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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, November 12, 2021

VOL. 278 NO. 30 November 12, 2021
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Programs

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Russia Finalizes Chinese Heavy-Lift Helicopter Contract

Nov 11, 2021
China will perform most of the heavy lifting in the areas of design and manufacturing, while Russia will supply the transmission, main rotor and de-icing system for the helicopter. 
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Guard Satisfied With UH-60 Modernization As It Looks To FVL

Nov 11, 2021
The National Guard Bureau is happy with its current fleet of UH-60 Black Hawks and the pace of recapitalizing old A models with M variants.
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South Korea, Indonesia Reach KF-21 Cost-Sharing Agreement 

Nov 11, 2021
From next year until 2026, Indonesia will pay the Korean government in cash and barter commodities in exchange for the right to license the manufacturing of 48 KF-21s.
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Archer Relocates Maker For First Hover Flights

Nov 10, 2021
Startup Archer Aviation has transported its Maker technology demonstrator to a flight test center in California in preparation for a first hover flight of the electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicle before year’s end.
BAe 146
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Wright Partners to Define Electric-powered BAe 146

Nov 08, 2021
Wright believes that by 2026 both hydrogen and aluminum fuel cells can meet its requirement for around 10 megawatt hours of energy storage on the BAe 146 to enable 1-hr. flights on routes of 400 nm or shorter.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

Funding & Policy

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Korea Conducts Airport UAM Demonstration

Nov 11, 2021
The tests, which involved a piloted flight by Volocopter’s prototype air taxi, demonstrated the service operating model and air traffic management integration. 

Operations

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SpaceX Sends Third Taxi Flight To ISS

Nov 11, 2021
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Kennedy Space Center at 9:03 p.m. EST on Nov. 10 to deliver a Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying four astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA.

Technology

EVTOL cyclorotors
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CycloTech Completes Hover Tests Of Cyclorotor Electric Propulsion Demo

Nov 05, 2021
Austria’s CycloTech is in discussions on the first application of its cyclorotor electric propulsion system after completing initial hover flight tests of a subscale demonstrator.

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