-wing, inboard station for the 2.5-hr. flight, Boeing analyzed the aerodynamics of the company-owned T1 test asset for the MQ-25. 
Ampaire
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Ampaire Flies Hybrid-Electric Testbed On Hawaii Regional Route

Dec 09, 2020
U.S. start-up Ampaire is flying its hybrid-electric testbed on a regional airline route in Hawaii to demonstrate the propulsion technology’s potential to reduce fuel burn and CO2 emissions by 40-50%.
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TEI Delivers First Turkish Indigenous Helo Turboshaft Engine

Dec 07, 2020
Turkish aero-engine manufacturer TUSAS Engine Industries has delivered its first TS1400 turboshaft engine for use in the indigenous T-625 Gokbey utility helicopter.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

Operations

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B-1B Releases Missile From External Store

Dec 10, 2020
The external release of a subsonic, Lockheed Martin AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile from the right forward fuselage station of the B-1B helps to prove the feasibility of launching hypersonic weapons.
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Next Astronauts On Moon Should Stress Science, Report Says

Dec 07, 2020
The NASA astronauts assigned to Artemis III, the first mission to return human explorers to the Moon, should be trained, equipped and supported to carry out a far-reaching science agenda, a new report says.

Business

Response
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Bell Buys Crash-Worthy Fuel Cell Startup

Dec 09, 2020
Textron’s Bell helicopter division has acquired Response Technologies, a Rhode Island-based startup focused on flexible, additively manufactured, textile-reinforced composites and fuel cells.

Funding & Policy

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Senate Rejects Move To Block F-35, MQ-9 Sale To UAE

Dec 10, 2020
The failure of the legislation comes two days before a 30-day Congressional notification deadline ends on the late move by the Trump Administration to accelerate the sale of stealth fighters and unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to the UAE. 
Electron
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U.S. Creating Intelligence Community Commercial Space Center

Dec 10, 2020
The U.S. director of national intelligence announced that the nation is creating an Intelligence Community Commercial Space Council, during a Dec. 9 meeting of the National Space Council.

Services

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What’s Driving StandardAero’s Business

Dec 03, 2020
StandardAero’s business is 80-85% of what it was before the COVID-19 pandemic, and it hopes to be at 100% in the second half of 2021, assuming vaccines roll out and are effective as anticipated, says Tony Brancato, the company’s president of business aviation.

Technology

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MagniX Joins Team To Certify Electric Caravan In Australia

Dec 09, 2020
Electric propulsion developer MagniX has partnered with Australian operator Sydney Seaplanes and start-up Dante Aeronautical to work toward the first supplemental type certification of an electric-powered Cessna Caravan.

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