Aerospace & Defense Roundup: October 13, 2021

October 14, 2021

Pentagon Wants Cheaper Hypersonics To Convince Doubters

Credit: Lockheed Martin



The Pentagon’s head of research and engineering wants hypersonics programs to become cheaper and show tangible successes in tests to convince doubters in the Pentagon that the weapons will be effective.



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Private Equity Investors Trade Helo-Systems Specialist Onboard Systems

Credit: Onboard Systems International



Private equity owners are swapping ownership of Onboard Systems International, a designer, manufacturer and servicer of external cargo equipment for military and civil helicopter applications.



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Diamond Launches Electric Training Aircraft

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Austria’s Diamond Aircraft has partnered with battery supplier Electric Power (EP) Systems to develop an all-electric training aircraft named the eDA40.



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Advanced SLS Could Explore Beyond Moon, Experts Say

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Advanced versions of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS), the world’s most power rocket, could be used in the long term to carry out a human Mars flyby and dispatch an interstellar probe to study the realm beyond the Solar System, experts say



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Veteran-Backed Fleet Cybersecurity Startup Shift5 Raises $20M

Credit: Shift5



Commercial airliners have so far claimed immunity to cyberattacks, and Western militaries do not voice much fear that their aircraft, ships and tanks could be taken over by hackers yet. But a veteran-backed startup that offers to cybersecure their platforms’ operational technology has raised $20 million and is looking to grow.



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Leidos Reveals Artemis Proposal For Guardrail Fleet Replacement

Credit: Bombardier



Leidos is offering a special mission version of the Bombardier Challenger 650 as either a contractor-operated service or as an outright replacement for the U.S. Army’s RC-12X Guardrail Common Sensor (GRCS). 



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Plug Power Teams With Airflow, Airbus On Hydrogen

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Fuel-cell developer and green-hydrogen producer Plug Power has announced partnerships with both Airbus and startup Airflow to bring zero-emission hydrogen propulsion to aviation.



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AutoFlight Unveils Chinese EVTOL Air Taxi

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China’s AutoFlight debuted its planned V1500M electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing air taxi at Airshow China 2021 in Zhuhai at the end of September.



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Defense Security Cooperation Agency Director Resigns

Credit: U.S. Air Force



Heidi Grant, director of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) who oversees U.S. military sales abroad, has announced she will step down after 15 months in the job.



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Romania To Buy 12 Black Hawks For Emergency Helicopter Need

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Plug Power teams with Airflow, Airbus on hydrogen, Pentagon wants cheaper hypersonics to convince doubters, private equity investors trade helo-systems specialist Onboard Systems and more. A roundup of aerospace, space, and defense news powered by Aerospace Daily & Defense Report. 

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