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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, March 25, 2022

VOL. 279 NO. 58 March 25, 2022
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Programs

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Switzerland Opts For Italian-Assembled F-35s

Mar 24, 2022
Switzerland plans to have as many as 28 of its Lockheed Martin F-35s built in Italy, becoming the third customer to build the Joint Strike Fighter in Europe.
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Airbus Tests Autonomous Takeoffs, Landings Of VSR700 UAS

Mar 24, 2022
Airbus Helicopters has begun testing the autonomous takeoff and landing capabilities of its VSR700 rotary-wing unmanned aircraft system. 
MRV
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Northrop Offering Mission Extension Capability To Government

Mar 22, 2022
Northrop Grumman’s Space Logistics is trying to let the U.S. Space Force know that it could extend the lives of older geosynchronous satellites or potentially add new capabilities to them.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

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North Korea Tests Most Powerful Missile To Date

Mar 24, 2022
The missile flew east toward Japan, but splashed down short of the northern tip of the island of Honshu, South Korean military leaders reported.

Funding & Policy

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NATO To Bolster Eastern Defenses, Hike Materiel Support To Ukraine

Mar 24, 2022
NATO leaders have pledged to increase materiel support to Ukraine and further strengthen the alliance’s presence in Eastern Europe.
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Space Force ISR Boss Wants ‘Predator’-like Asset In Orbit

Mar 24, 2022
For decades, the U.S. Air Force relied on its workhorse fleet of MQ-1 Predators to track and identify targets and attribute events on the ground.

Business

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Suzuki To Explore eVTOL Air Taxis With SkyDrive

Mar 23, 2022
Japanese automaker Suzuki Motor is looking at adding electric air taxis to its lineup of compact cars and motorcycles and targeting markets such as India through a partnership with Tokyo-based startup SkyDrive.
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Japanese UAV Startup Terra Drone Lands $70M For Drone ATM

Mar 24, 2022
Japanese commercial UAV company Terra Drone has raised $70 million in Series B venture capital from local investors and will apply the funds toward a drone air traffic management service.
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Safran Backs Hydrogen Propulsion Developer Cranfield Aerospace

Mar 24, 2022
The UK’s Cranfield Aerospace Solutions has secured £10.5 million ($13.8 million) in investment from HydrogenOne Capital Growth and Safran to develop hydrogen fuel-cell electric propulsion for aviation.
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Magellan Aerospace Hit Hard By COVID-19 In 2021

Mar 24, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic may be abating, but for suppliers such as Canada’s Magellan Aerospace the effects continue to hit home.
Rocket Lab Electron
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Rocket Lab To Launch Prototypes For Greg Wyler’s E-Space

Mar 21, 2022
E-Space, a startup founded by space communications entrepreneur Greg Wyler, has signed a contract with Rocket Lab to launch three demonstration satellites aboard an Electron rocket in the second quarter of 2022.

Technology

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Dark Fission Space Plans Nuclear Thermal Rocket Engine Demonstrator

Mar 24, 2022
Startup Dark Fission Space Systems announced plans on March 22 to build and demonstrate a nuclear thermal rocket engine in orbit within five years.

Operations

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Canadian Satellite Maneuvered To Avoid Collision, Official Says

Mar 24, 2022
A Canadian satellite recently came “dangerously close” to another nation’s satellite, a Canadian Space Agency official says.

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