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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, May 6, 2022

VOL. 280 NO. 26 May 06, 2022
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Business

Boeing northern Virginia office
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Boeing Moving Headquarters To Washington Suburb Arlington

May 05, 2022
Boeing will move its corporate headquarters to Arlington, Virginia, home of the Pentagon and across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C., according to news reports.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

Bombardier Challenger 3500
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Bombardier Orders Continue Rise With Strong Demand

May 05, 2022
Bombardier continues to see strong demand for Challenger and Global business jets with an order backlog that grew $1.3 billion during the first quarter of 2022. 

Programs

U-28 Draco
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SOCOM Budget Docs Set Armed Overwatch Contract Award In July

May 05, 2022
A $1.404 billion plan to acquire a 75-aircraft Armed Overwatch fleet for U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) will kick off with a contract award in July and finish with the last aircraft delivery by the end of fiscal 2027, budget documents show.
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U.S. Army Deploys Second Surveillance Demonstrator Jet

May 05, 2022
The U.S. Army has deployed a second jet-based technology demonstrator to perform operational missions in the Indo-Pacific Command while gathering data and lessons for a future acquisition program.
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Norway Investing In Maritime Surveillance Constellation

May 05, 2022
Norway is investing in a mini-constellation of maritime reconnaissance satellites to support surveillance in the High North.
Exosonic’s Mach 1.8 airliner concept
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Exosonic Polishes Supersonic Airliner Concept, Pivots To Military

May 06, 2022
A supersonic military drone will take precedence until civil demand for a low-boom supersonic transport matures.
Tempest Future Combat System concept
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UK, Japanese FCAS Efforts At ‘Cornerstone’ Of Bilateral Relations

May 05, 2022
The UK’s joint work with Japan on the Tempest Future Combat Air System could become the “cornerstone” of UK-Japanese bilateral relations. 
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DARPA Solicits Phase 2, 3 Proposals For DRACO Nuclear Rocket

May 05, 2022
DARPA has released a presolicitation for phase 2 and 3 of its Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations program, an effort to develop a nuclear thermal rocket engine.  DARPA is interested in developing such an engine to speed up the time it takes to move spacecraft through the vast distances of cislunar space. 
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Stratolaunch Completes First Pylon Flight Test

May 04, 2022
Stratolaunch successfully completed the first flight of the Roc carrier aircraft with the large underwing pylon developed to carry and launch the company’s Talon-A hypersonic testbed vehicle at Mojave, California, on May 4.

Funding & Policy

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U.S. Military Testing OneWeb, Starlink For Arctic Operations

May 05, 2022
The U.S. military is testing the use of OneWeb and SpaceX’s Starlink to provide communications from remote outposts in the Arctic where resilient connections in austere locations is a problem that U.S. Northern Command needs to address.

Technology

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Air Mobility Initiative To Test AAM Technology In Germany

May 04, 2022
Airbus is to test its CityAirbus NextGen electric vertical takeoff and landing platform with a series of research projects centered around the German city of Ingolstadt.

Operations

Endurance
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Crew-3 Dragon Astronauts Depart Space Station For Earth

May 05, 2022
Four astronauts are headed for a splashdown in waters off the Florida peninsula early May 6, following their departure from the International Space Station aboard NASA’s Crew-3 SpaceX Endurance Dragon spacecraft.

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