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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, January 28, 2022

VOL. 279 NO. 19 January 28, 2022
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Funding & Policy

U.S. Air Force fighters formation
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FAA Limits Pentagon Link 16 Access Over Interference Concerns

Jan 28, 2022
The U.S. military has lost normal access to its primary data link due to concerns about a recent software change.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

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U.S. Space Force Planning New Series Of Exercises

Jan 27, 2022
The U.S. Space Force is planning a series of its own high-level exercises to specifically train on individual mission areas—following the model of the service it grew out of.

Programs

Boeing B-52H carrying two AGM-183A test assets
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DOD Report IDs Causes Of Series Of ARRW Test Failures

Jan 27, 2022
The control systems for the booster fin have been identified for the first time as the culprits behind a series of flight test failures of the Lockheed Martin AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon. 
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F-35 Worker Absenteeism Leads Northrop To Disappoint Investors

Jan 27, 2022
Northrop Grumman’s Aeronautics Systems division suffered increased worker absenteeism during the fourth quarter of 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to missed sales targets that led to more tepid financial results–and 2022 outlook–than investors expected.
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USAF To OK KC-46 RVS 2.0 Without Independent Assessment, GAO Says

Jan 27, 2022
The U.S. Air Force plans to approve the redesign of the KC-46 tanker’s troubled remote vision system without an independent assessment of how ready the technology is and a plan for how it will mature, and a government watchdog is urging the service to slow its approval to avoid becoming financially responsible for more possible problems in the future.
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Hypersonix, Kratos Team Up On New Hypersonic Drone

Jan 26, 2022
Australian startup Hypersonix has teamed up with Kratos Defense and Rocket Support Services to launch the Dart AE hypersonic drone as a technology demonstrator. 
M-346
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Qatar Adds M-346 Trainers To Growing Inventory

Jan 27, 2022
Another advanced jet trainer type has joined's Qatar's already highly varied and expanding fleet. 
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NASA Picks 12 Venture-Class Launch Services Providers

Jan 27, 2022
NASA has identified 12 launch services providers eligible to contract for dedicated and rideshare launches to a range of destinations under the agency’s Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare initiative.
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UK Defense Ministry Buying Five H135s As Gazelle Replacement

Jan 26, 2022
The UK Ministry of Defense is buying five additional Airbus H135 twin-engine light helicopters to replace its long-serving fleet of Westland-built Aerospatiale Gazelles.

Business

Boom
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Boom Confirms North Carolina As Overture Production Site

Jan 26, 2022
Boom Supersonic has announced plans to develop a production, test and delivery facility for its Overture supersonic airliner at Piedmont Triad International Airport near Greensboro, North Carolina.
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UK’s Showcase Urban eVTOL Vertiport To Open In April

Jan 20, 2022
Site work on the first purpose-designed urban vertiport is to begin by the end of January in Coventry, UK.
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Zeva Eyes Next Steps After Hovering Zero eVTOL

Jan 26, 2022
With its initial prototype now in flight testing, U.S. startup Zeva Aero plans to unveil an improved design in February and begin taking preorders for an experimental-category aircraft aimed at first responders and personal flyers.

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