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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, November 23, 2022

VOL. 282 NO. 38 November 23, 2022
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Funding & Policy

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France, Germany, Italy Agree On Launcher Cooperation

Nov 22, 2022
Europe’s three leading countries in space launchers have issued a joint statement that sets the stage for further cooperation on Ariane, Vega and micro-/mini-launcher programs within the framework of the European Space Agency.
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FAA Takes Step Toward eVTOL Operating Rules

Nov 22, 2022
The FAA has taken the first rulemaking step toward enabling commercial operations with electric vertical takeoff and landing air taxis, proposing a rule that wo

Daily Briefs

In Brief

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SpaceX Scrubs NASA Commercial Resupply Launch

Feb 18, 2017
The launch is now scheduled for Feb. 19 at 9:38 a.m. local time.

Programs

Oryol
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First Flight Of Russia’s New Spaceship Postponed To 2025

Nov 22, 2022
The delay has been attributed to “the development of the ground test equipment rather than the ship itself.”
SM-3
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Japanese Navy Tests SM-3 Block IIA/B Missiles

Nov 22, 2022
The missiles were fired from the Maya-class Aegis destroyers JS Maya on Nov. 16 and JS Haguro on Nov. 19 against targets fired from the U.S. Navy Missile Range Facility in Hawaii.
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Lockheed Rolls Out First Block 70 F-16 From South Carolina Plant

Nov 21, 2022
Lockheed Martin has rolled out the first F-16 Block 70 jet to emerge from a 3 1/2-year-old assembly line in Greenville, South Carolina. 
Hermeus Chimera turbine-based combined-cycle engine
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Hermeus Mode Transition Marks Milestone Toward Hypersonic Flight

Nov 17, 2022
Start-up hypersonic aircraft developer Hermeus has demonstrated mode transition of the company’s in-house designed Chimera turbine-based combined-cycle engine.

Operations

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DOD Secretary Presses China On Dangerous Air Interactions

Nov 22, 2022
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin met with China’s defense minister on Nov. 22, pressing China to cut back on increasingly dangerous behavior by Chinese aircraft, though the Pentagon declined to provide any specifics about the incidents.
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How U.S. Navy Linked Tanker Attack To Iranian UAV

Nov 22, 2022
The U.S. Navy has linked a Nov. 15 UAV attack on a Liberian-flagged tanker in the northern Arabian Sea to Iran by collecting evidence of the UAV aboard the ship, identifying it as a Shahed-136.

Technology

Notional image of global weather digital twin
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Lockheed, NVIDIA To Make Digital Twin Of Earth’s Weather For NOAA

Nov 18, 2022
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has contracted with Lockheed Martin Space to construct a digital twin of the Earth’s weather.

Business

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Vertiport Opens At Paris AAM Sandbox

Nov 11, 2022
Another step toward operating a commercial urban air mobility service in Paris during the 2024 Summer Olympics has been taken with the opening of a vertiport terminal within the Advanced Air Mobility Sandbox test environment at the Pontoise Aerodrome here.

Air Forces In Focus