Subscription Required

 

Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, September 23, 2021 is published in Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, an Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) Market Briefing and is included with your AWIN membership.

Already a member of AWIN or subscribe to Aerospace Daily & Defense Report through your company? Login with your existing email and password.

Not a member?  Learn how you can access the market intelligence and data you need to stay abreast of what's happening in the aerospace and defense community.

LoginLearn How
Magazine Issue

Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, September 23, 2021

VOL. 277 NO. 57 September 23, 2021
Download PDF

Programs

Loyal
article

Boeing To Open Loyal Wingman Assembly Plant In Australia

Sep 22, 2021
Boeing will build a final assembly facility for the Airpower Teaming System (ATS) in the state of Queensland, Australia, to begin serial production of the autonomous unmanned aircraft.
article

Aerojet Rocketdyne To Provide Future Orion Propulsion

Sep 22, 2021
NASA has awarded Aerojet Rocketdyne a $600 million maximum value contract for the design, certification, production and other requirements for the main engine of the Orion crew capsule.
article

Raytheon Wins First Export For Gallium Nitride Fighter AESA

Sep 22, 2021
Raytheon has expanded sales and options for gallium nitride-enabled active electronically scanned array radars for fighters.
Malloy
article

BAE Betting On Heavylift Multicopter Development

Sep 15, 2021
BAE Systems has teamed up with UK uncrewed air system developer Malloy Aeronautics to develop a heavy lift multicopter for the littoral mission.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

Rendition of fuel-cell equipped Caravan
article

Spanish Partners To Convert Caravan To Fuel-Cell Propulsion

Sep 21, 2021
The goal is to be able to fly missions longer than 200 km (125 mi.) with nine passengers and zero emissions.

Business

article

What Does Titanium Sponge Show About Aircraft Production Recovery?

Sep 22, 2021
How fast will U.S. military jet and large commercial aircraft build rates pick up?
ANA
article

Global Aviation Stakeholders Commit To 10% SAF Target By 2030

Sep 22, 2021
Reaching a target of 10% SAF use by 2030 will require the scaling up of production to at least 9.5 billion gal./year from the less than 10 million gal. produced in 2020.
article

Xeriant To Merge With Hybrid-Electric VTOL Developer XTI

Sep 22, 2021
After announcing a joint venture in June, startup Xeriant has agreed to merge with XTI Aircraft in a bid to secure the funding needed to develop the TriFan 600 hybrid-electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing business aircraft.
Archer
article

Archer To List Publicly After SPAC Shareholder Vote

Sep 15, 2021
Shareholders in Atlas Crest Investment approved the blank-check company’s reverse merger with urban air mobility startup Archer Aviation in a Sept. 14 vote.

Technology

Airbus
article

Airbus Sees Micro-Hybridization As First Step In Electrification

Sep 22, 2021
As Airbus is exploring several technologies to drastically cut and eventually annihilate an aircraft’s CO2 emissions, its design engineers are considering micro-hybridization as a starting point in electrification.
H130
article

Airbus Starts Electrical Backup System Flight Tests

Sep 22, 2021
The EBS system uses a 100-kW electric motor connected to the main gearbox which could provide up to 30 sec. of additional power in the event of an engine failure, allowing the pilot to make a safe auto-rotation landing.

DMIN