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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, September 27, 2021

VOL. 277 NO. 59 September 27, 2021
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Programs

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Rolls-Royce Wins B-52 Re-engining Contract

Sep 24, 2021
Rolls-Royce has won a competition to re-engine the Boeing B-52H fleet with 608 F130 turbofan engines, the U.S. Defense Department said on Sept. 24…
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USAF Retires Last Of 17 B-1s, Reconsiders Modifications

Sep 24, 2021
Air Force Global Strike Command on Sept. 23 completed its planned retirement of 17 B-1Bs as the last Lancer flew to the boneyard.
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India Signs C295 Avro Replacement Contract With Airbus

Sep 24, 2021
India has signed a contract for the long-awaited purchase of 56 Airbus C295 twin-turboprop airlifters for the country’s air force.
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Rolls-Royce Electric Aircraft Exceeds 200 mph During First Flight

Sep 24, 2021
Rolls-Royce’s Spirit of Innovation electric aircraft came close to exceeding the speed record for electric aircraft on its first flight, company officials say.
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Sikorsky Approves SAF Use On S-92

Sep 24, 2021
Sikorsky has approved the use of Sustainable Aviation Fuel on its S-92 twin-engine heavy helicopter, as the greater aviation industry looks to more widely adopt the fuels to reduce carbon emissions.
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NASA’s Landsat 9 Launch Poised To Bolster Earth Observation

Sep 24, 2021
Landsat 9, the latest in a half-century of overlapping NASA/U.S. Geological Survey satellites focused on monitoring changes to the planet’s surface and natural resources, is planned for a Sept. 27 launch.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

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Autoflight Secures Funding For Manned eVTOL

Sep 23, 2021
China’s Autoflight has announced completion of a $100 million Series A funding round, which it believes may be the largest yet in the country’s fledging electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicle industry.

Technology

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Rocket Lab To Launch Astroscale Large-Scale Debris Mission

Sep 24, 2021
Astroscale Japan has selected Rocket Lab to launch the first step in a two-part mission to demonstrate the removal of a large piece of space debris from low Earth orbit.
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NASA Requests Information For Sustainable X-plane

Sep 24, 2021
As part of preparations to develop a full-scale, ultra-efficient X-plane technology demonstrator later this decade, NASA has issued a request for information to industry ahead of a formal solicitation for proposals planned for early 2022.
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Joint Counter UAS Office, U.S. Army Test Drone Killing Systems

Sep 24, 2021
The Joint Counter-small Unmanned Aerial System Office and the U.S. Army’s Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office recently completed a second demonstration of systems that can help counter small drones as the military faces a sense of urgency to stop this threat.
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LaunchPoint EPS Targets Military UAV Power Needs

Sep 24, 2021
LaunchPoint Electric Propulsion Systems is targeting the power needs of advanced military unmanned aircraft with a new generation of electric generators using efficient, lightweight Halbach array technology.

Business

NYSE
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CPI Aero Faces NYSE Delisting, Vows to File Plan of Compliance

Sep 24, 2021
CPI Aero acknowledged late Sept. 23 that it has been notified by the premiere stock exchange that it does not meet the NYSE’s continued listing standards.
Karman
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Space And Missiles Consolidator Karman Buys Systima Technologies

Sep 24, 2021
Los Angeles-area Karman Missile & Space Systems, a budding mid-tier supplier to defense primes, has bought Systima Technologies, which is claimed to be one of the few companies worldwide that can integrate energetic and mechanical systems into the structural design of space or hypersonic systems.
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Bristow Adds Eve eVTOL To Electric Aviation Bets

Sep 23, 2021
Embraer subsidiary Eve Urban Air Mobility continues to build its orderbook of conditional commitments as it looks toward completing a deal to go public through a merger with a blank-check company.

Operations

UAS
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Singapore Tests UAS Pairing In High-End Validation War Game

Sep 23, 2021
The RSAF’s IAI Heron 1 medium altitude long endurance (MALE) UAS was paired with an undisclosed “small UAS” during an exercise held at Mountain Home AFB, Idaho.

Leader Spotlight

Dragracer
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Leader Spotlight: Jason Kim, Millennium Space Systems CEO

Sep 24, 2021
Under the wing of Boeing, Millennium Space Systems is hitting its stride making smart end-to-end satellite constellations to be deployed in multiple orbital regimes.

Fleet Snapshot

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