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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, October 26, 2022

VOL. 282 NO. 18 October 26, 2022
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Programs

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LM Pitches LMXT Connectivity Plan As USAF Considers KC-Y’s Future

Oct 25, 2022
Lockheed Martin is pitching a three-phase adoption of datalinks, processing and enhanced situational awareness for its LMXT tanker, as the U.S. Air Force works through its requirements and decides whether to continue with a competition for the KC-Y “bridge tanker.”
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Boeing Hands Over First Netherlands AH-64E

Oct 25, 2022
The Royal Netherlands Air Force has taken delivery of its first remanufactured AH-64E Apache.
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Lockheed Delivers Software Package For Next Generation Interceptor

Oct 25, 2022
In August, Lockheed Martin delivered its first flight software package for an updated national missile defense system, the Next Generation Interceptor. 
X-57
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NASA X-57 Electric Aircraft To Attempt Flight As Soon As December

Oct 25, 2022
The initial flight will be “very short” and will set the stage for a series of follow-on flight tests of the fixed-wing demonstrator.
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AFRL’s Commercial-Off-The-Shelf Ascent Satellite Shows Promise

Oct 19, 2022
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory’s Ascent cubesat has completed all its mission objectives about 10 months after its launch.
So;yuz OneWeb launch
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Russia Orbits First Sfera Constellation Satellite

Oct 24, 2022
Roscosmos Space Corp. has launched the first satellite of Russia’s new Sfera multisatellite communication and Earth observation constellation.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

Funding & Policy

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Wallace Retains Defense Job In Latest UK Administration

Oct 25, 2022
Ben Wallace has again held on to his role as UK defense secretary in the government being established by new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
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Former Defense Secretary Ash Carter Dies

Oct 25, 2022
Ash Carter, an academic and physicist turned Pentagon leader who served as President Barack Obama’s last secretary of defense from 2015-2017, died Oct. 24 at the age of 68.

Operations

ISS
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International Space Station Maneuvers To Avoid ASAT Debris

Oct 25, 2022
The altitude-raising maneuver was to avoid orbital debris associated with a former Soviet electronic and signals intelligence satellite that was the target of a November 2021 Russian anti-satellite test.

Business

Electra.aero
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Electra Plots Out eSTOL Development Plan

Oct 25, 2022
Targeted at certification in 2027, the nine-passenger aircraft will incorporate a distributed electric propulsion system.

Air Forces In Focus