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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, May 19, 2022

VOL. 280 NO. 35 May 19, 2022
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Programs

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DARPA Takes Wraps Off Liberty Lifter Concept Design

May 18, 2022
The notional concept for the Liberty Lifter program shows a twin-fuselage design similar to the North American F-82 and the Stratolaunch Roc.
Lockhed Martin LMXT tanker boom
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Lockheed To Build LMXT Tanker Boom in Arkansas, If It Wins KC-Y

May 18, 2022
Lockheed Martin announced another new production site for its LMXT refueling tanker it is offering to the U.S. Air Force, as it increases its pitch for the uncertain KC-Y competition.
Space Development Agency logo
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SDA Issues Draft Solicitation For Experimental Satellites

May 18, 2022
The Space Development Agency has issued a draft solicitation for its Tranche 1 Demonstration and Experimentation System, outlining plans to use an Other Transaction Authority acquisition strategy to buy 12 space vehicles.
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Joby: NASA Tests Confirm eVTOL’s Low Noise

May 10, 2022
Acoustic testing completed with NASA last year confirmed the low noise profile of Joby Aviation’s tilt-prop electric vertical takeoff and landing air taxi, the startup said May 10.
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Milky Way’s Black Hole Brought To Light

May 12, 2022
An international team of astronomers has directly imaged for the first time the telltale ring of gas surrounding the black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy, some 27,000 light years from Earth.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

SpaceX Starlink launch
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SpaceX Launches Third Flight In Five Days, Lifts Starlink Satellites To Orbit

May 18, 2022
SpaceX sent its 47th batch of Starlink satellites into orbit on May 18, marking the company’s third launch within five days.

Funding & Policy

Space Force Commander Lt. Gen. Michael Guetlein
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Space Force To Host Industry Day For Tactical ISR

May 18, 2022
The U.S. Space Force is meeting with industry representatives in a different way, to see what will be possible for the migration of tactical intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance to orbit.

Operations

Boeing Starliner
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Boeing Poised For Starliner Flight Test To ISS

May 18, 2022
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying a Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft was rolled out to its launch pad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on May 18 in preparation for a launch attempt at 6:54 p.m. EDT May 19.

Technology

Aurora joined-wing aircraft
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Aurora Tests Aircraft Enabled By Flow Control

May 18, 2022
Aurora Flight Sciences has completed wind-tunnel tests of a candidate X-plane for a DARPA program to demonstrate a novel aircraft configuration enabled by active flight control.
Ultra Safe Nuclear's Embercore battery
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DIU Funds Radioisotope, Nuclear Fusion, Spacecraft Propulsion Demos

May 17, 2022
The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) has granted contracts to two companies for development of two types of spacecraft nuclear propulsion: a compact fusion system and a next-generation radioisotope system.

Defense Market Intelligence Notes