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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, March 25, 2021

VOL. 275 NO. 57 March 25, 2021
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Programs

Skyborg
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AFRL Splits Skyborg Into Two, Complementary Programs

Mar 24, 2021
A second program named Autonomous Attritable Aircraft Experimentation will start experimenting with operating candidates for future Skyborg aircraft.
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Agility Prime Funds eSTOL Active Landing Gear Tests

Mar 24, 2021
A novel active landing gear designed by electric aircraft startup Metro Hop to enable ultrashort takeoffs and landings is to be tested under the U.S. Air Force’s Agility Prime advanced air mobility program.
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First Production Bell 525 To Be Delivered in Oil And Gas Mode

Mar 24, 2021
The first customer Bell 525 will be configured for oil and gas operations, the rotorcraft manufacturer has revealed as it focuses on getting the fly-by-wire, twin-engine, super-medium helicopter certified in 2021.
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V-22 Next Study Excludes 'Brand New Aircraft' Option

Mar 24, 2021
The U.S. Marine Corps is studying reliability improvements for the Bell Boeing V-22, but not a new aircraft.
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Lockheed, Northrop Begin Design Work For NGI

Mar 24, 2021
The two teams competing to develop the Next-Generation Interceptor—Lockheed Martin and a Northrop Grumman-Raytheon Technologies partnership—are entering an initial baseline phase that will lead into a preliminary design review for a system designed to protect the U.S. from long-range missile attacks.
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UK Royal Navy Inducts Helicopter-Borne Crowsnest Radar

Mar 24, 2021
The first of the Royal Navy’s new Crowsnest Airborne Surveillance and Control helicopters has been inducted into service and will be ready for the UK’s first Carrier Strike Group 21 deployment in May. 
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China Targets Mid-May For Mars Rover Landing

Mar 23, 2021
China’s Tianwen-1 spacecraft—one of a trio of missions that successfully reached Mars in February—will dispatch a companion rover for a targeted mid-May landing on the planet’s surface, Chi Wang, director general of China’s National Space Science Center, said March 23.
HALO
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AAM Startup Xeriant Looks To Raise Money In Public Offering

Mar 24, 2021
Xeriant, a three-year-old aerospace holding company that includes the Halo concept for an electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) taxi, is preparing to offer more public shares to raise funds for acquisitions and other endeavors.
Daedalean
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Autonomy Startups Team Up To Target Commercial Aircraft

Mar 24, 2021
Machine learning specialist Daedalean and autonomous system developer Reliable Robotics have partnered to build advanced navigation and situational awareness systems for commercial aircraft.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

Business

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Leonardo Steps Back From DRS Selloff, Shelves Share Sale

Mar 24, 2021
Leonardo, Italy’s large aerospace and defense company, said March 24 that it has postponed the initial public offering of stock in its U.S. defense electronics subsidiary known as DRS.
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Lockheed, Omnispace Team To Explore Space-Based 5G Business

Mar 23, 2021
Lockheed Martin and Omnispace, a startup targeting satellite-enabled 5G communications, on March 23 announced a “strategic interest agreement” to explore 5G business opportunities from space, and possibly creating the first dual-use commercial- and government-serving platform.

Funding & Policy

MoD
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UK Wants More Productive Relationship With Defense Industry 

Mar 24, 2021
The UK government is planning reforms to defense procurement as part of a strategy that aims to foster a more productive relationship between government and the defense and security industry. 

Operations

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SpaceX Adds 60 Satellites To Starlink Network

Mar 24, 2021
With a 23rd successful mission dedicated to deploying its Starlink communications network, SpaceX is closing in on its initial goal of about 1,450 operational satellites to kick off commercial broadband services in the U.S. and other regions.

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