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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, August 31, 2023

VOL. 285 NO. 43 August 31, 2023
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Technology

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Skunk Works Halted Nuclear Fusion Effort Before 2021

Aug 30, 2023
Although a 25-person team continued to make progress through 2019, Lockheed Martin decided to shut down the project to focus on core technology.
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AI Pilot Controls Three V-Bat UAS In AFWERX Demo

Aug 30, 2023
The demonstration showed that an artificial intelligence “pilot” may be able to substitute in the future for a human controller in communications-denied areas.
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NASA Preparing LEO Laser Communications Demo

Aug 30, 2023
The launch will take place aboard the next SpaceX commercial resupply mission.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

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Helicopter UAM Launches Again In Sao Paulo

Aug 29, 2023
A new urban air mobility (UAM) service has been launched in traffic-clogged Sao Paulo.

Programs

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NASA X-59 Ground Test Hits Flight Control, Hydraulic Issues

Aug 30, 2023
NASA says the problems were uncovered during system checkout tests at Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California.
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Diamond Aircraft Sees Market Opening For Electric Trainer

Aug 29, 2023
While the DA40 is a four-seater, the eDA40 is designed with two seats.
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Elfy Secures Norwegian Grant For Electric Amphibian

Aug 30, 2023
The grant has been provided by Enova SF, Norway’s Ministry of Climate and Environment.

Funding & Policy

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U.S. Navy To Set Requirements For Cheap, High-Capacity Anti-Surface Weapons

Aug 30, 2023
The service is undertaking a series of new munitions programs.

Business

Leap 1A Airbus A320neo
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Safran Builds Compressor Blade Factory In Belgium

Aug 29, 2023
Safran and local institutional partners have laid the first stone for their new compressor blade manufacturing facility in Marchin, Belgium. 
ZeroG Z-T6 tiltrotor
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Another Chinese eVTOL Startup Adds Funding

Aug 28, 2023
Zero Gravity Aircraft Industry has raised almost $14 million to fund development and flight testing of its ZG-T6 six-seat tiltrotor eVTOL aircraft

Defense Intelligence Market Notes