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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, September 22, 2023

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Daily Briefs

Daily Briefs
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Daily Briefs

Sep 22, 2023
BOEING gets VC-25B award... TEAL DRONES at the border... NORTHROP appoints new Space Systems chief...

In Brief

U.S. Capitol
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Senate Confirms New Army And Marine Corps Leaders

Sep 21, 2023
The U.S. Senate on Sept. 21 confirmed the appointments of two more senior military leaders with individual votes.

Technology

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AFRL Program Seeks Airworthiness Process For Digital Prototypes

Sep 21, 2023
A $19 million contract launches the Flyer One program, with the goal of dramatically accelerating the airworthiness approval process for new aircraft designs.

Programs

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U.S. Marine Corps Calls For 150-nm-Range Loitering Munition

Sep 21, 2023
A sources sought notice published on Sept. 19 calls for responses for a Long Range Attack Munition that can be purchased in fiscal 2025 and fielded in 2027.
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Aciturri Begins Lilium Jet Fuselage Assembly

Sep 19, 2023
The milestone follows completion of an industrial program review by Lilium and Aciturri in late August.
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Heart Picks Honeywell Fly-By-Wire For ES-30 Electric Regional

Sep 11, 2023
Heart Aerospace's ES-30 electric regional aircraft is the first Part 25 transport-category application for Honeywell’s paperback-sized flight control computer.

Funding & Policy

Polish Mikoyan MiG-29
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Poland Halts Arms Transfers To Ukraine Amid Grain Dispute

Sep 21, 2023
Poland has halted arms shipments to Ukraine over an apparent diplomatic spat about grain exports.
Beech King Air
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UK School Launches UAS Test Pilot Course

Sep 21, 2023
The UK’s Empire Test Pilots school has launched an uncrewed air systems (UAS) test pilot course, reflecting growing market needs.
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Senate Confirms Brown As Next Joint Chiefs Chairman

Sep 21, 2023
The Senate on Sept. 20 confirmed U.S. Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. to be the next Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Operations

Eurofighter Typhoon
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F-35s And Eurofighters Perform First European Road-Runway Operations

Sep 21, 2023
British Eurofighter Typhoons and Norwegian Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighters have performed their first landings and takeoffs from road runways.
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Skyports Drones Deliver Parts To North Sea Oil Rigs

Sep 15, 2023
Skyports Drone Services has begun delivering spare parts and other packages on demand to oil rigs in the North Sea.

Business

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SkyDrive Signs MOU For 50 Preorders From S. Korea’s Solyu

Sep 15, 2023
The agreement is for up to 50 electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicles.
Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary and Michael Suffredini, Axiom Space CEO signing space flight agreement
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Axiom Space, Hungary Advance Private Astronaut Mission Plans

Sep 21, 2023
The Spaceflight Framework Agreement was signed by Péter Szijjártó, Hungary’s foreign affairs and trade minister, and Mike Suffredini, Axiom Space’s CEO.
F-15SG departing for a night sortie
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Singapore Tests New Warfighting Concepts During U.S. Strike Exercise

Sep 21, 2023
The Singapore Armed Forces is working with swarm UAS and AI-driven command-and-control systems as well as flying its upgraded F-16C/D Block 52 jets in Idaho.

Aviation Week Forecasts

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South Korean Fighter Fleets To Achieve 90% Modernization by 2033

Sep 21, 2023
A total of 371 of South Korea’s projected 416 fighters will be new or newly upgraded by 2033, according to Aviation Week Intelligence Network data.