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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, October 3, 2024

VOL. 290 NO. 3 October 03, 2024
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Daily Briefs

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Daily Briefs

Oct 02, 2024
NATIONAL GUARD BUREAU has new chief... NUCLEAR DATA evaluation contract at Patrick AFB... DRONE MARKET reaches $34.8b...

Programs

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Czech Republic Set To Sign C-390 Contract

Oct 02, 2024
Czech ministers approved spending 11.3 billion Czech koruna ($490 million) for a pair of C-390s on Oct. 2.
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Urgency Drives U.S. Navy’s Next Generation Jammer Upgrade

Oct 02, 2024
The RTX unit said on Oct. 1 that it secured a contract for the evolution of the jamming pod it is already developing to replace the ALQ-99.
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Boom Sets Up For Key XB-1 Flutter Clearance Tests

Oct 02, 2024
Boom Supersonic aims to resume XB-1 envelope expansion flights soon.
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South Korea Unveils Hyunmoo-5 Conventional Ballistic Missile

Oct 02, 2024
The South Korean military has publicly unveiled the Hyunmoo-5 ballistic missile, which it claims is the world’s largest ballistic missile armed with a conventional warhead.
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Production Standard Kizilelma UCAV Flies In Turkey

Sep 25, 2024
Flight tests of the aircraft–the third to be built–began on Sept. 25.
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Astrobotic's Griffin Lunar Lander Achieves Pre-Launch Milestone

Oct 01, 2024
Astrobotic is reporting a successful round of Jet Propulsion Laboratory-managed Deep Space Network (DSN) communications testing with the Griffin lunar lander.

Operations

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ULA’s Vulcan Centaur Readied For Oct. 4 Liftoff

Oct 02, 2024
The mission is intended to complete certification of the two-stage rocket by the U.S. Space Force for national security missions beginning by year’s end.
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ESA Still Eyes Oct. 7 Hera Launch Despite SpaceX Glitch

Oct 02, 2024
ESA is still optimistic its Hera mission to survey the Dimorphos asteroid will launch Oct. 7 despite a technical glitch with a SpaceX Falcon 9 during a recent flight.
Horus A
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AeroVironment Flies Stratospheric Solar UAS For Defense Missions

Oct 01, 2024
The Horus A is intended for government applications such as surveillance, communications relay, backing up GPS and even space domain awareness.
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Crew-9 Dragon Outfitted To Return Starliner Crew To Earth

Oct 01, 2024
The Starliner astronauts have completed configuration of the SpaceX Crew-9 Dragon spacecraft now docked to the International Space Station.

Business

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Lilium Issues Dire Warning Over Need For Government Loan

Oct 02, 2024
Lilium “requires additional capital immediately to continue to fund its ongoing operations.”

Technology

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L3Harris Sees Defense Applications For Phased Array Technology

Sep 30, 2024
The company recently used the antenna system to support the checkout phase of satellites it built for the Space Development Agency (SDA).

Funding & Policy

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Texas Space Commission Seeks Grant Proposals That Advance Space Development

Sep 26, 2024
The Texas legislature has appropriated $150 million in grants for selected Space Exploration and Aeronautics Research Fund (SEARF) grants.
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Budget Brief: Sweden Plans Further Defense Spending Growth

Sep 30, 2024
A period of extraordinary growth in Swedish military spending is set to be extended as NATO's newest member continues to modernize.