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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, February 9, 2024

VOL. 287 NO. 28 February 09, 2024
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Daily Briefs

In Brief

Programs

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U.S. Army Cancels FARA In Overhaul Of Aviation Plans

Feb 08, 2024
The U.S. Army is overhauling its aviation modernization plans, canceling the Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) program.
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GA-ASI Reveals Start Of Taxi Testing For New XQ-67

Feb 08, 2024
A promotional video released a few days before the Air Warfare Symposium shows off the XQ-67 Off-board Sensing Station (OBSS) in motion for the first time.
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Bahrain Formally Inducts AH-1Z Attack Helicopters

Feb 08, 2024
Bahrain has formally inducted its new fleet of Bell AH-1Z helicopters into service.
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Bell Completes High-Speed VTOL Stop-Fold Rotor Sled Test

Feb 08, 2024
Bell has completed sled tests of the stop/fold rotor concept for a high-speed vertical-takeoff-and-landing X-plane being designed under a DARPA competition.
Taiwanese F-16
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Taiwan F-16 Upgrade Moves To New Munition Certification Stage

Feb 08, 2024
Taiwan's Lockheed Martin F-16 upgrade, known as the Peace Phoenix Rising Program, is moving into the next phase of weapons integration.

Business

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Dassault Aviation CEO Eric Trappier To Lead Dassault Group

Feb 08, 2024
The handover will take place Jan. 9, 2025.
Ihssane Mounir
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Boeing To Suppliers: We Want You To Speak Up

Feb 08, 2024
Ihssane Mounir, Boeing senior VP for global supply chain and fabrication, told a key supplier conference that suppliers and the OEM owe each other transparency.
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Diamond’s Chinese Owner Signs eVTOL Accord With Global Carmaker

Feb 07, 2024
The foreign carmaker is not identified, but Volkswagen Group China in 2022 built and flew a full-scale demo for an autonomous four-passenger eVTOL.
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Terran Orbital Neutralizes ‘Concerned Investor Group’

Feb 08, 2024
Small satellite manufacturer Terran Orbital has settled its dispute with the “Concerned Investor Group” that included several prominent former employees.
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Shanghai-Based Satellite Maker Raises $935 Million

Feb 05, 2024
Leading SSST’s Series A capital raise was a fund established by China’s National Manufacturing Transformation and Upgrading Fund (NMTUF).

Operations

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Delays Put Volocopter’s Olympics Passenger Flights In Question

Feb 06, 2024
Volocopter has been aiming to obtain European Union Aviation Safety Agency type certification of the Volocopter–the first for an eVTOL–by mid-2024.

Aviation Week Forecasts

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Aviation Week Forecasts: MQ-9 Deliveries Slated To Outpace TB2 In Coming Decade

Feb 08, 2024
The contracted MQ-9 orderbook stands at 54 today but could balloon to as many as 124 in the coming decade.