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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, December 18, 2023

VOL. 286 NO. 54 December 18, 2023
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Operations

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Rocket Lab Electron Returns To Flight

Dec 15, 2023
Rocket Lab’s 42nd launch of a two-stage Electron booster lifted off from the company’s Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand at 11:05 p.m. EST Dec. 14.
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Matternet OK’d To Fly BVLOS Drone Deliveries From Berlin Hospitals

Dec 15, 2023
BVLOS approval is critical to efficiently expanding the drone delivery network.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

Funding & Policy

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Space Force Wargaming GMTI Unit Plans, Operations Concept Underway

Dec 15, 2023
The U.S. Space Force has finished a draft concept of operations for ground-moving target indication missions from space.
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Congress Green Lights HC-130H Firefighting Move

Dec 15, 2023
Congress has OK'd the transfer of seven Lockheed Martin HC-130Hs from the U.S. Coast Guard to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
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EASA Expands eVTOL Noise Standards, Limits

Dec 14, 2023
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency has published noise standards for electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.

Programs

CASC
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Reusable Chinese Spacecraft Begins Third Orbital Voyage

Dec 15, 2023
The uncrewed vehicle, which Xinhua described as a test platform, was launched by the two-stage Long March 2F rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.
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Project Kuiper Prototype Sats Transmit 100 Gbps Via Laser Link

Dec 14, 2023
Amazon’s two Project Kuiper prototype satellites have transmitted 100 gigabits per second of data using laser communications equipment.
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Dawn Aerospace Runs ‘Full-Duration’ Test Of Spaceplane Rocket Engine

Dec 13, 2023
Dawn Aerospace has run a full-duration, bipropellant ground test of its Mk-II Aurora spaceplane’s rocket engine.
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Quantum Systems To Provide eVTOL UAS To New Zealand Army

Dec 15, 2023
The U.S. arm of Germany’s Quantum Systems has signed a contract with the New Zealand Ministry of Defense to supply its Vector uncrewed aircraft system.

Business

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Calio To Become RTX CEO Amid Pratt GTF Challenges

Dec 15, 2023
Chris Calio will become the next CEO of RTX, arguably the world’s largest aerospace and defense company by annual sales, on May 2, 2024.

Technology

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Pentagon Advances Plans For Lithium-Ion Battery

Dec 13, 2023
Defense Department efforts to electrify its systems and secure its supply base for batteries have taken a step forward.

Fleet Snapshot

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