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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, December 13, 2024

VOL. 290 NO. 52 December 13, 2024
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Daily Briefs

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Daily Briefs

Dec 13, 2024
ASCENT AEROSYSTEMS’ Spirit gets Green UAS nod... LEIDOS gets F-16 FMS sustainment award... PARAZERO adds to board of directors...

In Brief

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In Brief: Whitaker Will Step Down As FAA Administrator

Dec 13, 2024
News in brief.

Programs

United Launch Alliance Vulcan
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ULA Optimizing Centaur Upper Stage For On-Orbit Maneuvering

Dec 12, 2024
United Launch Alliance is exploring ways to turn its Centaur upper stage into a rocket that can dynamically move around space.
polish Defense Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz
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Poland To Join SkyGuardian Operators Club

Dec 12, 2024
Poland is joining Belgium and the UK as European operators of the General Atomics MQ-9B SkyGuardian uncrewed aircraft system (UAS).
U.S, Air Force Boeing MH-139
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U.S. Air Force Stands Up MH-139 Training Unit

Dec 12, 2024
The U.S. Air Force has activated the unit that will train helicopter pilots for its future fleet of Boeing MH-139 Grey Wolfs starting in the next 18 months.
t-6 texan
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T-6 Edges Out PC-7, Hurkus For Japan's Basic Trainer Requirement

Dec 12, 2024
The Japanese Defense Ministry has selected Textron Aviation's T-6 Texan II for the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) basic trainer program.
Archer Aviation Midnight eVTOL
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Archer, Anduril To Jointly Develop Hybrid-eVTOL For U.S. Military

Dec 12, 2024
Archer Aviation and Anduril Industries have signed a “strategic partnership” to develop “next-generation aircraft” for defense applications.
Silent Barker spacecraft liftoff
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Silent Barker ‘Watchdog’ Spacecraft To Enter Operation In 2025

Dec 12, 2024
The first spacecraft from a U.S. Space Force and National Reconnaissance Office program to conduct space situational awareness are close to entering operation.
Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk
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Sikorsky Picked To Demo Flight Autonomy For U.S. Marine Corps

Dec 11, 2024
The U.S. Marine Corps has selected Sikorsky to demonstrate its flight-autonomy system onboard an optionally piloted UH-60 Black Hawk.

Funding & Policy

malaysia satellite
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Malaysia Starts Formulating Space Defense Plan

Dec 11, 2024
Malaysia is drafting a long-term national space defense system plan, with the ambition of deploying its own military satellites.
Counter Communications Systems
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Integrated Fires Top Priority For Spacecom In 2025

Dec 11, 2024
If Gen. Stephen Whiting could knock only one capability need off of his wish list, it would be integrated space fires, the U.S. Space Command commander says.

Technology

Airbus-BMW quantum computing challange
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Airbus, BMW Competition Showcases Advances In Quantum Computing

Dec 11, 2024
Anti-corrosion coatings, sustainable supply chains and aeroacoustic modeling are applications shown by winners of Airbus and BMW’s quantum computing challenge.

Aviation Week Forecasts

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Israel Retires Aging Syrian Air Force

Dec 12, 2024
Data from Aviation Week Intelligence Network’s Fleet Discovery Military tool indicate that what remained of deposed Syrian President Bashar al Assad’s air force after a decade of civil war may not have posed a modern threat.