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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, March 17, 2023

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Business

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Confidence Remains In L3Harris Takeover Of Aerojet Rocketdyne

Mar 16, 2023
Expectations remain high that L3Harris Technologies will buy Aerojet Rocketdyne, despite a prolonged antitrust review.
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OneWeb To Put Gen2 Satellite Manufacturing Out For Bids

Mar 16, 2023
OneWeb intends to look beyond OneWeb Satellites, which it jointly owns with Airbus, for a manufacturing partner for its next-generation constellation.
Hermes 900
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Israeli Firms Sweep In To Fulfill Japan’s Uncrewed Requirements

Mar 16, 2023
Elbit Systems and IAI both have significant presences at the DSEI Japan exhibition as they work to position themselves to meet Japan’s ambitions.
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Impulse Space To Ramp Up Vertical Integration At New Facility

Mar 15, 2023
Impulse Space is moving into a larger 60,000 ft.2 facility in Redondo Beach, California.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

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Fleet Startup EVFLY Signs For AutoFlight eVTOLs

Mar 16, 2023
Fleet management and air transport startup EVFLY has signed an accord with AutoFlight to buy 205 Prosperity I and Prosperity Cargo eVTOL aircraft.

Programs

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USAF Faces High E-3 Costs As It Tries To Accelerate E-7

Mar 16, 2023
The Air Force is planning to buy 10 Wedgetails over the next five years to recapitalize its air-moving target indicator mission.
GCAP
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GCAP Partners Dive Deeper Into Electronics, Design Collaboration

Mar 16, 2023
Japan’s Mitsubishi Electric, Leonardo UK and both Leonardo and Elettronica from Italy are collaborating on the Global Combat Air Program’s (GCAP) electronics.
New SSM
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Kawasaki Heavy Industries Unveils Cruise Missile Developed In-House

Mar 16, 2023
For now simply known by its project name “New SSM,” the cruise missile was shown publicly for the first time at the DSEI Japan exhibition.
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USAF’s Multiyear Buy Likely To Be Last For AMRAAM

Mar 16, 2023
The U.S. Air Force and Navy are using new congressional authorities to buy Raytheon AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM).
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UK Royal Navy To Test Animal Dynamics’ Parafoil UAS

Mar 16, 2023
The UK Royal Navy will experiment with a parafoil uncrewed aircraft system.
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Bahrain’s Air Force Adopts Bell 505s For Rotary Wing Training Mission

Mar 16, 2023
Bahrain’s air force has joined a growing list of armed forces adopting Bell’s 505 single-engine turbine helicopter for rotary wing training.
Hypersonic
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Japan Says Scramjet Test Yielded Positive Results

Mar 16, 2023
Japan’s hypersonic missile program has managed to attain “net-positive thrust” for its scramjet engine, which will power its future hypersonic missile.

Operations

MQ-9A
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Watch: Declassified Video Shows Su-27s Buzzing MQ-9 Before Crash

Mar 16, 2023
EUCOM released the video from the MQ-9A’s belly-mounted MTS-B sensor on March 16 after Russia denied that the intercept by two Su-27s led to a collision.
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French Space Command Draws Lessons From Virtual Exercise

Mar 16, 2023
This year’s AsterX—a name evocative of both space and a popular cartoon character—was part of a joint exercise inspired by the war in Ukraine.
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SpaceX Dragon Cargo Mission Docks To Space Station

Mar 16, 2023
SpaceX’s 27th NASA-contracted resupply mission to the International Space Station autonomously docked to the ISS early March 16.

Technology

ZeroAvia
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ZeroAvia Tests Fuel Cell That Could Power Large Regional Aircraft

Mar 13, 2023
ZeroAvia believes the technology could eventually be sufficient to power aircraft with 100-plus seats.

Funding & Policy

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Commerce Completes Space Object Tracking Program

Mar 16, 2023
The U.S. Commerce Dept. has finished a pilot program to demonstrate the ability of the U.S. to track objects in GEO using commercial data and analytic services.
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U.S. Space Command Open To Kinetic Options, General Says

Mar 15, 2023
A U.S. Space Command official says kinetic methods remain on the table in a wartime scenario.
Tomahawk
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U.S. Army Chief Floats Stockpiling For Long-Lead Missile Components

Mar 15, 2023
Stockpiling long-lead components of missiles may be another way for the U.S. to rapidly increase weapons production, the Army’s chief of staff says.

Aviation Week Forecasts

Fleet Data