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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, August 30, 2021

VOL. 277 NO. 40 August 30, 2021
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Funding & Policy

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FAA, Pentagon Seeking Airspace Display Ideas

Aug 27, 2021
The FAA and U.S. Defense Department (DOD) are seeking solutions from industry to display certain special-use airspace areas to comply with congressional direction to make that information available to pilots in real time.

Daily Briefs

in Brief

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Bristow Enters eSTOL Collaboration With Electra

Aug 26, 2021
Call them letters of interest, pre-orders or some other term, electric aircraft startups are persuading potential customers to make early commitments of different forms to their products. In return, customers are gaining an ability to influence the design and investors are receiving votes of confidence in the aircraft.

Operations

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Asia-Pacific Air Forces Aid Afghanistan Evacuation

Aug 27, 2021
Asia-Pacific air forces are finalizing their Afghanistan evacuation operations ahead of an Aug. 31 deadline set by the Taliban for foreign troops to leave the country.
RMAF
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European Afghan Evacuation Flights Ending

Aug 27, 2021
More European countries have ended their evacuation airlift operations from Afghanistan that were helping thousands of nationals and Afghan citizens flee the Taliban.

Correction

Programs

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Nigeria To Buy M-346, Official Says

Aug 27, 2021
Nigeria has signed up to purchase Fighter Attack versions of the Leonardo M-346 jet trainer, an official with the country’s air force confirmed in a TV interview.
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SDA Loses Control Of Demo Satellites

Aug 26, 2021
Two experimental satellites built for the Space Development Agency are “tumbling” in orbit, the agency director said.
PteroDynamics
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U.S. Navy To Test Tilt/Fold VTOL UAS For Cargo Delivery To Ships

Aug 24, 2021
PteroDynamics has received a U.S. Navy contract to deliver prototype vertical-takeoff-and-landing unmanned aircraft for a program to develop a capability to autonomously deliver cargo to and from ships at sea.
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EP System Batteries To Power Archer eVTOL

Aug 27, 2021
Electric Power Systems has confirmed that its battery system will power Archer’s Maker electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing demonstrator when it flies this year.
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Dufour’s Aero 3 eVTOL Digs Deep Into Tiltwing Roots

Aug 23, 2021
Switzerland’s Dufour Aerospace is unusual among electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing startups in targeting the established helicopter market, and in particular emergency medical services.

Business

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Australian Startups Expand Space Ambitions

Aug 27, 2021
Australia’s fledgling space industry is attracting investment, with on-orbit inspection startup HEO Robotics completing a seed funding round led by British billionaire David Harding, founder and CEO of investment management company Winton Group.

Technology

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ZeroAvia, Octopus Strike Green Hydrogen Supply Deal

Aug 27, 2021
Hydrogen-electric propulsion developer ZeroAvia has struck a deal with the UK’s Octopus Hydrogen to supply green hydrogen to support flight testing of its fuel-cell power train in a 19-passenger aircraft.

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