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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, April 7, 2022

VOL. 280 NO. 5 April 07, 2022
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Programs

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U.S. Navy Considers Combining T-45 Replacement With TSA Fleet

Apr 06, 2022
An order for a fleet of Tactical Surrogate Aircraft (TSA) could be combined with the U.S. Navy’s plans to replace the Boeing T-45 Goshawk with a new…
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Bell Shows Redesigned V-247 For Future Navy Fleet

Apr 06, 2022
Bell has scaled down and redesigned the unmanned V-247 tiltrotor to propose as a member of family of systems that would become the U.S. Navy’s Future…
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U.S. Navy Sets New Distance Record With Gun-Launched Projectile

Apr 06, 2022
A hypersonic projectile fired by an electromagnetic railgun set a new distance record during a March test, flying 109 nm at a speed around Mach 5, a U.S. Navy official said on April 6. 
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ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Mission Gears Up For 2023 Launch

Apr 06, 2022
Airbus, the prime contractor for the European Space Agency’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer probe, has started a series of critical tests on the spacecraft due for launch in April 2023.
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Nissan, Sierra Space, Teledyne Brown, Textron Team For Moon Buggy

Apr 06, 2022
Another team has entered NASA’s moon buggy competition and once again it includes automotive horsepower—Teledyne Brown Engineering announced April 6 that it is leading a team with Sierra Space, Nissan North America and Textron Arctic Cat to design the crewed Lunar Terrain Vehicle.
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Serbia Negotiating Rafale Acquisition, Reports Suggest

Apr 06, 2022
France is negotiating with Serbia on a potential sale of Dassault Rafales, it has emerged.
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UK Extends Wildcat Helicopter Support Contract

Apr 06, 2022
The UK’s Ministry of Defense has renewed a support contract with Leonardo Helicopters to sustain the Royal Navy and British Army’s fleet of AW159 Wildcat helicopters.
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SDA Launch To Shape JADC2 Communications

Apr 05, 2022
The Space Development Agency’s upcoming Tranche 0 Transport Layer will be the military’s communications backbone, and the agency is planning a series of exercises with each service’s Joint All Domain Command and Control efforts, including the U.S. Navy’s highly secretive Project Overmatch.
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Boeing Starts Inducting CH-47Fs For Block II Conversion

Apr 06, 2022
Boeing has started the induction process for the first of four CH-47F Chinook Block II helicopters ordered by the U.S. Army in November. The…
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U.S. Navy Starts Testing SIGINT-Equipped MQ-4C Triton

Apr 06, 2022
Flight testing has started on the latest version of the Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton.
Future Helicopter
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China Tests New Military Helicopter With ‘Innovative Design’ 

Apr 06, 2022
The helicopter is a self-funded project between Changhe Aircraft Industry (Group) Corporation and the China Helicopter Research and Development Institute, both
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GA-ASI Unveils Eagle Eye Radar Upgrade For MQ-1C

Apr 06, 2022
The Eagle Eye multi-mode radar adds a “video synthetic aperture radar” (SAR) capability to the medium-altitude UAS.
DS30
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Doosan Raises Funds For Hydrogen Cargo Drones

Apr 06, 2022
South Korea’s Doosan Mobility Innovation (DMI) has secured a 27 billion won ($22 million) investment, primarily for the development of cargo drones powered by hydrogen fuel cells.
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Redwire Wins U.S. Air Force ABMS Contracting Opportunity

Apr 05, 2022
The U.S. Air Force has selected Redwire and other select companies to compete to win task orders and contribute to its Advanced Battle Management System.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

Business

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Boeing Boosts Operations Into Cloud With Amazon, Google, Microsoft

Apr 06, 2022
In a major step forward in its digitalization, including overhauling how it designs and builds new aircraft, Boeing announced a series of deals with the highest-profile cloud-computing providers.
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Europe Needs To Invest In Mass, High Technology, MBDA CEO Warns

Apr 06, 2022
European countries will need to make investments in high-technology weapons and larger munitions stocks if they are to be prepared for a high-intensity conflict, the CEO of missile manufacturer MBDA says.
Astranis
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Astranis Orders Dedicated Falcon 9 To Launch Four MicroGEO Sats

Apr 06, 2022
Astranis Space Technologies plans to launch four of its MicroGEO communication satellites into orbit at once aboard a dedicated SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in 2023.
Venus
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Hypersonic Transport Startup Venus Aerospace Lands $20M in VC

Apr 06, 2022
The funds will be siphoned into development of the three critical technologies underlying its business case: a new rocket engine, the aircraft shape and leading-edge cooling. 

Funding & Policy

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Space Force Wants More Spending For Resilient Missile Tracking Quickly

Apr 06, 2022
The U.S. Space Force needs to transform how it can serve what Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall says is a “no-fail” mission in light of recent tests by both China and Russia.

Operations

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NASA’s Third SLS Wet Dress Rehearsal Could Be Late This Week

Apr 05, 2022
NASA is looking beyond the planned April 8 launch of Axiom Space’s Ax-1 private astronaut mission to the International Space Station to resume the Artemis I Wet Dress Rehearsal (WDR) at Kennedy Space Center, which has been scrubbed twice so far this week due to issues with the Mobile Launch Platform.