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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, May 9, 2024

VOL. 288 NO. 29 May 09, 2024
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Daily Briefs

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Daily Briefs

May 08, 2024
OSIRIS-REX to receive Collier Trophy... EPAZZ spins off drone battery company... BOEING gets F-15 EPAWSS contract...

Programs

U.S. Air Force Bell Boeing CV-22
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AFSOC Focuses On V-22 Replacement, Plans ‘Marginal’ Fixes

May 08, 2024
U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command is looking at near-term remedies for keeping its Bell Boeing CV-22 fleet healthy as it returns to flight
Bell V-280
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U.S. Army’s FLRAA Design Includes Special Ops-Specific Changes

May 08, 2024
The U.S. Army’s Future Long Range Assault Aircraft recently completed a preliminary design review, with the tiltrotor incorporating special-operations tweaks.
XA100 test cell
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Testing Wraps Up On GE’s First Adaptive Engine Demonstrator

May 08, 2024
GE Aerospace already is refocusing on developing a similar engine for the Next Generation Adaptive Propulsion program.
Muon FireSat
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Muon Space Plans Wildfire Monitoring Constellation Launch

May 06, 2024
Muon Space plans a 2026 launch of its FireSat constellation, a group of small satellites designed to spot wildfires.

Business

Xona's Pulsar satellite
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Xona Raises $19 Million For Satcom Navigation In Low Earth Orbit

May 08, 2024
Xona Space Systems has raised $19 million in a Series A funding round to speed up deployment of its commercial global navigation satellite system.
Aerovel Flexrotor UAS
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Airbus Completes Acquisition Of U.S. UAS Maker Aerovel

May 08, 2024
The acquisition of Aerovel and the company’s Flexrotor UAS moves the U.S. subsidiary of the European aerospace giant into a hotly competitive market segment.
passengers on virgin galactic suborbital space flight aug 2023
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Virgin Galactic Eyes New Mothership

May 08, 2024
Suborbital space tourism company Virgin Galactic is eyeing a 2028 entry-into-service for its next new mothership.
Mercury Systems
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‘Challenged Programs’ Still Dogging Mercury Systems

May 08, 2024
The main surprise in the defense microelectronics manufacturer Mercury Systems' third-quarter fiscal 2024 earnings report was a net loss of $44.6 million.

Technology

Bell
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Bell Unveils 429-Based Fly-By-Wire Testbed

May 07, 2024
Bell has unveiled a fly-by-wire control system-equipped 429 twin-engine light helicopter as the company’s new flying testbed.
H3 Dynamics
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H3 To Supply Fuel Cell For Airbus Hydrogen APU Flight Demo

May 07, 2024
The goal of HyPower is to demonstrate the stable operation of a fuel cell in flight, including its restart.

Operations

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Rocket Repair Bumps Boeing Starliner Launch To May 17

May 08, 2024
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams will remain at Kennedy Space Center while ULA repairs their ride to space, the first Atlas V to launch crew.
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Hypothetical Mishaps Inform RAeS Chief’s Predictive AAM Safety Ideas

May 01, 2024
The Royal Aeronautical Society has released a briefing paper that serves as a “pre-mortem approach” to eVTOL safety, attempting to anticipate challenges.

Funding & Policy

Boeing Australia MQ-28 Ghost Bat
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Budget Brief: Australia Outlines Defense Investment Plans

May 07, 2024
A fully costed, decade-long spending plan from the Australian Defense Department lays out its priorities in the coming years.