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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, July 5, 2021

VOL. 277 NO. 1 July 05, 2021
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Operations

Branson
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Richard Branson Books His Ride On SpaceShipTwo

Jul 02, 2021
If schedules hold, Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson will fly nine days ahead of fellow billionaire entrepreneur and space buff Jeff Bezos, founder and funder of Blue Origin.
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Drones Enable Infectious Disease Sample Transport In Mozambique

Jul 02, 2021
Australian startup Swoop Aero has completed a study in Mozambique that demonstrated the feasibility of using drones for the cold-chain transport of infectious tuberculosis and COVID-19 laboratory samples.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

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CAE Concludes Acquisition Of L3Harris Military Training Business

Jul 02, 2021
CAE has concluded its previously announced $1.05 billion acquisition of L3Harris Technologies’ Military Training business, doubling its military training business in the U.S.

Programs

SPEAR3
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UK Funds Study Into Collaborative Weapons

Jul 02, 2021
Work on the £3.5 million ($4.8 million) Co-operative Strike Weapons Technology Demonstrator (CSWTD) will be led by the UK Defense Science Technology Laboratory (DSTL) and supported by missile manufacturer MBDA.
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Paraguay Air Force Picks Up Two More Cessna Caravans

Jul 02, 2021
The Paraguayan Air Force plans to start operating the new aircraft for humanitarian missions in the second half of this year.
ISS
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Russia’s Progress MS-17 Reaches ISS With Supplies

Jul 02, 2021
The docking of the Progress MS-17 cargo capsule to the Poisk module was a first, Progress freighters having previously docked at the Russian segment's Pirs module, which was disabled earlier this year.
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Eviation Redesigns Alice All-Electric Regional Aircraft

Jul 01, 2021
Eviation aircraft has redesigned its Alice nine-passenger electric regional aircraft, dispensing with some of the original design’s most noteworthy features.
Z-8L
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China Publicly Debuts Z-8L Heavy-Lift Helicopter 

Jul 01, 2021
The Z-8L is China’s first 15-ton class helicopter, with military observers agreeing that it will bolster the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) frontline transport and fast-reaction combat capabilities.  
STARS
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FAA Awards Raytheon New STARS Contract

Jun 30, 2021
The five-year contract maintains Raytheon’s position as the systems integrator for STARS, which receives surveillance and flight-plan data and presents the information to controllers on high-resolution, color displays.
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Aerovel Enhances Flexrotor’s Rough-Weather Handling

Jun 30, 2021
Aerovel’s Flexrotor long-endurance vertical-takeoff-and-landing unmanned aircraft has demonstrated operations in gusty winds using an autopilot developed by the University of Washington.

Holiday Note

Funding & Policy

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U.S. Space Force Anticipates Release Of Force Design By Year’s End

Jul 01, 2021
The U.S. Space Force will unveil its first-ever Force Design this year that will allow the service to compete optimally against China and Russia.
Paris
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New EASA Drone Rules Paved Way For Volocopter Paris Flights

Jun 30, 2021
It has emerged that the Volocopter 2X was issued a permit to fly by French civil aviation authority DGAC after receiving approval from the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) using recently released guidelines for the design verification of drones.

Business

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New Funding Will Expand Zipline’s Drone Delivery Service

Jul 02, 2021
On-demand drone delivery provider Zipline has secured an additional $250 million in funding.
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Embraer’s UAM Spinoff Will Use Beacon Maintenance Platform

Jul 01, 2021
Eve Urban Air Mobility has confirmed plans to use EmbraerX’s Beacon maintenance platform for aftermarket coordination of its eVTOL aircraft. Embraer’s urban air mobility (UAM) spinoff Eve Urban Air Mobility Solutions has officially confirmed plans to leverage Beacon, the maintenance coordination platform developed by the OEM’s market accelerator EmbraerX.
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Kit Helicopter Maker Plans eVTOL Market Entry

Jun 30, 2021
A long-established manufacturer of kit helicopters plans to enter the already crowded electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing market by capitalizing on the proven rotor system from its existing product line.

Technology

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Stratodynamics Completes Turbulence-Detection Sensor Flights

Jun 29, 2021
Stratodynamics and UAVOS have completed a series of stratospheric flights with the HiDRON autonomous glider from Spaceport America in New Mexico.

Fleet Snapshot

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