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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, April 5, 2024

VOL. 288 NO. 5 April 05, 2024
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Funding & Policy

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Germany Forming Fourth Armed Service Amidst Defense Reforms

Apr 04, 2024
Germany is establishing a fourth armed service amidst a major restructuring of the country’s national defense.
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Greek Lawmakers OK Purchase Of 35 Black Hawk Helicopters

Apr 04, 2024
Greek lawmakers have OK’d the country’s military to purchase 35 Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters to modernize the army’s rotary-wing fleet.

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Programs

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Safran Secures UK Merlin Engine Support Deal

Apr 04, 2024
Safran Helicopter Engines has won a £241 million ($305.2 million) contract to support the RTM322 engines used on the UK Royal Navy’s Merlin helicopters.
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Spanish Firm To Produce Active Inceptor Controls For Turkish Jet Trainer

Apr 04, 2024
A Spanish company will produce active and passive inceptor controls for Turkish Aerospace’s (TAI) Hurjet advanced jet trainer.
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U.S. Navy Receives First Former Swiss F-5 For Adversary Fleet

Apr 04, 2024
The U.S. Navy in March received the first of 22 former Swiss Air Force Northrop F-5s that will be converted to adversary aircraft for Navy and Marines training.
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U.S. Navy Picks Solar-Electric VTOL UAS For Marine Units

Apr 04, 2024
The U.S. Navy will buy Group 2 solar-electric uncrewed aerial systems from Kraus Hamdani Aerospace to be used by U.S. Marine Corps units.
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UK-Developed Integrated Electric Ducted Fan Takes Shape

Apr 01, 2024
A key element of a novel electric propulsion demonstrator has been completed and is set to begin bench testing under a UK government-supported research program.
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France Will Send New Loitering Munitions To Ukraine

Apr 03, 2024
France will send newly developed loitering munitions to Ukraine for its war with Russia, Minister of Armed Forces Sébastien Lecornu has announced.
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Rolls-Royce Begins Pearl 10X Flight-Test Campaign

Apr 03, 2024
Flight tests of the Rolls-Royce Pearl 10X engine for the ultra-long-range Dassault Falcon 10X business jet have begun following delivery of the company’s Boeing 747-200 flying testbed fitted with the test engine to its Tucson facility in Arizona.

Business

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Thales Acquires Cobham Aerospace Communications

Apr 03, 2024
Thales has completed the acquisition of Cobham Aerospace Communications, thus obtaining crucial technology in secure broadband data links.

Technology

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EpiSci’s AI Software Spreads To Northrop, USAF Platforms

Apr 03, 2024
Northrop Grumman announced an agreement to apply EpiSci’s Tactical AI software in the architecture for “advanced autonomous solutions.”

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