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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, January 25, 2023

VOL. 283 NO. 16 January 25, 2023
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Programs

Raytheon
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Raytheon Consolidates Defense Divisions, Seeks Better Profitability

Jan 24, 2023
Raytheon Technologies will merge its two defense divisions under the Raytheon brand.
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DIU Opens New Track For Hypersonic Subsystems Testing

Jan 24, 2023
The solicitation comes four months after the DIU solicited for a modular payload that can be demonstrated at hypersonic speeds within 18 to 24 months.
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U.S. Navy Survey Focuses T-45 Replacement On Land-Based Trainer

Jan 24, 2023
The survey proposes to save the Navy billions of dollars that would be otherwise spent on qualifying a trainer jet to land aboard an aircraft carrier.
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Canadian F-35 Order Targeted By Parliamentary Audit

Jan 24, 2023
Canada’s parliamentary auditing agency has launched an independent review of the government’s decision to acquire 88 F-35As.
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Ariane 6 Testing Now Well Underway

Jan 24, 2023
Despite technical glitches, Ariane 6’s final test campaign is now well underway.
Black Hawk
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Sikorsky Delivers 5,000th Black Hawk

Jan 24, 2023
The delivery comes 44 years after the twin-engine platform was first fielded by the Army and 49 years since the first flight in October 1974.
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Small Company Passes First Hardware Test For Uncrewed Fighter

Jan 24, 2023
The propulsion flowpath test announced on Jan. 24 by Blue Force Technologies helps to validate the digital model used to design the Fury fighter.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

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Lockheed Conducts First Flight Of South Carolina-Built F-16

Jan 24, 2023
The delayed milestone keeps the program on track for a rescheduled first delivery of the upgraded, single-engine fighter to the Royal Bahrain Air Force.

Technology

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NASA, DARPA To Pursue 2027 Space Nuclear Propulsion Demo

Jan 24, 2023
The technology is intended to reduce the transit time for human expeditions and science missions to Mars and other deep space destinations.
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Honda To Build Prototype For Lunar Circulative Renewable Energy System

Jan 20, 2023
The system works by using solar power to split water, via electrolysis, into hydrogen and oxygen.

Operations

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Provisional MH-139 Squadron Set To Activate In February

Jan 24, 2023
The 550th Helicopter Squadron will be activated in February at Malmstrom AFB, with a five-year mission to support MH-139 training and testing.
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Russia To Start 2023 With Elektro-L Launch

Jan 23, 2023
The spacecraft arrived at Russia’s Baikonur spaceport in Kazakhstan at the end of December.

Funding & Policy

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DOD Not Confirming Ukraine Claim That Aircraft Donation Is Decided

Jan 24, 2023
Col. Yurii Ihnat, spokesman for Ukraine’s Air Forces Command, said the type of aircraft likely to be provided has been determined.
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SDA Renames Military Satellite Constellation

Jan 23, 2023
The military satellite constellation was previously known as the “National Defense Space Architecture."
Mars sample
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NASA’s Johnson Space Center To Archive Mars Samples

Jan 24, 2023
Once returned to Earth in 2033, the samples will join those gathered by the Apollo astronauts at the Moon and those from other destinations.