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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, September 20, 2024

VOL. 289 NO. 58 September 20, 2024
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Daily Briefs

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Daily Briefs

Sep 20, 2024
NORTHROP tests Triton in Arctic Circle... TEXTRON offers new labor contract...SPACE LAUNCH SERVICES seen booming through 2032...

Programs

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OA-1K Can Handle New Missions, Fleet Size In Question, AFSOC Says

Sep 19, 2024
U.S. Special Operations Command now intends to buy a fleet of 62 of the L3Harris and Air Tractor aircraft.
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Space Force To Award Major Satcom Contracts In 2025

Sep 19, 2024
The service’s Evolved Strategic Satcom (ESS) program office is completing source selection and expects to announce a contract award by early 2025.
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Thales Advancing RFDEW Weapon Development

Sep 19, 2024
Thales is looking to begin industrialization of its Radio Frequency Directed Energy Weapon developed in the UK.
Thierry Breton
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European Officials See IRIS² Surviving Chief Backer’s Exit

Sep 19, 2024
The EU effort to create a sovereign satellite communications network, known as IRIS², should be unaffected by the exit of Thierry Breton from the EC, program backers say.
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Chinese UAS Company Offers Loitering Munition To Indonesia

Sep 19, 2024
Chinese company Zhongce Beifang Science and Technology is presenting a range of uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) to Indonesia, including its LM-10 loitering munition.
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MBDA Advances Proposals For Land-Launched Missile

Sep 18, 2024
The weapon has been designed under contract through a recently completed 2023 UK Defense Ministry contract.
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U.S. Space Force To Put Crosslinks On MEO Missile Warning Satellites

Sep 18, 2024
The U.S. Space Force plans to incorporate optical crosslinks into its next wave of missile warning satellites for use in medium Earth orbit.

Operations

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First Facilities Open For British Wedgetails

Sep 19, 2024
The Combined Line Engineering facility at Lossiemouth, Scotland, has been built alongside the Atlantic Building.
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Artemis I Radiation Findings Support Human Moon Exploration

Sep 18, 2024
Initial findings from studies of space radiation measurements taken during NASA’s 2022 Artemis I lunar mission were published Sept. 18 in the journal Nature.

Funding & Policy

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Russia Backs Local LEO Satcom Effort

Sep 19, 2024
Russia is making up to 116 billion rubles (about $1.3 billion) available for the startup, known as Bureau 1440, to deploy the global constellation.

Business

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Sceye HAPS Airship Startup Raises Series C From Mawarid

Sep 17, 2024
The company says the funding round gives it enough cash to support R&D and flight testing.
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SoftBank, Intelsat To Work On Joint Terrestrial-Satellite 5G Network

Sep 18, 2024
SoftBank Corp. and Intelsat have signed an R&D collaboration agreement to create a “Ubiquitous Network” terrestrial-satellite communications system.

Aviation Week Forecasts

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Aviation Week Forecasts: Italy Hopes Widen F-35 Lead in Europe

Sep 20, 2024
Increasingly, defense plans in Europe are converting to contracts for Lockheed Martin’s F-35 and Eurofighter’s Typhoon, giving industry executives on both sides of the Atlantic reason to be optimistic.