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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, September 23, 2022

VOL. 281 NO. 59 September 23, 2022
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Programs

DART asteroid-striking team
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NASA’s DART Spacecraft A ‘Go’ For Asteroid Impact Demo

Sep 22, 2022
NASA reports all systems with the Double Asteroid Redirection Test mission spacecraft are “go” for its planned Sept. 26 collision with a small asteroid named Dimorphos.
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NASA Finishes Artemis Propellant Demo Despite Hydrogen Leaks

Sep 22, 2022
Just as they did on Sept. 3, NASA’s Artemis I Launch Control Team members encountered hydrogen leaks while initiating a Space Launch System (SLS) propellant loading demonstration test on Sept. 21.
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Agility Prime Funds Mayman’s Speeder

Sep 22, 2022
The U.S. Air Force AFWerX Agility Prime initiative has added Mayman Aerospace to the list of companies receiving support to develop new-generation vertical takeoff and landing aircraft.
Paramount's Advanced High Performance Reconnaissance Light Aircraft
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Paramount Announces New Mwari Deliveries, Orders

Sep 21, 2022
The South Africa-based Paramount Group says deliveries of its Mwari light attack aircraft are underway to an undisclosed customer as part of new…
Soyuz nears ISS
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Soyuz Delivers U.S.-Russian Crew To International Space Station

Sep 21, 2022
Russia’s Soyuz MS-22 soared into a two-orbit launch to docking with the International Space Station on Sept. 21.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

Technology

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Regent Seaglider Demonstrator Completes First Flights

Sep 21, 2022
Regent’s seaglider technology demonstrator completed its first successful series of flights in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, on Sept. 19, utilizing all three modes of maritime operation—floating, foiling and flying.
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JWST Casts Infrared Eye On Neptune

Sep 22, 2022
NASA on Sept. 21 released a picture of distant Neptune, taken by the James Webb Space Telescope, that reveals a system of rings not seen since NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft flew by in 1989.
Pratt & Whitney Metacomet Engine-Powered Vehicle Concept
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Pratt & Whitney Unveils Metacomet Engine-Powered Vehicle Concept

Sep 21, 2022
Pratt & Whitney has shown the first concept image of an air vehicle powered by the proposed, high-supersonic Metacomet engine.
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Airbus Proves Beluga’s Outsize Military Cargo Credentials

Sep 21, 2022
Airbus has been testing a loading system that could enable air transport of outsized military equipment on the company’s A300-600-based BelugaST airlifters.
Dawn Aerospace Aurora Mk-II
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Dawn Plans Test Flights Of Rocket-Powered Spaceplane

Sep 21, 2022
Dawn Aerospace plans to start test flights of its rocket-powered spaceplane technology demonstrator before year-end.

Business

CityAirbus NextGen
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Airbus, Ecocopter To Launch UAM In Latin America

Sep 21, 2022
Airbus and Ecocopter of Chile sign memorandum of understanding to explore and define launch scenarios for air mobility operations.
Lockheed Martin Block 70 F-16
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Bulgarian Government OKs Second Batch Of Block 70 F-16s

Sep 21, 2022
Bulgaria’s government has given the green light for the purchase of eight more Lockheed Martin Block 70 F-16s, enabling a fleet of 16 aircraft.
Kittyhawk Heaviside
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Kittyhawk To Shut Down; Wisk Aero To Continue

Sep 21, 2022
Advanced air mobility startup Kittyhawk has ceased operations.

Operations

Wisk
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Wisk Aero Unveils Proposed Concept Of Operations

Sep 21, 2022
Wisk envisions one “multivehicle supervisor” managing three air taxis at once from a remote location by 2030.

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