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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, October 31, 2023

VOL. 286 NO. 22 October 31, 2023
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Funding & Policy

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The Debrief: Pentagon Belatedly Corrects Miscounted Chinese Fighter Fleet

Oct 30, 2023
A long-belated update of the Pentagon's assessment of China's fighter fleet helps reveal the systematic inaccuracies of the annual China Military Power Report.
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Boeing Relinquishes License For LEO Broadband Constellation

Oct 30, 2023
“We arrived at strategic business decisions regarding our spectrum allocation,” Michelle Parker, vice president, Boeing Space Mission Systems, wrote.

Programs

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SDA Awards Northrop Grumman, York $1.3b For More T2TL Sats

Oct 30, 2023
Northrop Grumman and York will build another 100 data transport satellites under new $1.3 billion contracts from the Space Development Agency.
polish aw149
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First AW149s Delivered To Poland As Modernization Campaign Continues

Oct 30, 2023
The order is second time lucky for the AW149 in Poland, as Leonardo was previously beat out by Airbus’ H225M—although that order was cancelled in 2016.
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Pentagon Seeks To Develop New Nuclear Gravity Bomb

Oct 28, 2023
The Pentagon wants to build a new nuclear gravity bomb, aiming to modernize part of its strategic stockpile by replacing one of the most potent variants of its B61.
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U.S. Production Site Selected For Iron Dome Missile

Oct 26, 2023
The site selection for the $33 million facility comes three years after Raytheon and Rafael announced plans to establish a U.S. domestic manufacturing center.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

Operations

USAF F-22 in FA-50 gun camera
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Philippine Air Force Claims F-22 ‘Kill’ With FA-50

Oct 30, 2023
A gun camera photo with the F-22 in sight appears in a PAF 5th Fighter Wing publication, with a caption describing the kill as having been made with a “Fox 2.”
IM's nova-c lunar lander
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Intuitive Machines Moon Lander Launch Delayed To January

Oct 30, 2023
The original launch date for IM's Nova-C lunar lander—from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center atop a Falcon 9 rocket—was planned for as soon as mid-November.

Business

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Overair To Sell 20 Butterfly eVTOLs To HeliKorea

Oct 24, 2023
Overair has announced an agreement to sell 20 of its electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicles to South Korean helicopter operator HeliKorea.

Technology

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NASA ILLUMA-T Demo To Mark Next Space Laser Comms Milestone

Oct 26, 2023
NASA is planning a payload resupply mission to the International Space Station.

Contracts