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Magazine Issue

Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, July 13, 2021

VOL. 277 NO. 6 July 13, 2021

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Weekly Debrief

The Weekly Debrief: Hypersonic Weapons Set Up As Arms Control Bargaining Chip

Jul 12, 2021

U.S. and Russian diplomats have pledged to open discussions to create “a mechanism that can lead to control of new and dangerous and sophisticated weapons that are coming on the scene now that reduce the times of response, that raise the prospects of accidental war."

Daily Briefs

In Brief

Business

VoltAero Selects Hybrid-Electric Cassio’s Final-Assembly Site

Jul 12, 2021

French hybrid-electric aircraft startup VoltAero has selected Rochefort Charente-Maritime Airport in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of southwest France for its final-assembly plant.

Acquisition Takes Volocopter Step Closer To eVTOL Production

Jul 07, 2021

With certification targeted for the end of 2022, Germany’s Volocopter has taken a major step toward moving its electric air taxi from development into production.

Supplier Primus Aerospace Gets PE Support For Expansion Plan

Jul 09, 2021

Angeles Equity Partners is adding its own director to Primus' board as part of the deal as the Tier 2 supplier looks to scale up.

European Customer Signs For Cargo Ekranoplans

Jul 08, 2021

U.S. startup Flying Ship Technologies has signed a purchase agreement with an unidentified European customer for its wing-in-ground-effect maritime cargo vessels. Valued at $100 million, the agreement is secured by a deposit that is cancellable and refundable up to 90 days before delivery of the first of the ekranoplan-style vehicles.

Operations

SpaceX Dragon Resupply Capsule Splashes Down

Jul 10, 2021

NASA and SpaceX reported late July 9 a successful splashdown of the company’s 22nd Dragon resupply mission to the International Space Station.

Blade Shares UAM Experience With eVTOL Partners

Jul 08, 2021

Using its experience in providing on-demand helicopter service in New York and other cities, Blade Urban Air Mobility is working with electric air-taxi developers to tailor their aircraft to its operations.

Technology

Virgin Galactic Flies Branson, Crew To Suborbital Space

Jul 11, 2021

SpaceShipTwo Unity glided to a landing at 9:32 am on July 11 after successfully providing a six-member crew, including Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson, a few minutes of weightlessness in space.

Programs

Bronco II Damaged Following Armed Overwatch Flight Demos