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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, July 8, 2020

VOL. 273 NO. 2 July 08, 2020
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Funding & Policy

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House Proposal Nixes Trump’s Budget Hike For NASA

Jul 07, 2020
Legislators’ first draft of a fiscal 2021 budget for NASA scales back the Trump administration’s requested 12% increase to current spending levels of $22.6 billion, which would moot a 2024 crewed landing on Moon.
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House Mark Funds 91 F-35s In Fiscal 2021

Jul 07, 2020
A draft of the House Appropriations Committee’s (HAC) mark of the fiscal 2021 defense funding bill, released July 7, would give the Pentagon $9.3 billion for 91 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, an additional 12 aircraft above President Trump’s budget request.
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Twenty-Six States Vie For Spacecom Headquarters

Jul 07, 2020
The U.S. Air Force has received nominations from 26 states to become the future home of U.S. Space Command (Spacecom).

Daily Briefs

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Daily Briefs

Jul 07, 2020
Brief news items of interest to aerospace & defense professionals.

In Brief

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Local Assembly Of Gripen Structures Begins In Brazil

Jul 07, 2020
Brazilian workers in São Bernardo do Campo on July 7 started assembling the first major structures of Saab F-39E/F Gripen fighters ordered by the…

Programs

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Lithuanian Black Hawk FMS Package Gets Green Light

Jul 06, 2020
A potential sale of Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawks to Lithuania has been approved by the U.S. State Department.
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Japanese Defense Ministry Proposes NGF First Flight In 2028

Jul 07, 2020
The Japanese defense ministry proposes to fly the first prototype of the Next Generation Fighter (NGF) in 2028 and begin deliveries to the air force seven years later.
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Indonesia Formalizes MV-22 Interest With U.S. Export OK

Jul 06, 2020
In response to a request by Indonesia of a potential sale, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress on July 6 that Indonesia is eligible to import the U.S. Marine Corps version of the twin-engine tiltrotor. 
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U.S. OKs France For E-2D Sale

Jul 06, 2020
France has been approved by the U.S. State Department to purchase three E-2D Hawkeye carrier-borne airborne early warning aircraft.
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NASA’s InSight Mars Lander Pauses Robot Arm Heat Probe Push

Jul 07, 2020
The Mars InSight lander’s mission team has decided to give its 6-ft.-long robot arm a rest from applying pressure into the red planet’s surface.

Technology

Lilium
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Lilium Takes Scalable Approach To Vertiports For Urban Air Mobility

Jul 07, 2020
With plans to operate as well as produce its electric air taxis, German startup Lilium has unveiled its thinking on modular vertiports that could start small, but scale up quickly as the market takes off.

Business

Boeing 777x test aircraft
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Inmarsat Unveils ‘Smart-Pipe’ Satcom System On 777X

Jul 06, 2020
Inmarsat is developing a “smart pipe” satellite communications (satcom) infrastructure for the Boeing 777X that independently allocates bandwidth for multiple, disparate applications.

Operations

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USMC Takes Steps To Lower Aviation Mishaps

Jul 02, 2020
The assistant commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps has issued a number of corrective actions following a long-awaited institutional review.
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Astronaut Hopes For Ramp-up Of ISS Science, Tech

Jul 06, 2020
NASA astronaut and cancer researcher Kate Rubins, the first person to sequence DNA from space, is hopeful for a resurgence in science and technology activities aboard the International Station when she returns to the ISS in October.