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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, October 28, 2021

VOL. 278 NO. 19 October 28, 2021
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Funding & Policy

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Pentagon Watching For Delays Related To Vaccine Mandate

Oct 27, 2021
The Pentagon is hoping there are no schedule delays or overruns if defense industry employees do not get COVID-19 vaccines and leave their jobs as the deadline under President Joe Biden’s executive order approaches.
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White Paper Calls For UK To Enable Electric Intercity Flight By 2025

Oct 21, 2021
A white paper outlining the benefits of advanced air mobility, created by a group of UK stakeholders, lays out an ambitious road map of actions required by 2025 if the country is to become a leader in the emerging market.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

Operations

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SpaceX Crew-3 Mission To Provide Experience For Moon Exploration

Oct 27, 2021
The planned launch of the NASA-contracted SpaceX Crew-3 Dragon mission to the International Space Station promises to boost from nine to 11 the number of astronauts with spaceflight experience named to the agency’s Artemis Team.
Japanese H-IIA rocket launch
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Japan Launches H-IIA Rocket As Epsilon-5 Awaits Turn

Oct 26, 2021
Japan successfully launched the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries H-IIA rocket on the morning of Oct. 26 local time from the Tanegashima Space Center.
Eve Air UAM helicopter
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Brazil, Japan To Stage Simulated UAM Trials

Oct 26, 2021
Embraer subsidiary Eve Air Mobility will launch a month-long simulated urban-air-mobility (UAM) trial in Brazil on Nov. 8, connecting the affluent coastal suburb of Barra de Tijuca with Rio de Janeiro’s Galeão International Airport.

Business

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UP.Partners Targets Future Mobility With New Fund

Oct 18, 2021
With investors including Alaska Air Group, UP.Partners has closed a $230 million early stage venture capital fund dedicated to supporting companies enabling future mobility.
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Wing Drone Delivery Moves Into Dallas-Fort Worth Area

Oct 26, 2021
Wing is expanding its drone delivery operations from smaller towns into more complex urban areas with plans to begin on-demand store-to-door deliveries in metropolitan Dallas-Fort Worth.
UAM vertiport concept form Rome airport
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Airports Form Company To Develop UAM Vertiports In Europe

Oct 26, 2021
Italian and French airport operators have formed a company, Urban Blue, with international ambitions to design, build and manage the vertiport infrastructure for urban air mobility.
Vertical Aerospace VX-A4
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Vertical Secures More Funds For VA-X4 eVTOL Development

Oct 27, 2021
UK electric air taxi startup Vertical Aerospace has secured additional funding tied to its planned going-public merger with blank-check company Broadstone Acquisition.