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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, June 21, 2022

VOL. 280 NO. 57 June 21, 2022
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Weekly Debrief

U.S. Air Force E-7
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The Weekly Debrief: Just How Rapid Is The USAF’s E-7A Rapid Prototype?

Jun 20, 2022
The U.S. Air Force has announced it wants to rapidly build and begin flying Boeing’s E-7A Wedgetail to replace its beleaguered E-3 Sentry AWACS fleet,

Daily Briefs

In Brief

Operations

Chinese H-9 surface-to-air missile
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China Conducts Mid-Course Ballistic-Missile Defense Tests

Jun 20, 2022
China’s People’s Liberation Army has performed a ballistic-missile defense test, hitting a missile in its mid-course phase.
International Space Station configuration
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Cygnus Space Station Reboost Aborted

Jun 20, 2022
A test of the Northrop Grumman Cygnus resupply capsule’s ability to raise the orbit of the International Space Station (ISS) while docked to it was aborted quickly June 20.
Globalsttar small satellite
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Globalstar Launches Spare Satellite For IoT Constellation

Jun 20, 2022
Globalstar’s FM-15 spare satellite successfully reached low-Earth orbit after launching aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
Space Launch System
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Modified SLS Tanking Test Halted 20 Sec. Before Planned Cutoff

Jun 21, 2022
Technical issues that curtailed three Space Launch System tanking tests at the Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39B in April appear to have been resolved, but a new issue stymied a fourth practice countdown underway on June 20.
Sunita Williams
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NASA Shuffles Crew For Boeing Starliner Flight Test

Jun 17, 2022
NASA has reassigned astronaut Sunita Williams to the upcoming Crew Flight Test (CFT) of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner, replacing Michael Fincke.
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SpaceX Sets New Booster Reuse Record With 13th Flight

Jun 17, 2022
SpaceX kicked off a trio of launches planned for June 17-19 by sending another bank of Starlink satellites into orbit aboard a Falcon 9 booster making its13th flight, a new company record.
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Amazon To Begin Cargo Drone Deliveries In California

Jun 15, 2022
Amazon plans to begin 1-hr.-or-less delivery of products via its electric MK27-2 cargo drone later this year in Lockeford, California.

Programs

Boeing T-7 trainer
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Boeing Redesigns T-7 Canopy After Bird-Strike Risk Emerges

Jun 20, 2022
Boeing has redesigned components of the T-7A Red Hawk trainer aircraft after tests showed how a bird strike against the cockpit canopy would endanger the pilot.
Beechcraft King Air 350 with Tamarack winglets
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Tamarack Completes Flight Evaluation Of King Air 350 Winglets

Jun 20, 2022
Tamarack Aerospace says it has completed flight evaluation of its active winglets for a Beechcraft King Air 350, to provide endurance and payload, and high-and-hot takeoff abilities and extended loiter times.
Vaeridion
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Startup Vaeridion Plans Small Electric Regional Aircraft

Jun 17, 2022
A German startup plans to demonstrate the weight-saving structural integration of a battery system into a wing as the first step toward developing a nine-passenger all-electric regional airliner with a range of 270 nm.

Funding & Policy

plane and 5G tower
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Wireless Companies Agree To Extend 5G Limitations

Jun 17, 2022
Wireless companies have agreed to keep in place some limitations of their 5G network deployments for a further year to give airlines more time to replace or protect radio altimeters from potential interference, the FAA announced June 17.

Contracts