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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, June 9, 2022

VOL. 280 NO. 49 June 09, 2022
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Programs

Future Combat Air System concept
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French Future Combat Air System Partners Hint At Plan B

Jun 08, 2022
While the Future Combat Air System program is still stalled because of a disagreement between Airbus and Dassault Aviation, the French procurement agency and Dassault are hinting they have ideas for a Plan B.
Northrop
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Northrop Proposes Jackal High-Speed Loitering Munition

Jun 07, 2022
Northrop Grumman has been developing a turbojet-powered loitering munition called Jackal with 300-mph speed and a 15-min. loiter capability at a range of 100 km (62 mi.), the company says. 

Daily Briefs

In Brief

H215 SAF flight
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Japan Flies First H215 With SAF

Jun 02, 2022
Japan has conducted a helicopter flight powered by sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), a first in the country. 

Funding & Policy

U.S. Patriots in UAE
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Lawmakers Call For More Patriot Batteries, Analysis Of Upgrades

Jun 08, 2022
The invasion of Ukraine has highlighted the need for missile defense in a conflict, and a House panel is calling on the U.S. Army to assess if it needs more batteries for the mission and how its Patriot systems should be upgraded.
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Lawmakers Call For Space Force To Hike Common Launch Integration

Jun 08, 2022
With the U.S. Space Force expected to increase the number of launches—especially with the Space Development Agency gearing up to launch its Tranche 1 and 2 programs—a House panel is calling for the service to increase the use of a common launch integrator to drive down costs.
DARPA Glide Breaker
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HASC Strategic Forces Markup Scrutinizes Hypersonic Defense

Jun 07, 2022
Lawmakers want the Pentagon to broaden its use of advanced technologies for hypersonic and ballistic missile defense by increasing research in directed energy.

Contracts

article

MDA, Redwire Win LEO Military Satellite Antenna Work

Jun 08, 2022
MDA and Redwire have received contracts to each develop 42 antennas for low Earth orbit military satellites.

Technology

Hydrogen tubing in a car engine
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Energy Department Launches $2.6M ‘Hydrogen Shot’ Incubator Prize

Jun 07, 2022
The U.S. Energy Department has launched its $2.6 million Hydrogen Shot Incubator Prize, a program which is aimed at finding technologies to reduce the cost of producing clean hydrogen.
NASA ER-2 aircraft
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NASA Project Gathers Data On Climate-Influencing Thunderstorms

Jun 07, 2022
If the threat of severe thunderstorms materializes over Eastern New Mexico and the Texas Panhandle on June 8, the staff of a NASA project and its heavily instrumented high-altitude ER-2 jet aircraft plan to be there.