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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, September 5, 2022

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Programs

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U.S. Air Force Academy Highlights Artemis Research

Sep 02, 2022
The U.S. Air Force Academy is showcasing new test capabilities developed as part of research stretching back 16 years supporting the design of the Orion crew capsule for NASA’s Artemis program.
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Finland Retires Vinka Indigenous Trainer

Sep 02, 2022
Finland has retired its indigenous Vinka training aircraft after 42 years of use.
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Ursa Major Wins USAF Rocket Engine Contract

Aug 31, 2022
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Ursa Major a $3.6 million contract to develop a rocket engine for the booster and upper stages of satellite launches to low Earth orbit by year’s end. The U.S. Air Force Tactical Funding Increase program to boost relationships with startup companies was seeking a flight-qualified 5,000-lb. oxygen-rich staged-combustion engine.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

Operations

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U.S. Air Force Lifts CV-22 Grounding

Sep 02, 2022
U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command on Sept. 2 returned its CV-22 fleet to flight after more than two weeks of grounding because of an issue with the tiltrotor’s gearbox for which the service still does not have a root cause.

Business

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Dallas Investors Buy Applegate, Icon To Form Precision Aerospace

Sep 01, 2022
Private equity investors CIC Partners and Juniper Capital Management have teamed to buy Applegate EDM and Icon Machine, both in the Dallas area, to create a new portfolio company called Precision Aerospace that focuses on exotic and precision metal work for defense and commercial space.
Irkut
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Russia’s Irkut Sees Losses Spiral In First Half As Sanctions Bite

Sep 01, 2022
The largest Russian manufacturer of commercial aircraft has seen its first-half losses increase tenfold.
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Companies To Establish Liquid Hydrogen Fuel System Test Facilities

Aug 26, 2022
UK and New Zealand companies have joined forces to develop facilities to enable aerospace companies to test liquid hydrogen fuel systems for flight certification and support the shift to sustainable aviation.

Funding & Policy

Copernicus
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UK Should Leave Copernicus Program, Think Tank Suggests

Sep 02, 2022
A British think tank suggests the UK should leave Copernicus and develop its own Earth observation program with the European Space Agency.
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New Bidders Emerge For Korea’s K-UAM Challenge

Aug 30, 2022
Details have emerged of two additional consortia bidding to participate in South Korea’s K-UAM Grand Challenge urban air mobility demonstration project.

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