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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, November 18, 2021

VOL. 278 NO. 34 November 18, 2021
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Programs

Japanese F-X fighter concept
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Japanese Finance Ministry Questions F-X Fighter Cost

Nov 17, 2021
Japan’s finance ministry is questioning the affordability of the F-X, a large twin-engine fighter to be developed by Mitsubishi with help from Lockheed Martin.
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U.S. Army Uses Laptop To Fly MQ-1C, Fire Weapons

Nov 17, 2021
U.S. Army soldiers controlled all phases of an MQ-1C’s flight using a laptop for the first time during the massive Project Convergence 21 experiment earlier this month, part of a special operations-led effort to reduce the logistics footprint needed for Gray Eagle operations.
Japanese F-X fighter concept
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Hinote: What USAF Wants To See With Japan’s F-X

Nov 17, 2021
The U.S. Air Force wants to help the Japan Air Self-Defense Force with the development of its F-X fighter, to ensure it can be an active part of an effective defense network to protect against China.
QX-5
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ISR And Cargo-Carrying UAVs Join EDGE Product Line

Nov 15, 2021
EDGE has unveiled the QX-5 and QX-6 systems at Dubai, expanding its range of autonomous offerings.
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NASA IG Audit Foresees Tough Road Ahead For Artemis

Nov 15, 2021
Though NASA has recently delayed its estimated target of returning to the Moon with humans from 2024 to 2025, the agency remains overly optimistic in the milestones and costs it associates with the Artemis initiative, the agency’s inspector general says.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

Operations

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UK F-35B Crashes In Mediterranean, Pilot Safe

Nov 17, 2021
A U.K. Lockheed Martin F-35B became the first foreign airframe to be lost Nov. 17 when the aircraft crashed and the pilot ejected into the Mediterranean Sea after takeoff from the carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, the Ministry of Defense said. 
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Pilot Killed In Malaysian Hawk Crash

Nov 17, 2021
A Royal Malaysian Air Force pilot was killed and another injured Nov. 16 when a BAE Hawk 108 aircraft crashed while conducting night training.

Technology

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SpinLaunch Begins Testing Kinetic Launch System

Nov 17, 2021
Mass drivers are a stock in trade in science fiction, a cheap and energy-efficient way to get payloads off a planet or Moon.
Astroscale Elsa-d
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Astroscale And New Zealand Partner On Space Debris Mitigation

Nov 12, 2021
Satellite-servicing startup Astroscale and a New Zealand government agency have signed an agreement to study the removal of three large debris objects from low-Earth orbit using a single servicer satellite.
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NASA Selects Seven Startups To Advance Small Sat Science

Nov 15, 2021
NASA has awarded seven U.S. coast-to-coast startups $90,000 each under its Entrepreneur’s Challenge program to advance the science capabilities of small satellite missions.

Business

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Space Re-entry Vehicle Startup Lands $10M Seed Investment

Nov 17, 2021
Los Angeles-based Inversion, a space startup focusing on the return-to-Earth side of operations, has closed its $10 million seed round, the company announced Nov. 16.
Eroy Air Chaparral UAV
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Elroy Air Teams On Humanitarian Cargo UAV Service

Nov 16, 2021
Unmanned cargo-aircraft startup Elroy Air has partnered with humanitarian transport operator AYR Logistics to develop an autonomous aerial-delivery service.

Funding & Policy

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NTSB Positions To Be Space Incident Investigation Body

Nov 16, 2021
When there are space-related accidents on Earth, which there will be as the space economy grows, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board wants to be ready with codified procedures for investigating, according to a new announcement from officials.
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Hyten: China’s Hypersonic Test Should Spark Urgency In DOD

Nov 17, 2021
China’s test of a fractional orbital bombardment system and a hypersonic glide vehicle over the summer should have created more of a sense of urgency within the Pentagon, but that has not happened, the No. 2 military officer says.
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Russia’s ASAT Test Shows Need For Improved Space Awareness

Nov 17, 2021
Russia’s Nov. 15 test of a direct ascent anti-satellite missile, which destroyed a satellite and created a new field of debris, shows the U.S. needs to change its approach to space situational awareness away from simply tracking what debris is already in orbit to actively looking for what might be trying to evade detection and new threats, top U.S. space officials said.

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