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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, August 17, 2021

VOL. 31 NO. 277 August 17, 2021
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Weekly Debrief

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The Weekly Debrief: Delayed Tests Bend But Don’t Break LRHW Fielding Schedule

Aug 16, 2021
A key test for the U.S. Army’s Long Range Hypersonic Weapon has been postponed for several months, adding a new wrinkle to the tightly choreographed plan to introduce the land-based missile in fiscal 2023, program officials say.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

Programs

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Honeywell Nears Satcom System Certifications

Aug 16, 2021
Honeywell said its Aspire 150 and 350 satellite communications systems designed to use Iridium’s new Certus high-speed L-band service should be certified this year.
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Boeing Completes Milestone Flight Test For Japan's First KC-46A

Aug 16, 2021
A Japanese KC-46A has completed an inflight refueling test, paving the way for Boeing to deliver the first tanker later this year, the company said on Aug. 16.
Overair Butterfly eVTOL
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Overair Unveils Low-Noise Robust Design For Butterfly Tiltrotor eVTOL

Aug 12, 2021
Overair is emphasizing low noise and robust performance margins as it unveils the production configuration for its Butterfly quad-tiltrotor electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing air taxi.
BlackFly
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Opener Readies BlackFly Personal eVTOL For Sale

Aug 13, 2021
Opener’s BlackFly might start its life as a toy for the affluent early adopter, as did the Ski-Doo and the Sea-Doo, but its designer believes the single-seat electric vertical-takeoff vehicle will ultimately find multiple practical uses.
Osiris
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NASA’s Osiris Rex Addresses Asteroid Impact Concerns

Aug 12, 2021
As NASA’s Osiris-Rex asteroid sample return mission speeds back to Earth to drop off materials gathered from the surface of Bennu, scientists have used data gathered during 30 months of close-up reconnaissance to determine the 500-meter-wide (1,640-ft.) object poses an extremely small impact threat to Earth.

Business

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Cobham, Ultra Electronics Finalize $3.6B Takeover Proposal

Aug 16, 2021
Privately held British defense company Cobham and UK defense electronics specialist Ultra Electronics said Aug. 16 that they had reached an agreement for Cobham to buy Ultra for almost £2.6 billion ($3.6 billion).
T-38
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Red 6 Wins $70M USAF Combat Training Deal

Aug 16, 2021
The contract could pave the way for follow-on integration of the system into more advanced combat and aggressor training aircraft such as the Lockheed Martin F-16.
AMF
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Commercial Orbit Services Provider Redwire To Go Public Via SPAC

Aug 16, 2021
While urban air mobility SPACs have generated many headlines in recent months, due in part to their eye-watering sums, the SPAC phenomenon has featured more new new-space public candidates by end-market.

Technology

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Rocket Lab To Orbit Aurora’s Deorbiting Demonstration

Aug 16, 2021
Rocket Lab is to launch a cubesat to test water-based propulsion and plasma braking for maneuvering and deorbiting satellites.

Contracts