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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, February 15, 2021

VOL. 275 NO. 30 February 15, 2021
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Technology

LASER
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MDA Reopens Search For Powerful Laser Interceptor

Feb 12, 2021
A request for information (RFI) published on Feb. 11 reopens the MDA’s on-again, off-again search for a laser weapon to shoot down threats, particularly in the vulnerable boost phase of a missile’s flight path. 
AS2
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NASA Steps Up Civil Hypersonic Studies With Aerion, GE

Feb 09, 2021
NASA is transitioning long-running hypersonic technology studies increasingly toward potential commercial applications and has awarded two new contracts supporting high speed design and propulsion work to Aerion Supersonic and GE Aviation respectively.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

Business

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Boeing, Safran Freeze APU Joint Venture Initium

Feb 12, 2021
Boeing and Safran have put their APU joint venture on hold because of changes in the commercial aviation market due to COVID-19, a Safran spokesperson has confirmed.
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Slingshot Aerospace Changes CEOs, Focuses On Space Business

Feb 12, 2021
Two co-founders of Slingshot Aerospace, a startup that aimed to provide data analytics from airborne and space-based platforms, are swapping the CEO title while the company consolidates its business plan around its Slingshot Orbital space traffic control product.
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Triumph Nears End Of Aerostructures Spinoff With Arlington Capital Deal

Feb 11, 2021
Triumph Group announced late Feb. 10 that it had struck a deal to sell its Red Oak, Texas, operations to aerospace private equity investors Arlington Capital Partners.

Operations

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NASA Makes Initial Assignments For 2022 ISS SpaceX Crew-4 Launch

Feb 12, 2021
NASA has assigned two of its astronauts to the SpaceX Crew Dragon-4 mission to the International Space Station, planned for a date yet to be set in 2022.

Funding & Policy

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Leonardo Leading UAM Initiative In Italy

Feb 12, 2021
Leonardo has begun flight tests of an electric-powered multicopter unmanned air system for carrying goods as part of an urban air mobility technology program in Turin, Italy.
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Space Prosperity Faces Lingering Challenges In 2021, Experts Say

Feb 10, 2021
After a shaky 2020, the outlook for space from government and commercial perspectives looks more favorable, though not without notable challenges, a lineup of experienced players from the two sectors say.
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European Demos Will Develop Conops For UAM

Feb 08, 2021
Large-scale flight demonstrations are planned in seven countries under a European program to expand its U-space concept of operations for unmanned traffic management to include urban air mobility.

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