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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, August 8, 2024

VOL. 289 NO. 28 August 08, 2024
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Daily Briefs

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Daily Briefs

Aug 07, 2024
ROCKET LAB partners with KONGSBERG... NORTHROP funded to keep Japan’s E-2Ds on schedule... HELO TRAINING company expands in Oklahoma...

In Brief

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In Brief: Boeing Investing In British Columbia For P-8A Offsets

Aug 07, 2024
News in brief.

Programs

AeroVironment Switchblade 600
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Hicks: Replicator Advancing Despite Disproportionate Lawmaker Focus

Aug 07, 2024
Although most details remain secret, the Army and Navy have started fielding the first tranche of autonomous systems under the year-old Replicator initiative.
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Lockheed Focusing On NGI Schedule Following Watchdog’s Concerns

Aug 07, 2024
MDA’s push to speed up the program, spurred by congressional influence, includes a fielding date of 2028.
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U.S. Army Tests Competitive Bids For Future GMLRS Production

Aug 07, 2024
Any new vendors face a high-bar for matching the volume of GMLRS production by Lockheed and propulsion supplier Northrop Grumman.
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Future Precision Strike Missile To Feature Smart Submunition

Aug 07, 2024
The Army has four planned increments for the long-range missile, looking for an ultimate range of more than 1,000 km (621 mi.).
Deep Purple Principal Investigator Jordan Smilo holds a flight-ready optics package for the Lawrence Livermore National Lab's novel compact telescope, known as Deep Purple.
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Livermore Lab To Fly Dual-Band Telescope The Size Of A Loaf Of Bread

Aug 07, 2024
Outfitted with both ultraviolet and short-wave infrared telescopes, Deep Purple is one of two instruments comprising NASA’s Pathfinder Technology Demonstrator, targeted to launch mid-August.
bell training helicopters arriving at Baghdad airport
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Iraq Begins Receiving Bell 505 Training Helicopters

Aug 07, 2024
Iraq’s Army Aviation Command has received its first batch of Bell 505 JetRanger X single-engine helicopters to be used on training duties.

Business

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L3Harris Signs 20-Launch Contract With Firefly

Aug 07, 2024
L3 Harris has signed a contract for up to 20 launches aboard Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha rocket.
RTX
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Daily Memo: Investors Are Giving RTX The Benefit Of The Doubt

Aug 06, 2024
Investors remain bullish about the aerospace and defense giant RTX despite ongoing travails with Pratt & Whitney’s geared turbofan engine.
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Eve Reiterates Plans To Begin Flight Testing By Year’s End

Aug 07, 2024
Constructed at Embraer’s Gavião Peixoto site in Brazil, the first Eve prototype was rolled out at a company event in July.
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XPeng AeroHT Raises Another $150m For eVTOL Development

Aug 05, 2024
A subsidiary of Chinese electric vehicle maker XPeng, AeroHT raised more than $500 million in Series A funding in October 2021.

Operations

Halo Space capsule
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Halo Space Preparing For Saudi Arabian Stratospheric Test Flight

Aug 07, 2024
Near-space tourism provider Halo Space is gearing up for its next test flight over Saudi Arabia using its full-sized capsule designed for passenger flights.
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NORTHCOM Transitioning To Maven Data-Sharing Platform

Aug 07, 2024
The command is transitioning to the Mavan Smart System.
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NASA Looking To Mid-August For Decision On Starliner’s Next Move

Aug 07, 2024
If Starliner’s return is uncrewed, Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita “Suni” Williams would remain aboard the International Space Station (ISS) until February.
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SDA Demos Link-16 Connection From LEO To U.S. Navy Ship

Aug 07, 2024
The SDA’s Warfighter Integration Cell conducted a series of Link-16 tests over a two-day period.

Funding & Policy

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Bulgaria To Buy IRIS-T SLM Ground-Based Air Defenses

Aug 06, 2024
Bulgaria looks set to join the list of European countries investing in their ground-based air defense.
australian and us officials at ausmin conference
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Australia, U.S. Pledge To Enhance Air, Missile Defense Efforts

Aug 07, 2024
Australia and the U.S. have pledged to enhance cooperation on air and missile defense and gave details on initiatives around the Lockheed Martin GMLRS and PrSM.