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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, May 1, 2024

VOL. 288 NO. 23 May 01, 2024
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Business

field of satellites
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SES To Purchase Intelsat, Creating European Satcom Giant

Apr 30, 2024
European satellite communications provider SES is to buy U.S.-based rival Intelsat in a bid to tackle competition from other low-Earth-orbit services.
E9X
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KLM Joins Electric Airliner Startup Elysian’s Advisory Board

Apr 30, 2024
Elysian has expanded the advisory board providing input on the design, development and operation of its proposed 90-passenger battery-electric aircraft, the E9X.
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Hanwha Breaks Ground On New S. Korea Sat Manufacturing Center

Apr 29, 2024
Hanwha Systems has broken ground on its new Jeju Hanwha Space Center, a purpose-built South Korea facility for the manufacturing and testing of satellites.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

Programs

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CCA Increment 1 Will Include More Than 100 Aircraft, Kendall Says

Apr 30, 2024
The U.S. Air Force expects to field more than 100 Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) under the first phase of the program.
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Kaman Nears Forward Flight Tests Of Kargo UAS Ahead Of Fly-Off

Apr 30, 2024
A two-week competitive fly-off for the Medium Aerial Resupply Vehicle - Expeditionary Logistics program is expected to begin in July.
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USAF MH-139 Fleet Cuts Spark Nunn-McCurdy Breach

Apr 30, 2024
The U.S. Air Force has declared a Nunn-McCurdy cost breach for its Boeing MH-139 Grey Wolf helicopter program.
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Millennium Space Systems Gets SDA’s FOO Fighter Award

Apr 30, 2024
The U.S. SDA awarded Millennium Space Systems a $413 million contract to build a prototype network of fire-control quality sensing satellites.
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Switzerland Seeks Medium-Range Air Defense System

Apr 30, 2024
Switzerland has made a request for information to industry on medium-range air defense systems to fill a capability gap.
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South Korea To Buy SM-3s, Develop Long-Range Air-To-Air Missile

Apr 29, 2024
South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) has approved the purchase of Raytheon SM-3 surface-to-air missiles.
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GA-ASI Pitching Mojave To U.S. Army, Planning STOL MQ-9

Apr 26, 2024
The Mojave started with the U.S. Marine Corps as a short-takeoff-and-landing (STOL) UAS.

Funding & Policy

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Lawmakers Delve Into NASA’s Artemis Challenges

Apr 30, 2024
Earlier this year, NASA announced a rescheduling of the Artemis II and Artemis III missions.
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Success Of JAL eVTOL Demo Tied To Regulators’ OK, Official Says

Apr 18, 2024
Volocopter is still awaiting type certification of the VoloCity by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency and the Japan Civil Aviation Bureau.

Operations

The SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft pictured from the International Space Station
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Cargo Dragon Splashdown Completes Space Station Resupply Mission

Apr 30, 2024
SpaceX's resupply mission to the ISS, CRS-30, returned early April 30 with a parachute-assisted splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida.
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NASA’s Psyche Optical Comms Demo Transmits From 140 Million Miles

Apr 26, 2024
The 10-min. laser transmission while the Psyche spacecraft was 140 million mi. (226 million km) from Earth, occurred on April 8.

Air Forces In Focus