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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, March 14, 2022

VOL. 279 NO. 49 March 12, 2022
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Operations

Polish MiG-29
article

DOD: Ukraine Needs SAMs And Anti-Armor Weapons, Not More Jets

Mar 11, 2022
With a growing chorus of lawmakers calling on the Biden administration to help send Soviet-era fighter jets to Ukraine, the Pentagon is sharing more detail on the air battles over that nation to argue more aircraft are not needed.
Pakistani Chengdu J-10C fighter
article

Pakistan Inducts Six New Chinese-Made J-10C Fighters

Mar 11, 2022
Pakistan has inducted its first batch of six Chengdu J-10C multi-role fighters, a week after they were delivered to Kamra Air Base on March 4. This marks the first export for the Chinese-made type, which was acquired by Pakistan in response to India’s acquisition of Dassault Rafales.
Indian Maj. Gen. Babar Iftikhar
article

India Says Missile Flew Accidentally Into Pakistan

Mar 11, 2022
The Indian Defense Ministry is investigating how an unarmed, supersonic missile flew by accident from the Indian state of Haryana 124 km (77 mi.) into Pakistan on March 9.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

Philippine T129 ATAK
article

Philippine Air Force Takes Delivery Of Turkish T129 Attack Helos

Mar 11, 2022
The Philippine Air Force has taken delivery of its first T129 ATAK attack helicopters from Turkish Aerospace, becoming the first export customer for the platform.

Programs

Venturi Astrolab Moon space buggy
article

Venturi Astrolab Unveils Flex Moon Buggy Family

Mar 11, 2022
Venturi Astrolab, the bespoke European car company’s space startup comprising NASA and SpaceX alumni in Hawthorne, California, has unveiled its Flex rover family for manned Moon and Mars missions.
Airbus Helicopters H120
article

Cost-Sharing Model Keeps Upgrades Moving On Airbus Legacy Platforms

Mar 11, 2022
Airbus Helicopters has developed a cost-sharing model with customers to develop upgrades for rotary-wing platforms now out of production.
RSAF C2 system
article

Singapore Flexes AI-Powered C2 System In Anti-Hijack Exercise

Mar 11, 2022
The Republic of Singapore Air Force has unveiled an improved command-and-control system, fitted with combat-management and decision-support features and packed with data analytics and artificial intelligence.
R44
article

Robinson Offers ‘Perfect Platform’ For Electric Helicopter

Mar 09, 2022
Robinson Helicopter says it will switch to electric power for its light helicopters when it “makes sense” and is closely watching progress being made by California-based Tier 1 Engineering on a battery-powered R44 conversion program.
Pakistani Chengdu J-10C fighter
article

Pakistan Inducts Six New Chinese-Made J-10C Fighters

Mar 11, 2022
Pakistan has inducted its first batch of six Chengdu J-10C multi-role fighters, a week after they were delivered to Kamra Air Base on March 4. This marks the first export for the Chinese-made type, which was acquired by Pakistan in response to India’s acquisition of Dassault Rafales.

Business

Beacon
article

Space Situational Awareness Startup Slingshot Aerospace Raises $25M

Mar 11, 2022
Slingshot Aerospace has developed a web portal and mobile app, Slingshot Beacon, that allows satellite operators to communicate and avoid satellite collisions in orbit.

Technology

Aurora ARM-C
article

New Efforts Aim To Automate LEO Collision Avoidance

Mar 11, 2022
Finland’s Aurora Propulsion Technologies and U.S. space traffic-management startup Kayhan Space have partnered to develop a system to autonomously identify collision threats and automate avoidance maneuvers in low Earth orbit.
Electric 328
article

Deutsche Aircraft, H2fly Launch Work On Hydrogen-Powered D328

Mar 10, 2022
The project will modify a Dornier 328 regional turboprop with a zero-emission hydrogen-electric powertrain; the demonstrator aircraft is planned to fly in 2025.

Funding & Policy

Artris spacecraft
article

NASA Safety Panel Chair Urges New Approach To Risk Management

Mar 11, 2022
NASA has reached an “inflection point” as it looks to transition its human-spaceflight focus from low-Earth orbit to the Moon and Mars, according to the chair of the NASA Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel.
Vertiport
article

Lack Of eVTOL Performance Data Makes Designing Vertiports Difficult

Mar 09, 2022
Until there is more available data on what a stabilized approach is for an eVTOL aircraft, the FAA will maintain a conservative approach as to how vertiports should be safely built.

Business

Tupolev Tu-141
article

Croatian Officials Examine Wreckage Of Unmanned Aircraft Near Zagreb

Mar 11, 2022
The Croatian Ministry of Defense is examining the wreckage of an uncrewed aircraft that crashed near Zagreb, apparently having overflown Hungary and Romania and may have come from Ukraine.

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