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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, September 30, 2021

VOL. 277 NO. 62 September 30, 2021
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Programs

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AFGSC Re-affirms B-1 Hypersonic Plan Despite Cautionary Note

Sep 29, 2021
Integrating hypersonic glide missiles and scramjet-powered cruise missiles on the B-1B fleet is needed to “remain ahead of our strategic competitors,” a U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command spokesman says.
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Raytheon Demo Adds Human Control Of Collaborative UAS

Sep 29, 2021
Raytheon has demonstrated a new manned-unmanned (MUM-T) teaming technology in a flight test sponsored by the Strategic Capabilities Office, the company said Sept. 29. 
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JWST Headed To French Guiana Launch Site

Sep 29, 2021
The flagship James Webb Space Telescope has begun its 14-day journey from the coast of California through the Panama Canal to the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana, program scientist Eric Smith told NASA’s Astrophysics Advisory Committee on Sept. 29.
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Boeing, Pentagon Reach $23.8 Billion Agreement For C-17 Work

Sep 29, 2021
Boeing and the Defense Department have agreed on a contract worth up to $23.8 billion for C-17 sustainment over the next decade, starting with $3.5 billion for Globemaster III work through September 2024.
Hwasong-8
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Pyongyang Reports Hypersonic Missile Test

Sep 29, 2021
North Korea says that it successfully launched a hypersonic missile, designated Hwasong-8, on the morning of Sept. 28. 
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UK RAF Retires E-3 Sentry Fleet

Sep 29, 2021
The UK Royal Air Force has formally retired its Boeing E-3 Sentry airborne early warning aircraft from service.
P-8
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Boeing Contracted For German P-8 Production

Sep 29, 2021
Germany is the third European nation to choose the P-8 following the UK and Norway after awarding a $756 million contract to Boeing for five of the maritime patrol aircraft.
Boeing
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Boeing Creates Digital Team For Next New Commercial Aircraft

Sep 29, 2021
Boeing is establishing an Integrated Product Team (IPT) to digitally pave the way for the design and production of its next commercial aircraft using capabilities and methods largely perfected on a recent set of military programs.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

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Czech Startup Flies eVTOL Demonstrator

Sep 29, 2021
Czech startup Zuri has completed the first tethered hover of its electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing technology demonstrator.

Operations

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UK Royal Navy Launches Target Drones From Carrier Deck

Sep 29, 2021
The UK Royal Navy has launched unmanned air systems from the flight deck of its new carrier HMS Prince of Wales.
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Solar Conjunction Will Temporarily Curtail Mars Science

Sep 29, 2021
A half-dozen NASA Mars rovers, landers and orbiters will cease or in some cases curtail their transmission and reception of data with Earth as the Solar System’s two most hospitable planets experience a two-week, once-every-two-year solar conjunction beginning Oct. 2.

Business

Mercury
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Mercury Systems Buys Avalex Technologies For Flight Deck Tech

Sep 28, 2021
Aerospace and defense electronics specialist Mercury Systems, which is rejiggering its operations after a string of bolt-on acquisitions, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Avalex Technologies.
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Eutelsat Rebuffs Drahi Takeover Proposal For Now

Sep 29, 2021
Eutelsat Communications confirmed Sept. 29 it had received an “unsolicited, preliminary” takeover proposal from billionaire Patrick Drahi but that his terms were not good enough.
Shell
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Shell Sets Out SAF Production Ambition

Sep 21, 2021
The oil and gas company has set itself a target of producing 2 million metric tons of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) a year by 2025—a significant near-term scale-up in supply since Shell is not producing SAF at present.