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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, June 29, 2022

VOL. 280 NO. 63 June 29, 2022

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Programs

USAF Wants Tanker Upgrades As It Looks To Stealth, Autonomy For KC-Z

Jun 28, 2022

The U.S. Air Force wants to modify its Boeing KC-135s and KC-46s in a new effort that the service says is independent of the KC-Y “bridge tanker” program it started last year, but now says is looking less likely to become a competition.

Four Companies Share NASA Mission Enabling Services Contract

Jun 24, 2022

NASA has issued five contracts with a combined maximum value of $103.4 million to four companies in support of mission-enabling spacecraft and aircraft management services overseen by the Flight Operations Directorate at NASA’s Johnson Space Center.

Initiatives Aim To Boost Hydrogen In Aviation

Jun 22, 2022

Two initiatives have been unveiled in Europe and the UK to help advance the use of hydrogen to decarbonize aviation.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

Technology

AFRL Modifies THOR High Power Microwave System

Jun 28, 2022

When the Air Force Research Laboratory sent its Tactical High Power Microwave Operational Responder system downrange for an overseas assessment, the lab’s engineers back home did not want to sit still and wait for the system to come home, so they got to work on upgrades.

Archer On Path To Transition As Maker eVTOL Returns To Flight

Jun 23, 2022

Archer has restarted flight-testing of its Maker technology demonstrator, but has significant ground to cover to catch up with its closest rivals in the electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing industry.

Contracts

U.S. Army Awards Sikorsky $2.28B Contract For Black Hawks

Jun 27, 2022

The U.S. Army on June 27 awarded Sikorsky a $2.28 billion contract for 120 H-60M Black Hawks, the 10th and final multiyear contract for the helicopters.

Business

Mokulele Airlines Eyes Regional Seaglider Routes In Hawaii

Jun 21, 2022

Regional carrier Mokulele Airlines has been named the launch partner in Hawaii for Regent’s 12-passenger Viceroy seaglider, an electric wing-in-ground-effect transport for dock-to-dock overwater routes.

Redwire Sells ‘First’ Space-Made Crystal

Jun 23, 2022

Redwire has sold what it says is the “first” space-manufactured optical crystal, to researchers at Ohio State University.

Boeing Job Push Signals Company-Wide Recovery Drive

Jun 27, 2022

Boeing may still be at least two years away from launching its next all-new commercial airliner, but the manufacturer is on the hunt for thousands of new engineers and machinists.

Funding & Policy

GAO Finds NASA Facing Historic Cost And Schedule Challenges