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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, September 13, 2021

VOL. 277 NO. 49 September 13, 2021
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Programs

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Airbus Selects Broughton As Site For Potential H175M Assembly

Sep 10, 2021
Airbus Helicopters has selected its site in Broughton, North Wales, as a potential final assembly line for the H175M helicopter being proposed for the UK’s New Medium Helicopter requirement.
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U.S. Air Force Turning Crashed F-35A Into Training Tool

Sep 10, 2021
The U.S. Air Force is turning the charred remains of a Lockheed Martin F-35A that crashed last year into tools to help maintainers train on the jet.
Protector
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RAF Touts Protector As Global Strike Capability

Sep 10, 2021
British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace told journalists at RAF Waddington, England, that the UK's new Protector remotely piloted air system will enable the Royal Air Force to operate on the “world stage.”
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Indonesia, Lockheed Martin Signal C-130J Order

Sep 10, 2021
Confirming unofficial reports, Indonesia has ordered Lockheed Martin’s C-130J Hercules airlifter.
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VoltAero To Stage Hybrid-Electric Channel Crossing

Sep 10, 2021
VoltAero plans a second crossing of the English Channel with an electric aircraft on Sept. 13, flying its Cassio 1 demonstrator from Calais in France to Cranfield in England for a presentation at Cranfield University.
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Northrop Demos New Airborne Datalink For Combat Fleet

Sep 10, 2021
Northrop Grumman has demonstrated a multifunctional datalink featuring a compact, hexagonal array and a stealthy waveform, with the goal of offering a new retrofit option for existing combat aircraft and a new networking tool for future combat aircraft.
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MiG To Upgrade Kinzhal System Aircraft

Sep 09, 2021
The Russian Aircraft Corp., MiG, has received an order for the “overhaul and modernization of MiG-31K aircraft to the MiG-31I variant,” according to a video report from a recent contract signing ceremony.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

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Russia Purchases Upgraded Tu-95 Bombers

Sep 09, 2021
The Russian military has signed an order to upgrade its strategic Tupolev Tu-95MS bombers to the Tu-95MSM version.

Operations

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U.S. Navy F-35Cs, CMV-22Bs Conduct First South China Sea Ops

Sep 10, 2021
U.S. Navy F-35Cs and CMV-22Bs are in the South China Sea for the first time as the USS Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group and the embarked Carrier Air Wing 2 are operating in the area.
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Private Spaceflight Crew Arrives For Launch Prep

Sep 10, 2021
A group of four amateur astronauts poised to become the first privately funded orbital spaceflight crew arrived at Kennedy Space Center in Florida in preparation for launch at 8 p.m. EDT on Sept. 15.

Funding & Policy

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California Lawmakers Want Space Force Training At Vandenberg

Sep 10, 2021
A group of California lawmakers is pressing the Department of the Air Force to base the U.S. Space Force’s new training command in their home state, while warning that political interests should not influence future basing decisions and pointing to ongoing criticism of U.S. Space Command’s move to Alabama.
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Space Force, NRO Up Outreach To Small Businesses For Emerging Tech

Sep 09, 2021
The Space Force’s Space Enterprise Consortium other transaction authority has grown exponentially as the service has matured and evolved its acquisition process, and now expects to award almost $1 billion dollars this year largely to nontraditional companies.

Technology

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Safran Claims Helicopter Engine Runs With 100% SAF

Sep 08, 2021
Safran has successfully run one of its helicopter engines on 100% sustainable aviation fuel in a first step toward making the rotary-wing industry more environmentally sustainable.

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