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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, March 11, 2022

VOL. 279 NO. 48 March 11, 2022
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Funding & Policy

USAF C-130H
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USAF Expected To Ask For Fewer Aircraft Retirements In 2023 Budget

Mar 10, 2022
The U.S. Air Force will ask Congress for permission to retire fewer aircraft in fiscal 2023 than it did in its 2022 request, after lawmakers allowed the service to cut some platforms and appear ready to further bolster the Pentagon’s budget.
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Middle East States Need to Raise Military R&D Spend, Think Tank Says

Mar 05, 2022
Middle Eastern nations need to increase levels of defense research and development (R&D) if they want to achieve their goals of developing more domestic capability, a think tank has warned.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

Embraer E195-E2
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Embraer Recovery Driven By Commercial, Services, Executive Jets

Mar 10, 2022
Embraer expects to expand output both in its commercial and executive jet businesses in 2022 in an effort to compensate revenue shortfalls in its struggling defense business, hit by a reduction of Brazil’s KC-390 military transport order.

Programs

North Korean ICBM
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U.S. Says North Korea Tested New ICBM Twice Recently

Mar 10, 2022
The U.S. government has determined that North Korea tested a new intercontinental ballistic missile twice in recent weeks, with these initial launches designed to evaluate the system before an upcoming full-range test.
OSAM-1 robotic servicing arm
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NASA Robotic On-Orbit Servicing Mission Passes CDR

Mar 10, 2022
A NASA program to demonstrate on-orbit servicing, assembly and manufacturing has passed its mission-critical design review putting it on track for launch in 2025 at the earliest.
PA NG
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French Navy Integrating More UAS, Looks Ahead To FCAS

Mar 09, 2022
The French Navy is completing the test phases for two small unmanned air systems (UAS) and mulling the integration of more complex ones onto its future aircraft carrier.
Mars samples in orbit
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Ingenuity Drone Helicopter Stars On Mars As Reconnaissance Asset

Mar 09, 2022
Developed initially for a handful of test flights at its Gale Crater landing site on Mars, NASA’s small solar-powered Ingenuity drone helicopter has logged 20 flights as it graduated to become a reconnaissance asset for the Perseverance rover.

Operations

NASA Space Launch System
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SLS Rollout Confirmed For March 17 For Dress Rehearsal, Fueling Test

Mar 10, 2022
The first Moon-class rocket in 50 years is set to roll out to Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39B on March 17 for a dress rehearsal and fueling test ahead of launch.
USAF C-130
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Pentagon Cites Systemic Failures In 2020 Attack On Kenya Airstrip

Mar 10, 2022
Al-Shabaab fighters were able to overwhelm a remote U.S. airstrip in Kenya, killing three people and destroying seven aircraft due to a series of failures, some years in the making, Defense Department officials said.
Boreal UAM drone
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Airspace Management Tests Begin For Paris UAM Trials

Mar 10, 2022
On the path to implementing pre-commercial services during the Paris 2024 Olympics, a European demonstration program has completed its first field tests of U-space airspace services to support urban and intercity operations with unmanned and manned aircraft.

Business

Enstrom
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Enstrom Rescued From Bankruptcy By MidTex Aviation

Mar 10, 2022
The revamped company will trade as Enstrom Aerospace Industries and will resume production of the turbine 480B and the piston F-28F and 280FX.
Hermeus
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Hermeus Secures $100M Funding Boost For Hypersonic Plans

Mar 10, 2022
U.S. hypersonic aircraft startup Hermeus has closed a $100 million Series B fundraising round, providing the funding to fly its first three Quarterhorse flight-test vehicles and advance design of its planned Darkhorse production aircraft.
Menlo
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Menlo Microsystems Raises $150M, Eyes U.S. Manufacturing Site

Mar 10, 2022
Menlo Microsystems is targeting end-users in aerospace and defense, among other key markets, for a device that marries a mechanical relay and a semiconductor switch.

Technology

Electra.aero STOL aircraft
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Air Force Supports Electra’s eSTOL Flight-Controls Work

Mar 10, 2022
Using distributed electric propulsion to blow air over the wing and flaps promises to enable ultra-short-takeoff-and-landing capability but poses challenges for flight control because of the strong coupling between aerodynamics and propulsion, between generating lift and producing thrust.
Robotic plug-and-play connecter
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Modular Space Connector Delivered For Testing On ISS

Mar 08, 2022
Dubbed “the USB for space,” a robotic connector enabling modular hardware to be attached to spacecraft has been delivered to the International Space Station (ISS) for spaceflight qualification.

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