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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, August 1, 2024

VOL. 289 NO. 23 August 01, 2024
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Business

Kelly Ortberg
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Boeing Names Kelly Ortberg As Next CEO And President

Jul 31, 2024
Boeing has named Kelly Ortberg to be its new CEO from Aug. 8, taking on the massive challenge of reviving the aerospace giant.
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Fixed-Price Programs Drive Operating Loss For Boeing Defense Unit

Jul 31, 2024
A strategy used from 2011 to 2018 to win five fixed-price development programs with low-priced bids continues to haunt Boeing’s defense and space business.
Spirit A350
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Airbus Deploys Team To Spirit, Works With Safran, Honeywell On Fixes

Jul 31, 2024
Airbus says it is working through supply-chain issues with top-tier partners Honeywell, Safran and Spirit AeroSystems.
Parsons-BlackSignal Technologies
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Parsons Acquires BlackSignal Technologies For $200 Million

Jul 31, 2024
The Parsons Corp. has acquired BlackSignal Technologies for $200 million a deal expected to enhance its technological capabilities and expand its customer base.
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A&D Sales Bright Spot For Teledyne In Q2

Jul 25, 2024
Management seems sanguine about the company’s ability to return to the black.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

Sentinel Copernicus satellite
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Arianespace Schedules Final Vega Launch

Jul 31, 2024
Arianespace aims to launch the Sentinel-2C Copernicus satellite on Sept. 3 in what would be the final mission for a Vega rocket before the shift to the Vega C.

Programs

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MQ-20 Emerges As New Candidate For Adversary Air Surrogate

Jul 31, 2024
A new U.S. defense project is devoted to converting two General Atomics Aeronautical Systems MQ-20s into air-to-air adversaries for training fighter pilots.
First Ariane 6 launch
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Europe Readies Next Ariane 6 Flight As APU Investigation Continues

Jul 31, 2024
Europe is pressing ahead with the second Ariane 6 launch, even as program officials continue to assess an upper-stage glitch during the rocket’s first flight.
A Turkish Aerospace T-625 Gokbey helicopter performs a flight demonstration at this year's Farnborough Airshow.
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Turkish Aerospace Prioritizing 10-Ton Utility Helicopter Development

Jul 30, 2024
Turkish Aerospace (TAI) has shifted priorities in its rotary-wing programs and will focus its attention on developing a 10-metric-ton utility helicopter.
Northrop Grumman Tranche 2 satellites
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Northrop Grumman SDA Tranche 2 Satellites Pass Initial Design Review

Jul 31, 2024
Northrop has completed the preliminary design review for over 70 data-transport spacecraft built for Tranche 2 of the SDA proliferated satellite constellation.
GAS-T rendering
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Northrop’s GEO Space Tanker Passes Systems Review, Awaits Next Steps

Jul 31, 2024
Northrop Grumman’s Geosynchronous Auxiliary Support Tanker (GAS-T) spacecraft has passed the system requirements review, but the contract with SSC has ended.
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Portugal Orders DHC-515s To Upgrade Firefighting Fleet

Jul 30, 2024
Portugal has joined the growing number of Southern European countries in modernizing its aerial firefighting fleet with De Havilland Canada’s DHC-515 amphibian.
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U.S. Space Force Eyes On-Orbit Weather Monitoring Systems

Jul 26, 2024
The DSMP satellite fleet has been in service since the early 1960s.

Funding & Policy

The Aerospace Corp. recruitment robotics lab
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Aerospace Corp. To Expand TRL Bootcamp With NASA, More Classes

Jul 31, 2024
The Aerospace Corp. plans to expand its TRL Bootcamp, a technology-accelerator program initially funded by the U.S. Space Force to include NASA.
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Autonomous, Electric-Powered Airlifters Appear On USAF Planning Brief

Jul 31, 2024
A “Next Generation Airlift — Last Tactical Leg” (NGAL-LTL) program appeared on a list of upcoming contract opportunities on a recorded briefing on July 29.

Technology

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UK Government Backs Hydrogen-Electric Powertrain Developments

Jul 22, 2024
A GKN Aerospace-led project to develop and test a 2-megawatt cryogenic hybrid-electric propulsion system is one of five to be backed by UK government funding.
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Whisper Tests Quiet Electric Ducted Fan On Modified Glider

Jul 19, 2024
Whisper Aero has unveiled a prototype glider powered by its largest electric ducted-fan thruster to date.
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Astrobotic Moving Ahead With Lunar Power Grid Development

Jul 23, 2024
The grid would provide long-term support of habitats, rovers and scientific research at the Moon’s south pole.