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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, May 21, 2024

VOL. 288 NO. 37 May 21, 2024
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Daily Briefs

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Daily Briefs

May 21, 2024
EHANG's revenues jump... L3HARRIS countermeasures award... DRONE SENSOR market reaches $1.4b...

In Brief

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In Brief: The Week Ahead In Aerospace & Defense

May 21, 2024
News in brief.

Funding & Policy

Black Eagles T-50s
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Budget Brief: South Korea Supports Booming Defense Sector

May 20, 2024
Seoul's investment in domestically developed systems and technologies is set to expand South Korea’s rapidly growing footprint in global defense export markets.
FAA Headquarters
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New FAA Reauthorization Bill Encourages AAM Adoption

May 16, 2024
The text of the latest FAA Reauthorization Bill contains numerous provisions intended to advance the adoption of advanced air mobility.

Programs

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Two-Seat Gripen F First Flight Planned For 2025

May 20, 2024
LINKOPING, Sweden—The first flight of Saab’s twin-seat Gripen F has been pushed into 2025, following a change in the priorities of the Brazilian Air Force customer.
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Aurora Reveals Refined Concept For DARPA’s High-Speed VTOL X-Plane

May 20, 2024
Aurora Flight Sciences has unveiled a refined concept for a fan-in-wing high-speed vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.
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NASA Appoints First Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer

May 17, 2024
NASA has named David Salvagnini as the agency’s first chief artificial intelligence officer.
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U.S. Army Solicitation Looks For New Hellfire, JAGM Production

May 20, 2024
The U.S. Army is eyeing increased production of the Hellfire and Joint Air-to-Ground Missile, with a solicitation targeting a new manufacturing site for the missiles.
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Starfish Wins Space Force Contract To Launch, Operate Space Tug

May 20, 2024
The U.S. Space Force has awarded Starfish Space a contract to launch and operate a new space tug as part of its broader push for in-orbit servicing.
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Chinese Startup Plans Tilt-Wing Ducted Fan eVTOL

May 20, 2024
Another Chinese startup has emerged with ambitions to develop an electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing air taxi.
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NASA’s Earth Science Prefire Mission To Probe Polar Heat Venting

May 16, 2024
The first of the two Prefire satellites is planned for launch on May 22.

Operations

RSAF f-16C
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Singapore F-16 Crash Blamed On Pitch Rate Gyroscope Failure

May 20, 2024
The Singapore Defense Ministry says an F-16's "pitch rate gyroscopes gave erroneous inputs to the flight control computer," causing it to crash in early May.
Iranian and Azerbajian president
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Iranian President, Foreign Minister Die In Bell 212 Crash

May 20, 2024
The Iranian government has confirmed the deaths of President Ebrahim Raisi and foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian.
NS-25 with 2 1/2 parachutes
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Blue Origin Resumes Crewed Suborbital Flights

May 19, 2024
Though the New Shepard capsule returned to the company’s West Texas spaceport with one of its three main parachutes not fully inflating.

Technology

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Atomic Inertial, Magnetic Sensor Prototypes Sought By DIU

May 17, 2024
The prototypes will seek new devices for Inertial sensing and magnetic sensing, plus advances in photonic systems and laser components used by quantum devices.

Contracts

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Selected U.S. Military Contracts For The Week Of May 13 - 17, 2024

May 21, 2024
Selected U.S. military contracts from the past week.