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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, August 11, 2021

VOL. 277 NO. 27 August 11, 2021
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Programs

Astronaut in spacesuit
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NASA Audit Sees Slow Spacesuit Development Hindering Lunar Return

Aug 10, 2021
Efforts by NASA to develop a next-generation spacesuit face significant cost and schedule challenges that will push back its availability to April 2025 at the earliest, according to audit by the agency’s inspector general.
U.S. Space Force seal
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Space Force Adds Three Companies To OSP-4 Quick-Launch Effort

Aug 10, 2021
The U.S. Space Force’s Rocket Systems Launch Program Office has added ABL Space Systems, Astra Space and Relativity Space to work toward a quick-launch effort under the Orbital Services Program-4.
Hybrid Air Vehicles Airlander
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Hybrid Air Vehicles, U.S. Navy Team On Defense Uses Of Hybrid Aircraft

Aug 10, 2021
Hybrid Air Vehicles, the developer of the Airlander airship, is to collaborate with the U.S. Navy’s Naval Postgraduate School to study of the use of hybrid aircraft technologies in military applications.
Transcend Air Vy 400
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GE Turboshaft To Power Startup Transcend’s Vy 400 Tiltwing

Aug 10, 2021
General Electric has signed a memorandum of understanding to supply a customized variant of the CT7-8 turboshaft engine to power startup Transcend Air’s planned Vy 400 tiltwing vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.
Nova-C lander leaving Earth
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Falcon 9 To Launch 2024 Lunar Commercial Mission

Aug 10, 2021
Intuitive Machines, one of NASA’s initial Commercial Lunar Payload Services providers, has selected the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket for the first-quarter-2024 launch of its third mission to the Moon.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

Russia’s Nauka Multipurpose Laboratory Module
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NASA, Roscosmos To Assess Nauka Docking Incident

Aug 09, 2021
NASA and Russian federal space agency Roscosmos are assembling teams of experts to assess the unanticipated thruster firings of Russia’s Nauka module following its docking with the International Space Station.

Funding & Policy

UAP footage
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Civil Scientists Call For More Openness On UAP Research

Aug 09, 2021
As the Pentagon develops a plan to formalize the investigation of unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), a group of scientists and researchers are advocating for greater civilian involvement.
Tempest Future Combat Air Systems
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Italy Commits To Tempest Funding In Defense Spending Increase

Aug 09, 2021
Italy is committing funding to the Tempest Future Combat Air System as part of an uptick in the country’s national defense spending. 

Technology

hypersonic
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Purdue Plans Hypersonic Test Center Backed By Rolls-Royce

Aug 10, 2021
Plans for the center will be welcomed by the U.S. high-speed systems development community, which for years has highlighted the shortage of adequate centralized hypersonic test facilities.

Business

Avalon
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Organizers Cancel Avalon Airshow, Next Event Planned For 2023

Aug 10, 2021
The organizers of the Australian International Airshow, better known as the Avalon Airshow, have canceled this year’s event as they acknowledged the “unpredictable environment” brought about by the Delta strain of COVID-19.
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Softbank Eyes HAPS, Satellites For 6G Networks

Aug 04, 2021
High-altitude unmanned aircraft and satellites are an integral part of SoftBank’s vision for future 6G mobile networks that expand beyond wireless communications to underpin the digitalization of all industries.

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