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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, May 2, 2022

VOL. 280 NO. 22 May 02, 2022
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Programs

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Design Fix Required After DARPA Secretly Tested Hypersonic TBG

Apr 29, 2022
DARPA has secretly tested a hypersonic Tactical Boost Glide system as a risk-reduction effort for the U.S. Air Force’s Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon.
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DARPA Plans Follow-on Scramjet Tests In MoHAWC Program

Apr 29, 2022
A proposal for a new DARPA program would fund four new flight tests of a scramjet-powered cruise missile to build on lessons learned from the ongoing Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept, the agency says in budget planning documents.
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Aergility Prepares Atlis Uncrewed Cargo eVTOL For Flight

Apr 27, 2022
Aergility has unveiled the full-scale prototype of its Atlis hybrid-electric vertical takeoff and landing uncrewed cargo aircraft.
Quicksink
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Second Quicksink Demo Scores Ship Kill By New Seeker

Apr 29, 2022
A glide bomb equipped with a new seeker destroyed a full-scale ship in the Gulf of Mexico test range for the second time on April 28, moving a technology for a new class of air-launched weapons closer to fielding, the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory says.
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Pyka Plans Cargo Version Of Autonomous Pelican

Apr 26, 2022
Autonomous electric aircraft developer Pyka has closed a $37 million Series A funding round to support production of its Pelican uncrewed crop sprayer and develop a cargo version of the aircraft.
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Supply Issues Slow Harbour Air’s Electric Beaver

Apr 27, 2022
Design changes and component supply issues have pushed back the first flight of the certification prototype for Harbour Air Seaplanes’ conversion of the de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver to electric propulsion.
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Safran To Power Diamond’s Electric Trainer

Apr 27, 2022
Austria’s Diamond Aircraft has selected Safran’s EngineUs motor to power its eDA40 electric training aircraft.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

Business

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Axiom To Provide UAE Astronaut With ISS Mission

Apr 29, 2022
Axiom Space has signed an agreement to provide a United Arab Emirates professional astronaut with a six-month tour of duty aboard the International Space Station.
Let 410
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Let L-410 Manufacturer Freed From Russian Ownership

Apr 28, 2022
Aircraft Industries, the manufacturer of the Let family of turboprop regional aircraft, is now back in Czech hands after being acquired from its Russian owners. 
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Skyryse To Upgrade Air Methods Fleet To Fly-By-Wire

Apr 28, 2022
U.S. air medical transport company Air Methods has partnered with startup Skyryse to retrofit more than 400 helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft with full-authority fly-by-wire flight controls to improve safety.

Operations

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Urban-Air Port Reveals Vertiport Template

Apr 26, 2022
A large white tent in the middle of an English Midland town center parking lot is providing the advanced air mobility industry with a sense of the infrastructure it may need to serve its customers.
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Russian Spacewalkers Set European Space Station Robot Arm In Motion

Apr 29, 2022
During an April 28 spacewalk, Russian cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev and Denis Matveev enabled the first motion of the European Space Agency’s 37-ft. robot arm, a multipurpose manipulator that was launched to the International Space Station in July 2021 as part of the Russian Nauka Multipurpose Laboratory Module.

Technology

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AFRL Building Multi-Energy Electron Device To Simulate Space Weather

Apr 27, 2022
The Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate has announced that it is developing a multi-energy electron source capable of emitting a beam of electrons at dozens of energies simultaneously.

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