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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, October 19, 2021

VOL. 278 NO. 12 October 19, 2021
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Weekly Debrief

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The Weekly Debrief: USAF’s Advanced Trainer Proposal Faces Funding Questions

Oct 18, 2021
A path to a more productive pilot training system for the U.S. Air Force may require buying hundreds of the proposed new Advanced Tactical Trainers, which suddenly appeared in an Oct. 12 request for information released by Air Combat Command. 

Daily Briefs

Operations

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NASA Studying Issue With Lucy Solar Array

Oct 18, 2021
The Lucy spacecraft, which launched on Oct. 16 on a mission to explore seven Jupiter Trojan asteroids, may have an issue with one of its 24-ft.-dia. solar arrays, the agency said on Oct. 17.
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Russian Film Crew Ends ISS Venture with Safe Landing

Oct 17, 2021
Russian film actress Yulia Peresild and producer/director Klim Shipenko descended safely to Earth early Oct. 17 on the steppes of central Kazakhstan aboard the Soyuz MS-18 spacecraft with International Space Station (ISS) cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy.
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NASA Probe Begins 12-Year Tour To Jupiter’s Trojan Asteroids

Oct 16, 2021
A NASA spacecraft has begun a 12-year, 4 billion-mi. mission to explore an unusual population of asteroids that became locked in Jupiter’s orbit during the early days of the Solar System’s formation.

Funding & Policy

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Ankara Wants To Use Payments For F-35s To Fund F-16 Buys

Oct 18, 2021
The Turkish government is hoping it can use $1.6 billion that it paid for U.S. F-35 Joint Strike Fighters to pay for new-build F-16s and upgrades to its existing fleet.

Technology

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Hensoldt Developing AESA Jamming Pod

Oct 18, 2021
Germany’s Hensoldt is hoping to bring an active-electronically-scanned array electronic attack pod to market for use on fast jets by early 2023. 
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Spirit, NIAR Partner On National Defense Prototype Center

Oct 15, 2021
Spirit AeroSystems plans to open a new National Defense Prototype Center to focus on the development and testing of high-temperature materials for the aviation, defense and space programs.
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Brill Battery Management Increases Lifetime

Oct 08, 2021
Oxford University spinout Brill Power has launched a new type of battery management system that can increase storage capacity and lifetime.
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CycloTech Flies Cyclorotor Technology Demonstrator

Oct 11, 2021
Austrian startup CycloTech has begun tethered flight tests of a demonstrator equipped with its cycloidal rotor technology for vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.
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VoloDrone Finds A Home, On A Trailer

Oct 14, 2021
Germany’s Volocopter has partnered with Austrian commercial vehicle manufacturer Schwarzmuller to develop a mobile takeoff and landing platform for the VoloDrone electric unmanned cargo aircraft.

Business

SpaceWerx
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SpaceWerx, VC Firm Embedded Ventures Sign Unique CRADA

Oct 15, 2021
The partnership enables the two entities to partner on research and development opportunities, promoting U.S. space industry growth.
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Private Equity Investors Trade Helo-Systems Specialist Onboard Systems

Oct 13, 2021
Liberty Hall Capital Partners sold the Vancouver, Washington-based supplier to Arcline Investment Management, the parties announced late Oct. 12.
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Reliable Raises Funds To Advance Autonomous Cargo Aircraft

Oct 14, 2021
Reliable Robotics has raised an additional $100 million in funding to continue development of its remotely operated aircraft system for cargo and passenger aircraft.

Contracts