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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, July 21, 2022

VOL. 281 NO. 14 July 21, 2022
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Programs

F-35
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Czech Republic Selects F-35, Plans To Order 24

Jul 20, 2022
The news comes as Lockheed executives talk to more potential customers at Farnborough. 
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NASA Eyes August/September For Artemis I Launch

Jul 20, 2022
NASA has targeted three potential launch dates for Artemis I, a multiweek uncrewed first test flight of the Space Launch System rocket and Orion crew capsule on a mission around the Moon and back to Earth.
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Lockheed Looks For Suppliers To Support Missile Boom

Jul 20, 2022
The defense prime has held talks with British and European suppliers at Farnborough.
Hurjet
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Turkish Aerospace Eyes March 2023 Hurjet, TF-X Milestones

Jul 19, 2022
The company is hard at work on its jet trainer and prototype indigenous fighter.
AW149
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Leonardo Prepares UK Production Line Ahead Of NMH Contest

Jul 19, 2022
Leonardo says it could be ready to build the AW149 for the UK requirement by year-end if needed.
The FCAS Joint Concept
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Dassault CEO Sets September Deadline for FCAS Agreement

Jul 20, 2022
An agreement must be reached between Airbus and Dassault Aviation in the coming weeks on the Franco-German-Spanish Future Air Combat System program or Dassault will go ahead with an unspecified Plan B, says the company’s chairman and CEO, Eric Trappier.
Rotating detonation engine
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DARPA Unveils Gambit Program To Test RDE-Powered Missile

Jul 20, 2022
The two-phase Gambit program will start with an 18-month preliminary design phase and end with an 18-month ground test of a full-scale propulsion system in flight conditions.
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NASA Selects SpaceX For 2026 Space Telescope Launch

Jul 20, 2022
NASA has awarded SpaceX a contract to launch the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, an observatory that is to join the James Webb Space Telescope and aging Hubble Space Telescope in studies of exoplanets and the deepest reaches of the universe.
Airbus Helicopters
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London’s Air Ambulance Turns To Airbus To Replace Aging MD902s

Jul 20, 2022
The H135 won out vs. Leonardo’s AW109 Trekker, with concerns about the ability to operate into London’s tighter landing spots.
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RAF Wedgetail Procurement Has Faced ‘Distractions’

Jul 15, 2022
Senior Royal Air Force officers say the air arm is now moving forward with procurement of the Boeing E-7 Wedgetail airborne early warning (AEW) aircraft after a series of “distractions” in the program.
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ULA Drops Helicopter From BE-4 Engine Recovery Plan

Jul 18, 2022
United Launch Alliance (ULA) is dropping helicopter operations from its plan to recover the Vulcan rocket’s BE-4 engines for reuse, Aerospace DAILY has learned.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

FACC
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Archer, FACC Partner On eVTOL Fuselage, Wing Parts

Jul 19, 2022
Archer expects to achieve type certification of its production aircraft in 2024.

Business

Boeing
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How Boeing Is Positioning Itself For Advanced Fighter Competitions

Jul 20, 2022
Phantom Works continues to invest in the future of combat aircraft as the U.S. Air Force and Navy plan for next-generation fighters.

Funding & Policy

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Sesar Funds Digital European Sky Demonstrations

Jul 01, 2022
Europe’s Sesar 3 Joint Undertaking public-private partnership for air traffic management research has awarded grants for two projects for operational demonstrations that support the Digital European Sky vision to modernize the region’s aviation infrastructure.