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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, January 14, 2021

VOL. 275 NO. 9 January 14, 2021
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Funding & Policy

Gripen
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Sweden To Retain 40 Gripen C/Ds in Defense Uptick

Jan 13, 2021
Sweden will retain around 40 Saab Gripen C/Ds fighters into the 2030s as part of the country’s enhanced defense plans, ministers have revealed.
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Huntsville Named Home For U.S. Space Command

Jan 13, 2021
The U.S. Air Force selected the Army’s Redstone Arsenal facility over six locations in the final eight days of the tenure of President Donald Trump, who created the new organization as the new combatant command supported by the U.S. Space Force. 

Daily Briefs

In Brief

Programs

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Japan Formally Joins NASA’s International Gateway Lineup

Jan 13, 2021
Japan has joined the space agencies of Canada and Europe in formally partnering with NASA in the development of a lunar-orbiting, human-tended Gateway.
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Boeing Wins $1.6 Billion U.S. Air Force KC-46 Order

Jan 13, 2021
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Boeing a $1.6 billion contract modification for 12 KC-46A tanker aircraft and anticipates the work will wrap up in April 2023.
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SpaceX To Launch Bezos-Backed Methane-Tracking Satellite

Jan 13, 2021
An $88 million project backed by the Jeff Bezos Earth Fund has selected SpaceX to launch a nonprofit’s methane-tracking satellite in October 2022.
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Intuitive Machines Selects SpaceX For Lunar Launch

Jan 13, 2021
Intuitive Machines has for a second time selected SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket for the launch of a NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services mission lander to the Moon.

Business

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Insitu Settles Fraud Suit For $25M

Jan 13, 2021
The allegations concerned five contracts with the Navy and two contracts with Special Operations Command to support UAS over an eight-year period ending in 2017.
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Italian Ground Segment Startup Leaf Space Lands VC For Growth

Jan 13, 2021
An Italian startup focused on the rapidly growing ground-segment-as-a-service market, Leaf Space, has raised €10 million ($12.15 million) in a Series A venture capital round, the company announced Jan. 13.

Operations

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NASA, Russia Assessing Second Small ISS Leak

Jan 13, 2021
Efforts to find and fix small leaks aboard the International Space Station continue.

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