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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, January 24, 2022

VOL. 279 NO. 15 January 24, 2022
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HSVTOL
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Bell Details High-Speed VTOL Concept Goals

Jan 21, 2022
First studied by Bell in the late 1960s and early 1970s, the company has revived the stop/fold tiltrotor concept with new technology to meet the AFWerx call for HSVTOL vehicles for special operation missions.
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UK Advancing AH-64E Apaches To Frontline Service

Jan 21, 2022
The British army hopes to fly its new fleet of Boeing AH-64E Apache attack helicopters in national exercises as early as this summer as its looks to achieve an initial operating capability with the rotorcraft in 2023.
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Finland To Sign F-35 Contracts In February

Jan 21, 2022
Finland’s government is preparing to sign a letter of offer and acceptance for its future fleet of Lockheed Martin F-35s after a decision to select the fighter went unopposed by competitors.
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Air Taxi Developer Overair Begins Full Power Ground Tests

Jan 20, 2022
California-based electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air taxi developer Overair has begun full power ground tests of the 20-ft.-dia. rotor system that will power a flying demonstrator of the company’s Butterfly quad-tiltrotor starting in 2023.
Kitty
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U.S. Air Force Conducts Its First Remotely Piloted eVTOL Flight

Jan 21, 2022
Flight testing of advanced air mobility prototypes under the U.S. Air Force’s Agility Prime program is gathering pace, with the first government remotely piloted flights of an electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) vehicle.
AirCar
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AirCar Fly/Drive Vehicle Gets Experimental Ticket

Jan 21, 2022
Klein Vision’s prototype supercar-style fly/drive AirCar has received experimental airworthiness certification from Slovakia.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

Operations

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Japan Delays H3 Launch

Jan 21, 2022
Japan will delay a planned launch of its new H3 rocket due to technical issues with the first stage engine.
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Netherlands To Deploy F-35s To Bulgaria For Air Policing

Jan 20, 2022
The Netherlands plans to deploy its Lockheed Martin F-35s to Bulgaria this spring to support NATO air policing duties.
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U.S. Astronaut To Fly On Russian Soyuz MS-22

Jan 21, 2022
Frank Rubio is likely to be the first U.S. astronaut to fly on a Soyuz spaceship under the new seat exchange agreement between Roscosmos and NASA, the Russian space corporation reported on Jan 20.

Funding & Policy

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Canada Unveils EO Sat Plan To Boost Industry, Manage Climate Change

Jan 20, 2022
Canada on Jan. 20 unveiled a strategy for satellite-based Earth observation to boost its industry’s market share and academic prowess.

Business

M&A
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Daily Memo: Like Rip Van Winkle, Commercial M&A To Finally Awaken

Jan 18, 2022
Seasoned dealmakers say late 2022-early 2023 could see a long-awaited—and potentially dramatic—revival in commercial aero M&A among small and midsized enterprises.
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Silicon Valley Military Drone Startup Vantage Robotics Grows In Ohio

Jan 19, 2022
Vantage Robotics, a Silicon Valley startup that provides the Vesper small UAV and ground control station to the U.S. military and others, has received new funding from Ohio for staff growth in the Buckeye State, as well as more funding from venture capitalists.
Electron
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Startups FlyOnE And Electron Eye Australian Electric Regional Network

Jan 20, 2022
Two early-stage startups have joined forces to lay the foundations for an on-demand regional air service in Western Australia using small electric aircraft.

Technology

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NASA Crowdsource Seeks Urban Pollution Data Assessment Tools

Jan 18, 2022
HeroX and DrivenData have joined with NASA to launch a “NASAAir-athon” crowdsourcing competition to establish a satellite data source to improve and make more publicly accessible urban air quality estimates.

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