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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, November 3, 2023

VOL. 286 NO. 25 November 03, 2023
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Programs

F/A-18E
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U.S. Navy Picks L3Harris To Compete For F/A-18E/F Defensive Upgrade

Nov 02, 2023
The Advanced Electronic Warfare program seeks to replace the original L3Harris ALQ-214 self-defense jammer and the Raytheon ALR-67(V)3 radar warning receiver.
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Hypersonic Defense Study Launched By European Consortium

Nov 01, 2023
A contract signing on Oct. 31 by Europe’s Organization for Joint Armament Cooperation launches the SMS-led Hypersonic Defense Interceptor study.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

Operations

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F-35I Scores First Cruise Missile Shootdown

Nov 02, 2023
The Israeli air force detected the missile coming from the southeast, and scrambled F-35Is, which Israel nicknames the “Adir,” to intercept the weapon.
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NASA’s Lucy Mission Logs First Asteroid Encounter

Nov 02, 2023
Highly anticipated data from the Nov. 1, 12:54 p.m. EDT flyby will take up to a week to reach the Earth over NASA's Deep Space Network.
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USAF Terminates Minuteman III Test After Inflight Anomaly

Nov 02, 2023
An internal investigation team will be formed to analyze the cause of the anomaly during a test launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.
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Virgin Galactic Flies Private Researcher

Nov 02, 2023
The SwRI's Alan Stern and two other paying passengers joined a Virgin Galactic crew for a short suborbital hop on Nov. 2.
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ISS Spacewalkers Replace Degraded Solar Array Trundle Bearing

Nov 01, 2023
Two NASA astronauts executed a spacewalk outside the International Space Station’s U.S. segment on Nov. 1.

Business

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India’s Skyroot Raises $27.5 Million In Fresh Funding Round

Nov 01, 2023
With this fresh funding round, Skyroot has raised a total of $95 million, top among Indian space startups.
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Former Avolon Chief Slattery Now Chair Of Space Startup SpinLaunch

Oct 31, 2023
Dómhnal Slattery has a new job as chairman of a startup looking to commercialize a centrifuge-based mass accelerator for space access called SpinLaunch.
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Kuva Space Raises €16.6m For Hyperspectral Cubesat Constellation

Nov 02, 2023
Kuva Space of Finland has raised €16.6 million ($17.6 million) in funding to start building and launching a hyperspectral cubesat constellation.

Funding & Policy

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Senate Confirms U.S. Air Force, Navy Leaders

Nov 02, 2023
The Senate on Nov. 2 confirmed new uniformed leaders for the U.S. Air Force and Navy and the No. 2 officer in the U.S. Marine Corps by individual votes.
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Unacceptable Behavior 'Widespread, Normalized' In Red Arrows Aerobatic Team

Nov 02, 2023
An investigation by RAF chiefs conducted in 2022 and finally made public states that the squadron itself was not a safe environment for female personnel.

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