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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, November 7, 2022

VOL. 282 NO. 26 November 07, 2022
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Programs

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Spirit AeroSystems Set To Support Large, Secret Defense Program

Nov 04, 2022
Spirit AeroSystems has nearly completed construction of a new production facility to support a secret defense program, a company executive says.
i-22
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Indonesian Firm Floats Fighter Concept As KF-21 Payments Resume

Nov 04, 2022
Infoglobal displayed a scaled-down mock-up of its proposed i-22 Sikatan at the Indo Defence Expo & Forum.
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Kratos’ New Zeus Motors Added To MACH-TB Hypersonic Team

Nov 04, 2022
Kratos has confirmed that the Zeus family of solid rocket motors will support a U.S. Defense Department program to establish a low-cost track for hypersonic flight testing.
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SDA Seeks New GPS Transmitters For LEO Satellites

Nov 03, 2022
A low-cost positioning, navigation and timing service that would use the same L-band frequency range as the Global Positioning System could be installed on hundreds of military satellites in low Earth orbit, the Space Development Agency revealed on Nov. 3. 
HISAR
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Indonesia Signs Up For Roketsan SAM System

Nov 04, 2022
Indonesia plans to purchase the HISAR surface-to-air missile system and Khan tactical ballistic missile system from Turkey's Roketsan.
Merlin
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Merlin Picks CMC Computer For Autonomous Flight Retrofits

Nov 04, 2022
Merlin is developing the Merlin Pilot autonomous flight system and is working on FAA supplemental type certification of the capability, initially on the Cessna Caravan.
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Astrobotic Validates Lunar Lander Optical Navigation Capabilities

Nov 04, 2022
Astrobotic says it has validated the Optical Precision Autonomous Landing hardware and flight software for its NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services Peregrine Mission-1 lunar landing, planned for early 2023.
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Spire Wins DARPA Design Contract For VLEO Sat To Measure Ionosphere

Nov 01, 2022
Spire Global has won a contract from DARPA to design a satellite that would carry sensors to very low Earth orbit to study the ionosphere.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

SLS
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SLS, Orion Return To Pad For Next Launch Attempt

Nov 04, 2022
Liftoff is targeted for 12:07 a.m. EST on Nov. 14, with backup opportunities on Nov. 16 and Nov. 19.

Funding & Policy

Saltzman
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Saltzman Takes Command Of U.S. Space Force

Nov 03, 2022
Gen. B. Chance Saltzman takes over command from retiring Gen. Jay Raymond, who has led the Space Force since its December 2019 inception.
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FCC Restructures To Add Space Bureau

Nov 04, 2022
The chairwoman of the Federal Communications Commission announced Nov. 3 that she would reorganize the agency to create a standalone Space Bureau to better support the needs of the growing satellite industry.

Operations

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UPS Plans Test Of Beta eVTOL’s Delivery Potential

Nov 01, 2022
UPS Flight Forward, the package carrier’s uncrewed aircraft division, is looking ahead to a vertical takeoff and landing demonstration flight direct to a UPS center using Beta Technologies’ Alia-250.
F-35
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UK Struggling With F-35 Pilot Numbers

Nov 03, 2022
British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace has said the UK has just 33 pilots for its 27-strong F-35 fleet as it struggles to bring personnel through its flying training system.

Business

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Virgin Galactic Carrier, Spaceplane Close To Returning To Flight

Nov 04, 2022
Virgin Galactic is set to return its first SpaceShipTwo spaceplane VSS Unity to test flights in the coming months following the completion of upgrade work and says it remains on track to begin the long-delayed start of commercial spaceflights in the second quarter of 2023.
Spright
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Spright Orders Dufour eVTOLs For Drone Medical Delivery

Nov 04, 2022
Deliveries of the Aero2 tiltwing uncrewed medical delivery aircraft to Spright are planned to begin in 2025.

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