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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, January 31, 2022

VOL. 279 NO. 20 January 31, 2022
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Programs

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USAF Launches Market Survey For F-35 Engine Replacement

Jan 28, 2022
The U.S. Air Force has launched a market survey for a newly christened F-35 Adaptive Engine Replacement program, disclosing the first details of a still-unfunded proposal to replace the Pratt & Whitney F135 within five years of a possible contract award in the first quarter of fiscal 2024.
Thales
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Australia Opens Hypersonic Research Center In Queensland

Jan 28, 2022
Thales Australia welcomed the move, saying it will accelerate collaboration and represented “a boost to the development of Australian sovereign hypersonic weapon capability.”
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Lilium Relocates eVTOL Flight Testing To Spain

Jan 27, 2022
German startup Lilium has moved its large-scale electric vertical takeoff and landing demonstrator to Spain to open up the flight envelope and begin testing a transition to high-speed, wing-borne flight.
Angara
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Roscosmos To Test New Rockets, Spaceship In 2023

Jan 28, 2022
Roscosmos plans to start testing the new Angara A5M and Soyuz-5 rockets as well as the Oryol spaceship, all of which are intended to replace legacy Soviet hardware still in operation.
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Australia To Prototype Backbone Of Information Sharing For UTM

Jan 27, 2022
Airservices Australia has selected four unmanned traffic management providers to competitively prototype a flight information management system that will support the safe and efficient integration of drones and air taxis into the country’s low-altitude airspace.
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Japan Looks To Long-Term Relationship With NASA In Space

Jan 27, 2022
NASA and the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) are prepared to leverage a mutual and historically advantageous course in space, representatives from the two agencies say.
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AI Autopilot Startup Daedalean Raises $58M

Jan 19, 2022
Swiss startup Daedalean has closed a $58 million financing round that will provide the funds needed to bring its machine-leaning-based visual guidance, navigation and control suite to market over the next four years.
Masdar
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New Plants Will Add SAF Production Capacity

Jan 19, 2022
More sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production plants are being announced in the U.S. and Middle East as energy companies respond to commitments from airlines to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

Textron San Antonio
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Textron Aviation Deliveries Slide In Q4, Remain Improved For 2021

Jan 27, 2022
Textron Aviation’s deliveries of business jets and turboprops declined in the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2021 compared to a year ago, although full-year shipments exceeded those in 2020. 

Funding & Policy

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Pentagon: Russian Deployment Biggest Since Cold War

Jan 28, 2022
Russia’s buildup of forces near Ukraine, including the deployment of combat aircraft and ballistic missiles, is at a scale not seen since the Cold War, and top U.S. and NATO officials are continuing to press the Kremlin to draw down and trying to make room for diplomacy.
Defense Secretary Austin
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Austin Outlines New Pentagon Steps To Mitigate Civilian Harm

Jan 28, 2022
The Pentagon has stood up new efforts to reduce civilian casualties following high-profile incidents across the Middle East in which civilians were killed in U.S. airstrikes, with a new mitigation plan expected within 90 days.

Business

Cora
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Boeing Invests $450m In UAM Joint Venture Wisk

Jan 24, 2022
The additional Boeing funding will advance development of Wisk’s sixth-generation eVTOL, which is targeted to be the first autonomous all-electric passenger aircraft certified in the U.S.
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Mnuchin Stake Still Leaves Tough Start For Satellogic SPAC

Jan 28, 2022
Twelve-year-old Satellogic, an Earth observation satellite systems and analytics company, became publicly traded in late January after the reverse merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), as well as an 11th-hour investment boost via former Trump administration Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin.

Operations

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Anomalies Halt Astroscale Orbital Debris Capture Demo

Jan 28, 2022
Space debris removal startup Astroscale has halted an autonomous capture demonstration in low Earth orbit after detecting anomalous spacecraft conditions.

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