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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, July 23, 2021

VOL. 277 NO. 14 July 23, 2021
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Programs

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U.S. Army Official Calls On Industry For FARA Lobbying

Jul 22, 2021
The U.S. Army’s program manager on July 22 called on industry to increase their lobbying to Congress in support of the Future Armed Reconnaissance…
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UK Finalizes Protector Order

Jul 22, 2021
The UK Ministry of Defense has completed its planned purchase of the General Atomics Protector medium-altitude, long-endurance uncrewed air system, signing an order for 13 aircraft.
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Defiant Demonstrator Passes External Lift Test

Jul 22, 2021
A video released on July 22 by the contender for the U.S. Army’s Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) shows the SB-1 lifting to a hover an external load that the Sikorsky-Boeing described as 5,300 lb.
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Tier 1 Testing Certifiable Electric Propulsion Conversion For R44

Jul 20, 2021
Having flown a Robinson R44 light helicopter modified to electric propulsion in 2016 as a proof of concept, Tier 1 Engineering is beginning ground tests of its certifiable power train conversion.
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TsAGI Reveals Supersonic Commercial Aircraft Demonstrator

Jul 20, 2021
Russia’s TsAGI Central Aero-Hydrodynamic Institute has unveiled a scaled-down mockup of a supersonic commercial aircraft demonstrator at the MAKS 2021 air show that kicked off near Moscow on July 20.
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Hydrogen Has Potential For eVTOL Propulsion, Startup Says

Jul 22, 2021
Universal Hydrogen believes its modular capsule system could help power the next generation of electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicles.

Daily Briefs

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Funding & Policy

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Mark Moore’s Startup Targets Ultraquiet Propulsion

Jul 19, 2021
A startup led by electric vertical flight guru Mark Moore has emerged from stealth mode to develop ultraquiet electric propulsors, initially for U.S. military unmanned aircraft.

Technology

CAFE
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Organizations Plan Impartial Electric Aircraft Evaluation Center

Jul 22, 2021
The evaluation center would produce test reports on the performance of eVTOL and electric aircraft.
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UK Scientists, NATS To Experiment With AI For Air Traffic Control

Jul 22, 2021
An initial project will create a digital twin of the UK’s airspace and then use machine learning to understand flight movements across the country in the hope of creating an AI system to support air traffic controllers.
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Fuel-Cell Dornier 328 To Use Universal Hydrogen’s Capsules

Jul 21, 2021
The technical collaboration with Deutsche Aircraft is the first to be announced to involve the use of Universal Hydrogen’s capsules in an aircraft with another company’s hydrogen propulsion system.

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