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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, February 14, 2022

VOL. 279 NO. 30 February 12, 2022
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Programs

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Honeywell To Test Engine For Sikorsky/Boeing’s FLRAA Contender

Feb 11, 2022
Another shoe has dropped in the competition to supply the U.S. Army’s Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA), with Sikorsky and Boeing selecting Honeywell’s 7,500-shp HTS7500 engine to power their contender, the Defiant X coaxial rigid-rotor compound helicopter. 
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Finland Signs Agreements For F-35 Buy

Feb 11, 2022
Finland has taken the first steps toward its procurement of the Lockheed Martin F-35 with the signing of agreements for the Foreign Military Sale (FMS) and industrial participation.
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Karem Proposes OSTR Design To Meet U.S. Navy, Marine FVL Needs

Feb 10, 2022
Karem Aircraft is studying a version of its optimum speed tiltrotor concept aimed at providing a common solution to both U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Future Vertical requirements, although both continue to evolve.
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Webb Receives First Light As Primary Mirror Aligns

Feb 11, 2022
All 18 segments of the James Webb Space Telescope’s (JWST) large primary mirror have gathered their first photons from a target star, a major milestone in the months-long process of aligning the light-gathering elements of the space observatory to begin its mission of studying the first stars and galaxies.
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Deliveries Of Mi-171A3 Offshore Helicopter To Start In 2023

Feb 11, 2022
Russian Helicopters plans to complete the certification of the Mi-171A3, the new offshore variant of the Mil Mi-171 heavy-transport rotorcraft, in the first half of 2023, with deliveries to its launch customer— Russian gas monopoly Gazprom—to begin the same year.
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New NASA Missions To Further Explore Sun/Earth Relationship

Feb 11, 2022
NASA has selected a pair of heliophysics missions for development that are intended to provide a better understanding of solar dynamics, the Sun/Earth connection and the changing space environment.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

Business

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GKN Aerospace To Shut Down St. Louis Site In 2023

Feb 11, 2022
GKN Aerospace announced Feb. 10 that it will shut down its St. Louis manufacturing center in 2023, shuttering the home of one of the area’s largest manufacturing sites and a sizable supplier to nearby Boeing.
Dreamlifters
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Boeing Begins Routine SAF Use In Commercial Operations

Feb 10, 2022
Boeing has begun routine use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in its commercial-aircraft flight operations, with Epic Fuels to supply 2 million gal. of blended fuel for its Washington state and South Carolina operations through 2022.
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Unmanned Cargo Startup Touts Customer Interest

Feb 09, 2022
Californian startup Natilus has announced letters of intent for more than 440 large unmanned cargo aircraft from customers including a Canadian drone operator, an African cargo airline and a U.S. freight forwarder.

Technology

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H3 Dynamics Tests Self-Contained Hydrogen Propulsion Nacelle

Feb 11, 2022
Singapore-headquartered H3 Dynamics has tested what it said is the first integrated hydrogen-electric powertrain nacelle, designed to enable distributed propulsion for a range of aircraft sizes.
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Air Liquide, Airbus Join South Korean Hydrogen Study

Feb 10, 2022
Hydrogen supplier Air Liquide and Airbus have signed a memorandum of understanding with Korean Air and the operator of Incheon International Airport to study the development of infrastructure required to support the deployment of hydrogen-powered aircraft.

Funding & Policy

Ferencz
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Hungary Looks To Deepen Space Collaboration With Singapore

Feb 10, 2022
Hungary is inviting space experiments from Singapore to be part of the research agenda for the astronaut it will send to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2024.

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