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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, July 15, 2021

VOL. 277 NO. 8 July 15, 2021
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Technology

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NASA Identifying, Addressing Spacesuit Development Challenges

Jul 14, 2021
NASA is making progress in the development of a new spacesuit design to return human explorers to the Moon’s surface and outfit a wide range of male and female astronauts.
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Russia to Develop Single-Orbit Flightpath To ISS

Jul 14, 2021
Russia’s Roscosmos is testing the elements of a single-orbit flightpath to the International Space Station.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

Funding & Policy

OPIR
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Defense Spending Bill Chides Space Force For Acquisition Plans

Jul 14, 2021
The newly formed U.S. Space Force has not done enough to realize the space force vision, which was founded in large part to fix lasting issues with acquisition, according to draft legislation passed by the House Appropriations Committee.
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Forest Service Flagged ‘Issue’ Before Bell Directives

Jul 13, 2021
The U.S. Forest Service notified Bell Textron of a “potentially serious maintenance issue” with its Bell medium helicopters just before Transport Canada and the FAA issued emergency airworthiness directives requiring operators to inspect the aircraft’s main-rotor hubs for potentially faulty hub strap pins.

Business

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Joby, JetBlue, Signature Eye Carbon Credits For Green Propulsion

Jul 13, 2021
As alternative propulsion concepts show promise to help decarbonize aviation, leaders in the commercial aviation, advanced air mobility and business aviation markets have joined forces to establish carbon credits for emissions reductions enabled by electric- and hydrogen-powered aircraft.
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Roper Joins Board Of eVTOL Developer Beta

Jul 13, 2021
Hard on the heels of being appointed chief executive of delivery-drone developer Volansi, former assistant U.S. Air Force Secretary Will Roper has been named to the board of electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft developer Beta Technologies.
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EHang Partners With Spanish Infrastructure Manager On UAM

Jul 14, 2021
Building on its concessions to manage highways, railways and tunnels in several countries, Spain’s Globalvia is expanding into urban air mobility through a strategic alliance with Chinese autonomous passenger and cargo air vehicle developer EHang.

Programs

SAF
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Boeing Invests In SkyNRG’s Plans For U.S.-Based SAF Production

Jul 14, 2021
Boeing is backing the production of sustainable aviation fuel in the U.S. under a partnership with supply chain developer SkyNRG.
H2JET
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GKN To Research Hydrogen-Burning Turbine Engines For Narrowbodies

Jul 14, 2021
Aimed at enabling single-aisle airliners to burn carbon-free hydrogen in turbine engines, GKN Aerospace is leading a two-year Swedish-funded research project.