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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, May 10, 2022

VOL. 280 NO. 28 May 10, 2022
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Weekly Debrief

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The Weekly Debrief: Marines’ Force Design Plan Reshapes AURA Strategy

May 09, 2022
A sweeping reform of the U.S. Marine Corps force structure has altered the timing and widened the scope of a program to replace the Bell AH-1Z and UH-1Y fleets with a next-generation rotorcraft.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

Business

BlueWalker
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AST SpaceMobile To Sell More Stock To Raise $75M

May 09, 2022
Space-based cellphone connectivity provider AST SpaceMobile, which went public last year after a deal with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), will raise $75 million by selling more stock.
VSS Unity
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Supplier, Labor Shortages Force Virgin Galactic Ops Pushback

May 06, 2022
Virgin Galactic is slipping its forecasted start of revenue-generating commercial operations to the first quarter of 2023 instead of this year, executives announced May 5 while revealing the space tourism provider’s latest quarterly loss.
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Spire’s Weather Sats To Provide Data To Optimize Ship Routing

May 06, 2022
Spire of San Francisco signed a contract to provide weather data collected by its satellites to Gale Force, a maritime routing software company.
Eve
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Underperforming SPAC Takes Embraer’s eVTOL Spin-off Public

May 09, 2022
Embraer’s urban air mobility spinoff Eve UAM will list publicly on the New York Stock Exchange on May 10 after closing a merger with blank-check company Zanite Acquisition that raised less funding than hoped for.

Funding & Policy

Apache
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Australia Pushes Ahead With Apache, MH-60R Acquisitions

May 09, 2022
Australia has moved ahead with plans to acquire Apache attack helicopters and will further bolster the country’s fleet of MH-60R maritime helicopters, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced.
Putin
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Putin Victory Day Statements On Ukraine Draw International Ire

May 09, 2022
Russian President Vladimir Putin has again blamed the West and NATO for the war in Ukraine in comments that drew scorn from Western leaders. 

Programs

Reaction
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Canada’s Maritime Launch, Reaction Dynamics Team For 2023 Debut

May 08, 2022
Maritime Launch Services, which aims to establish Canada’s first indigenous space launch from Nova Scotia, and rocket manufacturing startup Reaction Dynamics of Quebec are partnering for a 2023 debut.
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JWST Commissioning Enters Homestretch

May 09, 2022
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is entering the final phase of commissioning prior to the start of science observations this summer, project scientists told reporters May 9. The telescope, which launched on Dec. 25, 2021, aboard an Arianespace Ariane V rocket, is designed to follow on and expand scientific observations made by the Hubble Space Telescope and other space observatories.
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NASA’s SLS: More Than A Moon Rocket

May 08, 2022
NASA’s Space Launch System heavy-lift rocket will head back to its Kennedy Space Center launchpad in June for a second run at a Wet Dress Rehearsal as the agency strives to get the system’s first lunar test flight, Artemis I, underway by summer’s end.

Technology

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Crowdsourcing Generates Lunar Exploration Technologies

May 04, 2022
NASA and its crowdsource partner HeroX have announced the winners of their “Honey I Shrunk the NASA Payload, the Sequel” challenge for miniaturizing payload prototypes for Moon missions to fill scientific knowledge gaps.
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Autonomous UAM Technology Flight Tested In Brazil

May 06, 2022
As part of preparations for the introduction of urban air mobility operations in Brazil, Embraer and sister company Eve UAM have evaluated a set of autonomous flight technologies around Sao Jose dos Campos using helicopters.

Operations

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Conops Shows UAM Could Grow Quickly In Rio de Janiero

May 04, 2022
By 2035, Rio de Janiero could see a fleet of 245 urban air taxis flying 4.5 million passengers a year on more than 100 routes linking 37 vertiports, Eve UAM forecasts in the first concept of operations for urban air mobility (UAM) to be developed in Brazil.

Contracts