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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, April 6, 2022

VOL. 280 NO. 4 April 06, 2022
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Business

Kuiper
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Amazon Buys 83 Launches For Kuiper Deployment Blitz

Apr 05, 2022
The largest commercial procurement of launch vehicles in history has seen Amazon sign contracts for a fleet of up to 83 heavy-lift launchers to send its Kuiper constellation into orbit.
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L3Harris Unveils Agile Development Group for Commercial-Defense Tech

Apr 05, 2022
Fresh off unveiling its partnership with Silicon Valley venture capital firm Shield Capital, L3Harris Technologies announced a new internal innovation office, the Agile Development Group, to meet Pentagon demands to provide advanced technology products and offerings quicker.
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Broker Blueberry Partners With eVTOL Developer Dufour

Apr 05, 2022
Helicopter and commercial aircraft brokerage Blueberry Aviation has signed an agreement to support Swiss startup Dufour Aerospace in securing launch customers for its Aero2 and Aero3 hybrid-electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft.
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Maritime Launch Services Prepares For Public Trading

Apr 04, 2022
Maritime Launch Services, a six-year-old startup looking to operate Canada’s first commercial spaceport and offer low Earth orbit launch services via the Ukrainian Cyclone-4M system, has taken another step toward becoming a publicly traded company in Canada after a reverse merger with an investment group.
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EHang Aims To Launch Autonomous eVTOL Air Taxi Services In 2022

Mar 30, 2022
EHang is targeting mid-2022 for Chinese certification of its EH216-S autonomous two-seat air vehicle and preparing to announce the first group of Chinese cities where it plans to launch commercial urban air mobility services in the second half of the year following airworthiness approval.
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L3Harris, Silicon Valley VC Firm Team Up For Investments

Mar 30, 2022
U.S. prime defense technology provider L3Harris Technologies and Silicon Valley venture capital firm Shield Capital announced a partnership March 29 to invest in emerging defense and commercial technology startups.
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Eve Works To Set Zanite Merger Apart From Prior SPAC Deals

Mar 28, 2022
Of the five electric air taxi developers that have been involved in going-public mergers with blank-check companies, only two are following the tried-and-tested aerospace business model of manufacturing, selling and supporting their aircraft.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

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Lobo Leasing Partners With Pipistrel On Cargo eVTOL

Apr 05, 2022
Helicopter leasing company Lobo Leasing has signed a letter of intent with Pipistrel that includes deposits for the acquisition of 15 Nuuva V300 hybrid-electric vertical takeoff and landing unmanned cargo aircraft.

Programs

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DARPA Confirms New Details Of Lockheed HAWC Test

Apr 05, 2022
DARPA has confirmed new details of a previously secret test of the Lockheed Martin version of the Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept, a scramjet-powered cruise missile demonstrator. 
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SDA Working To Avoid ‘Vendor Lock’ In Tracking, Transport Layer Awards

Apr 05, 2022
The Space Development Agency wants to ensure that all bidders will have an equal shot at awards under the upcoming Tranche 1 Tracking Layer decision, though another recent SDA award has shown the “optics” of incumbents getting a leg up.
JASSM
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Australia Invests Billions To Fast-Track Missile Deliveries

Apr 05, 2022
Concerned about the military build-up in the Indo-Pacific and threats against Australia, Canberra is spending A$3.5 billion ($2.6 billion) to accelerate deliveries of two types of missile.
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GBSD Officially Named ‘Sentinel’

Apr 05, 2022
The U.S. military’s next generation intercontinental ballistic missile has a name: the LGM-35A Sentinel.
ptes
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Boeing Demos Ground-Based Anti-Jam Satcom Capability

Apr 04, 2022
The company recently tested its Protected Tactical Enterprise Service (PTES), a U.S. Space Force program to develop a ground-based anti-jam capability within the Protected Anti-Jam Tactical Satcom portfolio.

Operations

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Rocket Lab To Attempt Booster Capture

Apr 05, 2022
Rocket Lab will attempt its first midair capture of a returning Electron booster later this month, a key step in the company’s quest to turn what was an expendable small satellite launcher into a partly reusable booster.
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How U.S. Intel Community, DOD Work With Space Companies On Ukraine

Apr 05, 2022
As Russian forces began to substantially build up on the border with Ukraine, the U.S. intelligence community went to commercial satellite imagery providers with a favor to ask.
Krasukha-4
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Reports: Attacks On Space Capabilities Rising As Predicted

Apr 04, 2022
Predictions about an increase in attacks on space capabilities made over the last five years are proving true, say a pair of new reports issued by Washington, D.C.-based think tanks April 4.

Funding & Policy

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Scandinavian Countries Raise Defense Budgets

Apr 05, 2022
Finland and Norway have made substantial increases to their annual defense budgets in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Boeing hypersonic concept
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AUKUS Pact To Widen Focus To Hypersonic Weapons

Apr 05, 2022
The AUKUS defense pact between Australia, the UK and the U.S. is to expand its scope to hypersonic weapons.

Technology

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HPE Marks First Year Of Advanced Space Station Computing

Apr 04, 2022
Almost a year after its ruggedized HPE Spaceborne Computer-2 (SBC-2) was installed on the International Space Station (ISS), Hewlett Packard Enterprise says its advanced artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled processor system has completed 24 research experiments and accelerated data analysis time from months to minutes.

AWIN Parts & Contract Data