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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, June 29, 2021

VOL. 276 NO. 61 June 29, 2021
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Programs

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The Weekly Debrief: Where Does Skyborg Go From Here?

Jun 28, 2021
To meet the Air Force's schedule goal, a decision is due by the end of the year on a transition strategy for the Skyborg program. Aviation Week assesses two likely options to receive the autonomous control system.
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French Unions Call For Eurodrone Program To Adopt Safran Engine

Jun 28, 2021
Unions representing French workers at Airbus and Safran are urging the Eurodrone partner governments to adopt a European engine for the medium-altitude, long-endurance uncrewed air system.
T625 P2
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Turkish Aerospace Flies Latest Prototype T625 Helo

Jun 28, 2021
Turkish Aerospace has flown its latest prototype T625 Gokbey twin-engine medium helicopter, increasing the pace of the flight-test program for the indigenously developed platform.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

Funding & Policy

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Pentagon Seeks To Unify Service-Level Experimentation

Jun 25, 2021
The Pentagon is creating a new prototyping fund to support the Joint Warfighting Concept, and what makes this effort different is the goal of bringing integrated capability to the joint force instead of delivering individual technologies to the services.
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Pentagon Eyes New Agreement With European Defense Agency

Jun 28, 2021
The Pentagon wants to begin negotiations on an administrative agreement with the European Defense Agency to further U.S. involvement in Permanent Structured Cooperation projects.
Merlin
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UK Navy Challenges Industry For Heavy-Lift UAS

Jun 28, 2021
The UK Royal Navy is looking to accelerate the development of an autonomous, heavy-lift uncrewed air system so that it can reduce its reliance on expensive-to-operate conventional rotary-wing platforms.  
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Pentagon Kicks Off AI, Data Acceleration Initiative

Jun 25, 2021
Pentagon Kicks Off AI, Data Acceleration Initiative  The Pentagon is launching a new AI and Data Acceleration effort to quicken Joint All-Domain Command and Control development, according to a June 21 memo.

Operations

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Fly-by-Wire Phenomenon Led To Cyclone Crash

Jun 28, 2021
An accident probe into the loss of a Canadian Sikorsky Cyclone anti-submarine warfare helicopter has concluded that a bias in the fly-by-wire flight control system prevented the pilot from making a corrective input, resulting in the aircraft crashing into the Mediterranean Sea.
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Military Data Seem To Show UAP Propulsion, Signature Activity

Jun 25, 2021
A U.S. Defense Department task force has data that appear to confirm cases in which unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) are able to accelerate and…

Technology

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GKN-Led Project Developing Cryogenic Electric Propulsion

Jun 25, 2021
A UK-funded research program is developing a hybrid hydrogen and electric propulsion architecture that could offer a stepwise approach to introducing cryogenic and superconducting technology while easing the path to certification of the technology.

Contracts