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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, April 8, 2022

VOL. 280 NO. 6 April 08, 2022
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Programs

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Airbus, Northrop Grumman Propose ‘Hybrid Solution’ For NATO AFSC

Apr 07, 2022
Airbus says it will draw on a multidisciplined set of technologies in its proposal for NATO’s Alliance Future Surveillance and Control system, which will replace the Boeing E-3 Sentry airborne early warning platform in the mid-2030s.
b-21 artist concept
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Long-lead Contract Awarded For 1st Production B-21 Aircraft

Apr 07, 2022
The U.S. Air Force has ordered long-lead parts to start the production phase of the Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider program. The $108 million contract…
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Delayed Wide Field of View Satellite To Launch ‘Very Soon’

Apr 06, 2022
The U.S. Space Force expects to launch its delayed Wide Field of View missile warning satellite “very soon” after being indefinitely delayed due to undisclosed issues.
Gripen
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Serial Production Gripens Take Flight After Arrival In Brazil 

Apr 07, 2022
Saab has delivered the first pair of serial production Gripen E fighters into Brazil following their passage across the Atlantic by ship.
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Space Force Tracking On-Orbit Refueling Progress For NSSL Phase 3

Apr 07, 2022
The U.S. Space Force is tracking the development of on-orbit maneuvering and refueling in the commercial industry to inform how the technology could shape its plans for future national security launches.
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Orbital Reef Passes Milestone Toward 2023 Design Review

Apr 06, 2022
The Blue Origin and Sierra Space-led consortium developing the Orbital Reef commercial space station says it is on track to conduct the preliminary design review of the low Earth orbit outpost in 2023 following completion of the systems requirements review.
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U.S. Army Canvasses Industry For Stinger Replacement Options

Apr 07, 2022
U.S. Army officials plan to start designing a replacement for the Raytheon Stinger surface-to-air missile next year and begin building an inventory of 10,000 missiles in fiscal 2027.
HAL
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India’s HAL Signs On To Perform IAI Tanker Conversions

Apr 07, 2022
India’s Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has struck an agreement with Israel Aerospace Industries to convert passenger aircraft into tankers under the Israeli company’s multi-mission tanker transport (MMTT) program.
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Space Force Eyeing New Space Domain Awareness System

Apr 06, 2022
The U.S. Space Force is preparing to decommission the system that was tracking space activity and transition to a new system by year’s end on an “aggressive schedule,” service and industry officials say.
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Hyundai Plans Hydrogen eSTOL For Regional Air Mobility

Mar 31, 2022
At the end of 2020, South Korean automaker Hyundai revealed that it planned to field a longer-range regional air mobility vehicle as a follow-on to the electric vertical takeoff and landing urban air taxi it is developing for market entry in 2028.
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Commercial Lunar Payload Services Costs Concern NASA IG

Apr 06, 2022
NASA could be too hands-off in its oversight of the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, an audit from the agency’s inspector general says.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

Funding & Policy

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AFRL Asks Industry How It Can Improve Responsive Launches

Apr 06, 2022
The Air Force Research Laboratory wants to improve its responsive space launch capability and is reaching out to industry to find investments in technology that could improve the ability to rapidly and more effectively send military capabilities into orbit.
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SPACECOM Agrees To Increased Cooperation With UK, Sweden

Apr 07, 2022
U.S. Space Command signed two new agreements with partner nations within two days this week as the Pentagon plans to further increase its space information sharing.
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NATO Allies OK DIANA Advanced Technology Development Network

Apr 07, 2022
NATO foreign ministers have approved the launch of the alliance’s DIANA network for advanced technology development.

Business

Jaunt
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Jaunt Secures New Canadian Investors

Apr 05, 2022
As it works to establish design and manufacturing operations in Montreal, Jaunt Air Mobility has secured two new Canadian investors and advisors, retired Air Canada CEO Calin Rovinescu and entrepreneur Mitch Garber.
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SpinLaunch Signs Space Act Demo; Teases More Customers, Partners

Apr 07, 2022
SpinLaunch, which conducted its first test flight from its Suborbital Accelerator at Spaceport America last October, has signed a Space Act agreement with NASA to demonstrate its lofting system this year.
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Funds Raised By Space Startups In 2021 Double To $15.4 Billion

Apr 07, 2022
Startup space companies raised $15.4 billion in total financing in 2021, double the amount raised in 2020.
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WEF Forms Coalition To Help Localities Embrace AAM

Mar 30, 2022
Citing the need for local policymakers to understand the emerging technologies, the World Economic Forum has launched the Advanced and Urban Aerial Mobility Cities and Regions Coalition.
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Sidus Space Sees Red Ink Grow in First Annual Financial Results

Apr 08, 2022
Sidus Space, a Cape Canaveral startup proffering the LizzieSat—a partially additively manufactured, 100-kg. (220-lb.) low-Earth-orbit satellite—reported 2021 financial results that showed net loss more than doubled while revenue decreased from 2020.
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eVTOL Recovery Parachute Systems Get Boost With Pioneer Acquisition

Apr 04, 2022
Pioneer Aerospace, an experienced manufacturer of parachutes and aerodynamic deceleration systems for NASA space missions, has been acquired by Aviation Safety Resources, a company developing aircraft recovery parachute systems for the advanced air mobility market.

Technology

NRC
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Canada’s NRC Flies Cessna As Hybrid-Electric Testbed

Apr 06, 2022
Canada’s National Research Council has begun flight tests of a Cessna 337G Skymaster modified into a hybrid-electric propulsion testbed.

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