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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, August 11, 2023

VOL. 285 NO. 29 August 11, 2023
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Business

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Archer Settles Trade Secrets Lawsuit With Wisk

Aug 10, 2023
Archer Aviation has agreed to settle an intellectual property theft lawsuit filed against it by rival Wisk Aero.
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Skyports Completes Four-Week Medical Drone Trial In UK

Aug 08, 2023
Skyports Drone Services has announced the successful completion of a four-week drone delivery trial.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

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SoftBank Tests Next-Generation HAPS UAS Design

Aug 10, 2023
The low-altitude flight test was conducted at Willcox Playa, Arizona, on March 14.

Operations

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Virgin Galactic Flies First Paying Passengers

Aug 10, 2023
Despite developing Parkinson’s disease, one of Virgin Galactic’s first customers boarded the company’s VSS Unity spaceship for a suborbital ride.
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U.S. Army Plans More THAAD, Patriot MSE Interceptor Deployments

Aug 10, 2023
The THAAD and PAC-3 MSE integration was a long, multiyear effort that was fielded and accepted earlier this year.
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MDA Plans HBTSS Launch By End Of Year

Aug 10, 2023
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) plans to launch the two prototype satellites for its Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor system later this year.
Artist’s rendering of ViaSat-3 satellite with the mesh-like reflector antenna deployed
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Viasat Continues Assessment Of ViaSat-3 Anomaly

Aug 10, 2023
Viasat executives also said the "unexpected event" with the ViaSat-3 reflector antenna will slow the growth of the company’s residential internet business.
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Spacewalking Cosmonauts Install Space Station Orbital Debris Shield

Aug 09, 2023
Two Russian cosmonauts installed three orbital debris shields to the exterior of the International Space Station’s (ISS) Russian segment Rassvet.

Programs

QinetiQ RJ100 with Fighter Nose
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QinetiQ RJ100 Flies With Fighter Nose

Aug 10, 2023
QinetiQ is adapting the four-engine airliner to become an Airborne Technology Demonstrator to support radar and sensor integration work for future programs.
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Lunar Outpost Delivers Moon Rover To Johns Hopkins

Aug 09, 2023
Lunar Vertex (LVx) is a joint lander and rover payload combination that will land at Reiner Gamma on the lunar nearside.
Transcend Air Vy 421
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Transcend Switches To Larger Tiltwing VTOL

Aug 08, 2023
Startup Transcend Air has redesigned its turbine-powered tiltwing VTOL aircraft and is working to raise the funds required to build a proof-of-concept vehicle.

Funding & Policy

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U.S. Army, MDA Plan Key Tests For Defense Of Guam

Aug 10, 2023
The U.S. Army is now the acquisition executive for the large-scale plan to defend Guam from air and missile threats.

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