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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, November 11, 2020

VOL. 274 NO. 28 November 11, 2020
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Funding & Policy

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Senate Appropriators Reject GBSD Proposal, Unclear On ABMS Strategy

Nov 10, 2020
Senate appropriators agree that the requirements and acquisition strategy for the U.S. Air Force’s Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) are fuzzy, and also dismiss the Pentagon’s Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) legislative proposal, according to a report accompanying the panel’s mark of the fiscal 2021 defense appropriations bill.
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Stofan To Head Biden Space Transition Team

Nov 10, 2020
President-elect Joe Biden has selected an eight-member team of volunteers, headed by Ellen Stofan, former NASA chief scientist and current director of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum, to oversee the transition of NASA to his administration.
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U.S. State Dept. Clears Controversial $23B Arms Deal To UAE

Nov 10, 2020
The combined package worth nearly $23.4 billion still needs to be approved by Congress, where some lawmakers have already voiced objections. 
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U.S. Space Force Chief Releases Inaugural Planning Guidance

Nov 10, 2020
U.S. Chief of Space Operations Gen. John Raymond has focused the Space Force’s inaugural year on investing in resiliency, building next-generation capabilities and the establishment of a Space Warfighting Analysis Center.
SpaceX Falcon 9 Starlink-11 mission launch
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Senate Approps Pushes Government To Use NSSL Contract

Nov 10, 2020
Senate appropriators propose blocking the military and intelligence community from using any provider other than the Space Force launch enterprise for National Security Space Launch (NSSL) missions unless granted a waiver by the defense secretary or director of national intelligence.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

Programs

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Senate Appropriators Seek Comprehensive HBTSS Update

Nov 10, 2020
Senate appropriators are seeking a comprehensive acquisition strategy for the Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor program from both the Missile Defense Agency and Space Development Agency (SDA), according to a report accompanying the panel’s mark of the fiscal 2021 defense appropriations bill.
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Calspan To Test Stratolaunch Talon In Wind Tunnel

Nov 10, 2020
Research and test company Calspan Systems will build and evaluate wind tunnel models of the Talon-A reusable hypersonic flying testbed now in development by Stratolaunch Systems for deployment from its large carrier aircraft.
Rafale
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Talios Targeting Pod Enters Front-Line Service On French Rafales

Nov 05, 2020
The French Air Force has declared the new Talios targeting pod operational on its Dassault Rafales equipped with the F3R upgrade.
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Boeing To Train Qatari Pilots To Fly F-15QA

Nov 10, 2020
Boeing will train Qatari pilots for the country’s new F-15QA Eagle fighter fleet at a site near its St. Louis production line, the company has confirmed.
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Kazakhstan Receives First Assembly Kits For Mi-8 Helicopters

Nov 06, 2020
Russian Helicopters has delivered the first two kits for manufacturing Mil Mi-8AMT heavy transport helicopters to Kazakhstan, which will host the first foreign assembly line of the Russian rotorcraft.
NAF
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Nigeria To Join Wing Loong II Operators Club

Nov 10, 2020
Nigeria has declared itself as the latest customer for China’s Wing Loong II armed unmanned air system.
AS2
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Supersonic AS2 Completes Wind Tunnel Tests

Nov 10, 2020
Supersonic aircraft developer Aerion has taken a further step towards finalizing the design of its Mach 1.4 AS2 business jet.

Operations

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NASA Certifies SpaceX For First ISS Crew Ferry Flight

Nov 10, 2020
NASA and SpaceX on Nov. 10 completed the Flight Readiness Review for the first post-shuttle, operational International Space Station (ISS) crew rotation mission from the U.S., paving the way for a launch attempt of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 7:49 p.m. EST on Nov. 14 from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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Russia Suffers First Loss In Conflict Over Nagorno-Karabakh

Nov 09, 2020
The Russian Defense Ministry was cited by local media as saying a Mil Mi-24 attack helicopter was shot down on Nov. 9 near the Armenian village of Yeraskh.