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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, December 18, 2020

VOL. 274 NO. 53 December 18, 2020
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Programs

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F-35 Could Benefit UK Economy, Independent Study Suggests

Dec 17, 2020
An independent report commissioned by Lockheed Martin suggests that the F-35 program could generate as much as £40 billion ($53.9 billion) for the UK economy up to 2038. 
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Canada Cements Place In NASA’s Gateway Partnership

Dec 17, 2020
NASA and the Canadian Space Agency have finalized an agreement for Canada’s participation in the development of a lunar-orbiting, human-tended Gateway.
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Amazon Looks Beyond Blue Origin For Kuiper Constellation Launches

Dec 17, 2020
The Amazon executive overseeing the Kuiper satellite constellation and connectivity service has said that the internet business behemoth will look to multiple rocket launch providers for access to space, even though launch provider Blue Origin is owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.
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German Companies Establish Smallsat Sea Launch Consortium

Dec 17, 2020
Germany’s ambitions for a smallsat launch capability from the North Sea has prompted the formation of a consortium to develop a ship-launch capability.
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GAO Warns Of More Artemis Delays

Dec 16, 2020
Persistent lapses in NASA’s oversight of key Artemis elements continue to jeopardize upcoming test flight launch schedules and plans for hardware upgrades after the agency returns to the Moon’s surface with human explorers, a U.S. Government Accountability Office audit says.
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Blue Origin Wins NASA Launch Services Contract

Dec 16, 2020
NASA has awarded Blue Origin a contract for launch services on its New Glenn rocket.
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China's Chang’e 5 Re-entry Capsule Lands, Samples Retrieved

Dec 16, 2020
The return capsule of China’s Chang’e 5 lunar mission landed early on Dec. 17, Chinese time, bringing back the first samples from the Moon in 44 years.

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In Brief

Business

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Private Equity Buys Leslie Family’s Composites Company

Dec 16, 2020
Private equity firm Charger Investment Partners late Dec. 15 announced it had acquired a majority stake in Advanced Composite Products and Technology.

Funding & Policy

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U.S. Counternarcotics Team Promotes Americas For Training

Dec 17, 2020
The Joint Interagency Task Force-South is advocating that the military services bring aircraft for training to the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility instead of a range stateside.
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ESA Picks Josef Aschbacher As New Director General

Dec 17, 2020
The council of the European Space Agency has appointed Josef Aschbacher—currently ESA’s director of Earth observation programs—as the next director general, replacing Jan Woerner in 2021.
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Austria Grants OK For EHang eVTOL Test Flights

Dec 14, 2020
EHang has received an experimental flight permit in Austria allowing it to begin flight trials of the two-seat EH216 autonomous air vehicle with partner FACC.

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