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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, March 28, 2022

VOL. 279 NO. 59 March 26, 2022
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Catalyst
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Catalyst Wins Eurodrone Engine Competition

Mar 25, 2022
Airbus has selected GE Aviation’s Catalyst turboprop engine as the powerplant for the Eurodrone medium-altitude long-endurance uncrewed air system.
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Greece Buying Six More Rafales From France

Mar 25, 2022
Greece is purchasing six more Dassault Rafales from France, boosting its planned fleet to 24 aircraft.
CH-47
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Boeing Teams With Airbus On German Chinook Offer

Mar 25, 2022
Boeing has added Airbus Helicopters to its German teaming arrangements as it pushes its CH-47 Chinook transport helicopter for Germany’s military heavy lift helicopter need.
Pratt & Whitney F135 engine
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F135 Depot Extends Rebound From 2020 Nadir, Sets Record Pace

Mar 25, 2022
The maintenance center for the Pratt & Whitney F135 is rebounding from a dismal performance in 2019 and 2020, which led to an engine shortage and the grounding of more than 50 U.S. F-35s.
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Ursa Major Delivers Engines For Space Launch, Hypersonic Test

Mar 23, 2022
Propulsion startup Ursa Major on March 23 announced the delivery of its Handley engine to two separate customers for two different uses.
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Volocopter Begins Noise Test Flight Campaign

Mar 23, 2022
Volocopter has taken another step toward its goal of operating a commercial electric air taxi service during the 2024 Paris Olympics by conducting a series of test flights in France to measure its aircraft’s acoustic signature.
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Eve-Led Consortium Outlines Conops For UAM In London

Mar 24, 2022
A UK consortium led by Embraer company Eve UAM has completed a concept of operations for urban air mobility in London that identifies the near-term challenges and actions required to enable electric air taxi service.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

Operations

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Commander, Pilot Chosen For 2023 ISS Crew Dragon Mission

Mar 25, 2022
NASA’s Jasmin Moghbeli and the European Space Agency’s Andreas Mogensen have been selected as the first two of four astronauts planned for launch aboard the SpaceX Crew-7 Dragon no earlier than 2023 for a six-month mission aboard the International Space Station.
Hwasong-17
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South Korea Puts On Show Of Force After Pyongyang’s Latest ICBM Test

Mar 25, 2022
The South Korean military carried out kill chain training on the same day as North Korea’s latest intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) test on March 24.

Technology

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DARPA Kicks Off Early Orbital Moon Manufacturing Program Experiments

Mar 25, 2022
DARPA has kicked off its orbital Moon manufacturing program, naming eight research teams for the initiative.

Business

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SpaceX Vets Mueller, Matsumori Reunite At Impulse Space Propulsion

Mar 24, 2022
Barry Matsumori, a SpaceX veteran and until recently the CEO of space optical communications startup BridgeComm, was named the chief operating officer of Impulse Space Propulsion, the new in-orbit transfer services company founded by Tom Mueller, a SpaceX co-founder and its longtime chief technology officer.
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Skyports’ Vertiport Plans Get Funding Boost

Mar 23, 2022
UK vertiport development and drone delivery startup Skyports has raised $23 million in the first close of its Series B funding round.

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