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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, March 18, 2024

VOL. 287 NO. 53 March 18, 2024
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Business

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Leonardo CEO: ‘Big Opportunities’ Await In Bell/Leonardo Tiltrotor Pact

Mar 14, 2024
Leonardo CEO Roberto Cingolani says he foresees “big opportunities” in the company’s renewed relationship with U.S. manufacturer Bell over tiltrotor technology.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

Funding & Policy

GCAP
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Japan Ruling Coalition Clears GCAP Export

Mar 15, 2024
Japanese lawmakers will revise the country’s arms export restrictions, a key step to enable the export of the trilateral GCAP.
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France Becomes World’s 2nd Largest Arms Exporter, SIPRI Finds

Mar 15, 2024
France has become the world’s second-largest arms exporter after sales by Russia plummeted in response to the country’s invasion of Ukraine.
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Switzerland Planning To Retire F-5s In 2027

Mar 15, 2024
Swiss commanders have outlined plans to retire the Northrop F-5 Tiger combat aircraft in 2027, bringing to an end its famous international aerobatic team, the Patrouille Suisse.

Technology

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Spirit Aero Wins High-Speed Wing Work For DARPA

Mar 15, 2024
Spirit AeroSystems will build and test a large, experimental wing to support high-speed aircraft applications under a new DARPA program.
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Luminary To Transform Computer-Aided Engineering

Mar 13, 2024
A U.S. startup promising to drastically cut the time required for engineering design and analysis by providing cloud-based access to massive computing power.

Operations

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China Long March 2C Fails To Put Payload Into Orbit In Rare Snag

Mar 15, 2024
China’s usually reliable Long March fleet suffered a launch hiccup when a Long March 2C failed to put two lunar navigation test satellites into orbit.

Programs

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ITU Accepts Filing For Smallsat ATM Constellation

Mar 15, 2024
The filing with the ITU, a U.N. agency that manages global use of radio-frequency spectrum and sat orbits, is a prerequisite to building the constellation.
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Anduril, Army Test Strike and Recon Versions Of Altius-700

Mar 15, 2024
A company-led test at Dugway Proving Grounds, Utah in September demonstrated the armed, propeller-driven Altius-700M striking a tracked armored vehicle.
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Terran Orbital Unveils Small GEO Communications Satellite

Mar 14, 2024
Terran Orbital has unveiled a new small geosynchronous orbit communications satellite product.

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