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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, December 22, 2020

VOL. 274 NO. 55 December 22, 2020
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Weekly Debrief

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The Weekly Debrief: Plans Sharpen For Future Airborne Nuclear Command Fleets

Dec 21, 2020
With both the platforms and weapons for the future nuclear enterprise set, the U.S. Navy and Air Force are now plotting the future of the airborne command and control systems. 

Programs

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F-35B Fleet Gets Interim Video Capability Three Years Early

Dec 18, 2020
A small team at Hanscom AFB developed a new way to transmit video from the Electro-Optical Targeting System (EOTS) to a ground-based terminal. 
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Hypersonic ARRW Closes In On Powered Test

Dec 20, 2020
The missile forms a critical element of the Pentagon’s fast-track plan to develop a range of high-speed stand-off strike and cruise weapons to counter new Chinese and Russian hypersonic capabilities. 
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L3Harris Wins NGJ-LB Development Contract

Dec 19, 2020
The U.S. Navy awarded L3Harris a $496 million contract to launch the four-year engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) phase of the NGJ-LB program.
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NASA, Boeing Probing SLS Test Countdown Shutdown

Dec 21, 2020
NASA and prime contractor Boeing are probing the premature shutdown of a simulated countdown sequence during the Dec. 20 Wet Dress Rehearsal for the Space Launch System heavy-lift rocket.

Daily Briefs

Funding & Policy

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Military Aircraft Procurement Wins Big In Fiscal '21 Spending Bill

Dec 21, 2020
Passage of the $696 billion spending bill for fiscal 2021 completes the final appropriations cycle of the Trump administration with a slight uptick in funding for the DOD alone, which received $693.3 billion in fiscal 2020.

Operations

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SpaceX Caps 2020 With NRO Mission

Dec 19, 2020
SpaceX’s second mission for the NRO lifted off at 9 a.m. EST Dec. 19 from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A.
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U.S. Air Force Launches First sUAS Perimeter Security System

Dec 21, 2020
Easy Aerial and the U.S. Air Force’s 60th Security Forces Sqdn. started the first automated drone-based perimeter security and monitoring system for a U.S. Air Force installation, Travis AFB in California, on Dec. 11.

Business

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Lockheed To Vertically Integrate Space, Rocket Work With AJR Buy

Dec 21, 2020
Lockheed Martin’s proposed $4.4 billion cash takeover of aerospace and defense propulsion stalwart Aerojet Rocketdyne–already a key supplier–fits well within Lockheed and will secure the Pentagon’s leading contractor as a hypersonics, rocket and military space leader for decades to come.

Technology

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Companies Test Satcom-Connected Drone UTM System

Dec 18, 2020
Altitude Angel and Inmarsat have demonstrated a deployable UTM system that incorporates satellite communications to track drones flying beyond the visual range of an operator.

Contracts