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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, July 12, 2021

VOL. 277 NO. 5 July 12, 2021
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Programs

Moon outpost living quarters
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NASA, Northrop Finalize Lunar Gateway Living Quarters Agreement

Jul 09, 2021
NASA and Northrop Grumman have finalized a $935 million contract for development of the lunar Habitation and Logistics Outpost module, which along with the Power and Propulsion Element (PPE) will comprise the initial components of the agency’s human-tended, lunar-orbiting Gateway.
Kitty
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U.S. Air Force Approves Kitty Hawk’s Heaviside eVTOL

Jul 09, 2021
Heaviside becomes the fourth electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (evTOL) aircraft to receive military flight release from the U.S. Air Force under its Agility Prime program. 
Kongsberg naval missile
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Germany To Arm Warships With Naval Strike Missile

Jul 09, 2021
Germany plans to arm its warships with the Kongsberg Naval Strike Missile (NSM) as part of a joint cooperation agreement with Norway that includes submarines and associated mission systems.
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Deutsche Aircraft, H2Fly Partner On Fuel-Cell Dornier 328

Jul 07, 2021
Deutsche Aircraft has partnered with German hydrogen propulsion specialist H2Fly to demonstrate a zero-emission, fuel-cell-powered version of the Dornier 328 regional turboprop.
Norwegian. Boeing P-8 Poseidon
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Boeing Rolls Out Norway’s First P-8 Maritime Patrol Poseidon

Jul 09, 2021
Boeing has rolled out Norway’s first P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft, ahead of a first flight later this month.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

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Volansi Names Former USAF Acquisition Roper As CEO

Jul 08, 2021
Volansi has named former U.S. Air Force acquisition leader Will Roper as the delivery drone maker’s next CEO. Roper, who stepped down in January as…

Technology

Airbus A320 Ground Demonstrator
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Lufthansa Technik/Hamburg To Demo Hydrogen Ground Handling

Jul 08, 2021
Lufthansa Technik, working with the City of Hamburg and other German partners, plans to modify an Airbus A320 to test maintenance and ground-handling procedures for liquid-hydrogen-powered aircraft. Operation of the demonstrator is planned to begin in 2022.
Yakovlev Yak-40LL
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Russia To Fly Superconducting Electric Propulsion After Fixes

Jul 08, 2021
Following modifications to overcome issues uncovered during taxi tests, a Russian flying testbed is being prepared for the first-ever flight to use a superconducting electric motor for propulsion.

Funding & Policy

A-29 Super Tucanos
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DOD Pledges 40 More Aircraft Deliveries To Afghan Air Force

Jul 09, 2021
The U.S. Defense Department will deliver 40 more aircraft to the Afghan Air Force after withdrawing all combat troops from the country, a spokesman…
FAA space launch command room
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Space Data Integrator Now Operational, Reports FAA

Jul 08, 2021
The FAA on July 8 formally announced the entry into service of its Space Data Integrator, a system that enables the agency to track rockets and reentry vehicles in near real-time as they transition through the airspace.

Business

Astro Alta eVTOL
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Astro Hopes For Return To eVTOL Leadership

Jul 09, 2021
In 2018, Astro Aerospace became one of the first companies to fly a full-scale electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) vehicle. That same year, Astro became the first startup targeting the urban-air-mobility market to go public. But then the company went quiet.

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