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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, December 14, 2021

VOL. 278 NO. 50 December 14, 2021
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Weekly Debrief

Raytheon
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The Weekly Debrief: Tracking Layer Moves DOD Closer To Hypersonic Defense

Dec 13, 2021
The Space Development Agency has taken the first step toward creating a persistent defensive system against hypersonic maneuvering and ballistic missiles at the regional level by 2024.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

Programs

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Raytheon Completes Captive Flight Tests Of Upgraded AMRAAMs

Dec 13, 2021
Raytheon Missiles & Defense and the U.S. Air Force recently finished a series of captive flight tests of upgraded Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles, with guided live fire testing planned for 2022.
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USAF Short Lists Concepts For High-Speed VTOL Prototyping

Dec 13, 2021
The U.S. Air Force’s AFWerx innovation unit has narrowed the competition down to 11 companies for its challenge to identify potential high-speed vertical takeoff and landing concepts for special operation missions.
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Eviation Unveils Alice Executive Interior Configurations

Dec 10, 2021
In the run-up to the start of test flights of the Alice aircraft, startup developer Eviation has revealed the interior design details of a six-passenger executive cabin version of its all-electric regional transport.
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NASA’s CAPSTONE To Advance Agency’s Lunar Aspirations

Dec 13, 2021
NASA’s small satellite Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (CAPSTONE) could provide a welcome, low-cost 2021 leap ahead in the agency’s efforts to return human explorers to the Moon.

Operations

Bezos
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Blue Origin Completes First Full-Cabin Suborbital Flight

Dec 13, 2021
The six-seater New Shepard—flying with a full cabin for the first time—lifted off from Blue Origin’s spaceport near Van Horn, Texas, at 9 a.m. local time.
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Russia’s Proton-M Launches Two Communication Satellites

Dec 13, 2021
Roscosmos Space Corp. launched a Proton-M heavy rocket with two Russian communication satellites from Baikonur spaceport in Kazakhstan at 7:07 a.m. on Dec. 13.

Business

DroneUp
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DroneUp Buys AirMap For Unmanned Traffic Management Capabilities

Dec 07, 2021
AirMap's unmanned aircraft systems traffic management (UTM) platform will enable DroneUp to expand its operations to be able to fly drones beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) of a remote pilot, a capability considered key to the industry’s success.

Technology

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Amprius Validates Fast Charging Of Energy-Dense Batteries

Dec 08, 2021
The end state vision for urban air mobility is high-tempo operations that enable a convenient and affordable mode of public transportation.

Contracts