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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, May 20, 2024

VOL. 288 NO. 36 May 20, 2024
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Funding & Policy

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DOD Not Truly Dealing With Inflation, Aerospace Group Says

May 17, 2024
Eric Fanning, head of the Aerospace Industries Association, laid out a list of new legislative priorities.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

Operations

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Boeing Starliner Crew Flight Test Shifts To No Earlier Than May 25

May 17, 2024
The leak initially appeared during the countdown for launch of the Starliner Crew Flight Test on May 6.
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S-92 Accident Probe Eyes Nose High Attitude Moments Before Crash

May 17, 2024
The latest update to the ongoing investigation was published May 13.
NASA DC-8
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NASA's DC-8 Flies Into Retirement

May 16, 2024
NASA’s long-serving McDonnell Douglas DC-8-72 research aircraft flew for the final time on May 15 after being used on 158 science campaigns.
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Cascading Power Outages Caused 2023 F-16 Crash, Probe Shows

May 16, 2024
A USAF F-16C crashed shortly after takeoff in South Korea in 2023 after power outages caused a series of failures to instruments in the aircraft’s cockpit.

Programs

Italian eurofighter typhoon
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Italy Could Join Germany, Spain In Making Eurofighter Top-Up Order

May 17, 2024
Italy could join Germany and Spain in making a top-up order for the Eurofighter combat aircraft, industry officials have said.
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New Software Architecture Could Upgrade Hawk For 2040s, Beyond

May 16, 2024
The company is exploring how its Medulla research project could boost the computing power of the mission systems of the Hawk.
eurodrone armed
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Eurodrone Program Passes Preliminary Design Review Milestone

May 16, 2024
Partners in the Eurodrone program have completed the preliminary design review for the twin-engine medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) uncrewed air system.
RFDEW weapon
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UK Advances Radio-Frequency Directed Energy Weapon Development

May 16, 2024
Project Ealing is able to detect, track and engage UAS threats up to 1 km (half a mile) away, and work is ongoing to boost its range, the UK MOD says.

Business

CAS Space conducts the third flight of its Kinetica 1 rocket mode
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China’s CAS Space Aims For 2028 Space Tourism Launch

May 17, 2024
Chinese commercial space company CAS Space plans to introduce suborbital space tourism, unveiling a "space traveler" capsule that will seat seven passengers.
Spirit Aerosystems
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Spirit Aero Laying Off Hundreds Under Boeing Slowdown

May 16, 2024
The Wichita company pledged to conduct the layoffs “in as compassionate a manner as possible.”
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AST SpaceMobile Officially Signs AT&T For Satellite-Based Cell Service

May 16, 2024
AST SpaceMobile has signed a commercial agreement with AT&T to provide satellite-based cellular service to the company’s customers.

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