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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, February 11, 2020

VOL. 271 NO. 27 February 11, 2020
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Funding & Policy

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Flat Pentagon Budget Favors Space, Nuclear, Cyber

Feb 10, 2020
The Trump administration’s fiscal 2021 defense budget request is “flat” for the Pentagon but doubles down on space, hypersonic and cyber capabilities against China, Russia and others and would make recent changes to the national security structure “irreversible,” officials said Feb 10.
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NASA Prices Lunar Return At $35 Billion

Feb 10, 2020
NASA’s Artemis initiative to return human explorers to the Moon’s surface in 2024 is expected to cost about $35 billion going forward, Douglas Loverro, NASA’s new associate administrator for human exploration and operations, told a Feb. 10 news briefing at NASA’s Johnson Space Center.
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USAF Stabilizes F-35 Buy While Upgrading Legacy Aircraft

Feb 11, 2020
The U.S. Air Force wants to buy new F-35A and F-15EX aircraft in fiscal 2021 while simultaneously funding modernization efforts for F-22, F-15 and F-16 aircraft to remain ready to fight in all domains.
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USAF Proposes Sweeping Cuts For ISR, Fighters and Bombers

Feb 10, 2020
The U.S. Air Force’s latest five-year budget plan retires significant numbers of RQ-4s, B-1s, KC-10s and non-stealthy fighters and eliminates funding…
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White House Wants $25.2 Billion For NASA

Feb 10, 2020
President Donald Trump is requesting $25.2 billion for NASA for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1, a whopping 12% budget increase in an attempt to bankroll a fast-track mission to land astronauts on the Moon in 2024.
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NASA’s Budget More Enthusiastic For Exploration than Science

Feb 11, 2020
President Trump’s proposed 12% boost in overall NASA spending for fiscal 2021 includes a roughly proportional decline in science spending.
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F-35B, CH-53K, MQ-4C Biggest Losers In U.S. Navy Budget

Feb 10, 2020
The U.S. Marine Corps is halving its planned 2021 buy of F-35Bs to 10 jets, while the Navy is purchasing three fewer F-35Cs than in the previous year’s budget projection.
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Space Force Seeks $15.4B In Fiscal 2021

Feb 11, 2020
The Pentagon is requesting $15.4 billion for its newest service—the U.S. Space Force—in fiscal 2021, including a larger-than-anticipated increase in funding for a new generation of missile warning satellites.
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Pentagon Backs Hypersonics Push With Billions In 2021 Budget

Feb 10, 2020
The U.S. Defense Department plans to increase spending on hypersonic offensive and defensive capabilities in fiscal 2021.
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MDA To Award Next-Generation Interceptor Contract In 2020

Feb 11, 2020
The Pentagon will launch a Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) program and build out its command-and-control system as part of a budget request that seeks $20.3 billion for “Missile Defeat and Defense activities.”
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Budget Keeps U.S. Army Rotorcraft Modernization On Track

Feb 10, 2020
The biggest change is in procurement of the Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk, which is reduced as planned to 36 aircraft from 74 in 2020.

Daily Briefs

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Daily Briefs

Feb 11, 2020
Brief news items of interest to aerospace & defense professionals.

In Brief

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The Week Ahead In Aerospace & Defense

Feb 11, 2020
News in brief

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Feb 11, 2020
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Programs

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Counter-Drone Cannon Makes Singapore Airshow Debut

Feb 10, 2020
Drone swarms are a new threat, and Singapore has an answer.
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Aerojet Claims Glide Breaker Contract

Feb 11, 2020
Aerojet Rocketdyne, a rocket motor and scramjet propulsion company, will deliver “enabling technologies” for a Northrop Grumman-designed hypersonic interceptor missile in development by DARPA, the company announced Feb. 10.
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Croatia Eyes Year-End Decision On New Fighter

Feb 10, 2020
Croatia hopes to make a decision on the procurement of a new fighter aircraft before year’s end, defense officials say.
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HCSW Becomes First Casualty Of DOD Hypersonic Push

Feb 11, 2020
A Lockheed Martin program has become the first casualty in the U.S. Defense Department’s race to deploy a diverse portfolio of hypersonic missiles as soon as possible.
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New Budget Plan Includes Armed Overwatch Fleet Acquisition

Feb 10, 2020
The U.S. Defense Department (DOD) plans to acquire five light-attack aircraft in fiscal 2021 to support the Special Operations Command’s newly launched Armed Overwatch program.
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U.S. Navy Sees ISR Role For MQ-25 Carrier-Based Unmanned Aircraft

Feb 10, 2020
Boeing's jet-powered MQ-25 will embark on aircraft carriers “to conduct aerial refueling as a primary mission and provide some ISR capability as a secondary mission,” according to fiscal 2021 Navy budget documents.

Operations

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Ground Support Issue Halts ISS Cargo Launch

Feb 10, 2020
The rescheduled launch of Northrop Grumman’s 13th Cygnus re-supply mission to the International Space Station now is planned for no earlier than Feb. 13 at 4:06 p.m. EST.