October newsletter publishes Tuesday

The October 2021 issue of the Gulf Coast Aerospace Corridor Newsletter will be published Tuesday. The cover story is about the hypersonic cruise missile space race, where Northwest Florida's Eglin Air Force Base is a player. While superior to mature technologies, hypersonic missiles are costly and the Pentagon wants to drive down the dollars.

There’s also an article about a new test series that wrapped up at South Mississippi's Stennis Space Center. This testing was for startup company Launcher, and involved testing the thrust chamber assembly. It’s just the latest test showing SSC is a go-to for commercial space companies that want to take advantage of the facility’s extensive rocket engine test infrastructure.

The newsletter also has a column highlighting some of the significant news stories that occurred since the August newsletter. It includes an item on the contract between ST Engineering and UPS to bring highly skilled MRO workers to Pensacola, where an MRO campus at Pensacola International Airport is expanding. There's also an item about Airbus considering a new stretch version of the A220, which is built in both Canada and Mobile, Ala. There's also an update on the progress of the Artemis III at Louisiana's Michoud Assembly Facility, and a brief on an important new contracting method at Eglin Air Force Base.

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