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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, October 28, 2024

VOL. 290 NO. 20 October 28, 2024
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Business

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Big Bet On Solid Rocket Motors Slowly Pays Off For L3Harris

Oct 25, 2024
Overall, sales rose 5% year-on-year to $8 billion, earnings per share climbed to $2.34 and the company’s backlog reached a record $34 billion.
Spiriti AeroSystems fuselages
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Spirit AeroSystems Scrambling To Maintain Funds Before Boeing Sale

Oct 24, 2024
Spirit AeroSystems is racing to finish its sale to Airbus and Boeing or find enough bridge financing and cost cuts before otherwise running out of money.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

Programs

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Space Force Racing To Complete GPS OCX System In 2025

Oct 24, 2024
The Operational Control System program, known as OCX, was established in 2010.
New anti-surface missile at Sacheon Airshow
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South Korea Unveils Ramjet Air-To-Ground Missile

Oct 25, 2024
South Korea's Agency for Defense Development (ADD) and Hanwha have revealed their new supersonic air-to-ground missile.
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USAF Looking For Air-Launched Counter-Drone Weapon

Oct 24, 2024
The interceptor needs to be an autonomous aircraft launched from an air vehicle with a “hard kill system” effective against the small drones.
antidot pods
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Turkish Defense Industry Turns Attention To UAV Self-Protection

Oct 24, 2024
Turkish industry is investing in the development of self-protection systems destined for use on the country’s growing fleet of uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS).

Operations

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Space Force Launches Fourth Mission For New NRO Constellation

Oct 25, 2024
NROL-167 lifted off aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 1:13 p.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex-4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.
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Space Force Polar Satcom Sats Complete On-Orbit Checkout

Oct 24, 2024
The Enhanced Polar Satcom-Recapitalization (EPS-R) satellites were built by Northrop Grumman and launched Aug. 11.
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Lockheed Flies First Bulgarian F-16 Block 70

Oct 24, 2024
Bulgaria becomes the third air force to clear a first flight event for Lockheed F-16 Block 70s, following Bahrain and Slovakia.
crew-8 splashdown
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NASA's Crew-8 Dragon's Capsule Splashes Down

Oct 25, 2024
NASA's Crew-8 astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt and Jeannette Epps and their Russian cosmonaut colleague Alexander Grebenkin splashed down safely.

Technology

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Intuitive Machines Picks Ultra Safe’s Cobalt-60 Heat Source For Jetson

Oct 22, 2024
Cobalt-60 is a radioactive isotope of cobalt that generates heat as it decays.

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