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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, March 8, 2022

VOL. 279 NO. 45 March 08, 2022
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Weekly Debrief

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The Weekly Debrief: Demigorgon, Gambit Fight To Be The Next Skyborg 

Mar 07, 2022
The Demigorgon and Gambit have been revealed as the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory’s two choices for the autonomous flying demonstrator that will follow Skyborg. 

Daily Briefs

In Brief

Programs

Boeing MH-139
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MH-139 Needs One More STC Before Planned Flight Release In May

Mar 04, 2022
The U.S. Air Force expects to take delivery of its first Boeing MH-139 test aircraft in May as it moves toward receiving its last required FAA certification, after a yearlong production delay due to airworthiness concerns.
Australian E-7 Wedgetail
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U.S. Wants To Test E-7A With UK, Australia To Speed Possible Buy

Mar 04, 2022
The U.S. Air Force is looking to move quickly on the possible purchase of Boeing’s E-7A Wedgetail by sending test officials to the UK and working with Australia on their programs to meet required test points before a buy is decided.
Sikorsky HH-60W
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HH-60W To Start Initial Operational Test And Evaluation

Mar 07, 2022
The U.S. Air Force HH-60W combat rescue helicopter will start initial operational test and evaluation within weeks, as the final stages of engineering and manufacturing development test are wrapping up, the service and Sikorsky said.
Interceptor
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MARSS Unveils Electric-Powered Aerial Ram For Anti-Drone Mission

Mar 07, 2022
European technology company MARSS has developed a reusable hard kill capability for use against adversary unmanned air systems (UAS).
FCAS
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Dassault Blames Airbus For New FCAS Program Delay

Mar 04, 2022
Further requests from Airbus are delaying the signing of a contract for the demonstration phase of the Future Combat Air System, according to Dassault Aviation CEO Eric Trappier.
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NASA’s Artemis I: More Than Moon Mission

Mar 05, 2022
Artemis I, NASA’s approaching test flight of the Space Launch System rocket and uncrewed Orion capsule around the Moon and back to Earth, could be paving the way for more than human deep-space exploration.

Funding & Policy

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U.S. Studying How To Backfill Polish Fleet If MiG-29s Go To Ukraine

Mar 07, 2022
The U.S. government is looking at how it could backfill the fighter fleet of Poland should that nation donate aircraft to Ukraine.
U.S. Air Force wind tunnel
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USAF Faces Test Capacity Shortage As Hypersonic Demand Increases

Mar 07, 2022
The U.S. Air Force is looking for budget help to address a shortage in its test capacity for hypersonic weapons as it prioritizes what programs can have access to limited infrastructure such as wind tunnels and reaches out to NASA for help.

Operations

Soyuz at Baikonur
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Grounded Soyuz Rocket Returned To Baikonur Hangar

Mar 04, 2022
Russian State Space Corp. Roscosmos formally canceled the launch of 36 OneWeb satellites aboard the Soyuz 2.1b rocket that had been slated to lift off on March 4 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
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Maxar Shows 3D Sat Video Of 40-Mi.-Long Russian Convoy

Mar 05, 2022
Maxar has generated a 3D video of a 40-mi.-long Russian military convoy stalled on a road north of Kyiv using its WorldView-3 satellite.

Business

Volocopter Volocity air taxi
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Funding Boosts Volocopter Toward Certification, Commercial Launch

Mar 04, 2022
Volocopter has received a first tranche of $170 million in Series E financing, with additional investment in the pipeline as the German electric vertical takeoff and landing startup works toward launching urban air taxi service in 2024.

Contracts