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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, February 2, 2021

VOL. 275 NO. 21 February 02, 2021
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Weekly Debrief

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The Weekly Debrief: U.S. Army Taps Outsiders For FVL Systems Integrators

Feb 01, 2021
The U.S, Army was expected to work with an independent MSI on the pair of Future Vertical Lift programs: the Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft and the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

Programs

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Boeing Finds Fixes For Two KC-46 Deficiencies

Feb 01, 2021
At the end of January, the U.S. Air Force downgraded two previously unreported Category 1 deficiencies related to the KC-46’s auxiliary power unit, according to the head of Air Mobility Command.
SLS
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NASA To Repeat SLS Hot Fire

Feb 01, 2021
NASA has decided to repeat the static test fire of the first Space Launch System (SLS) core stage following an abbreviated burn of the vehicle’s four Aerojet Rocketdyne RS-25 engines two weeks ago.

Funding & Policy

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USAF Setting Parameters For Study Of Commercial Refueling Services

Feb 01, 2021
The U.S. Air Force is finalizing the parameters of a study of commercial air refueling services before the military outsources the assessment to industry, the head of Air Mobility Command says.

Business

Taiclet
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Taiclet Adds Chairman to Lockheed Titles, Ulmer Takes Over Aeronautics

Feb 01, 2021
Lockheed Martin CEO and president Jim Taiclet will complete his leadership takeover of the Pentagon’s leading contractor by annual sales with the additional role of becoming chairman of the board of directors effective March 1.
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Entrepreneur Hires SpaceX For St. Jude’s Benefit Flight

Feb 01, 2021
The founder and CEO of e-commerce platform Shift4 Payments is chartering a SpaceX Crew Dragon flight for himself and three passengers, part of a fundraiser and public outreach for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and a business opportunity for a Shift4 entrepreneur.

Technology

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BluShift Claims First Commercial Biofuel-Powered Rocket Launch

Feb 01, 2021
Rocket startup BluShift Aerospace launched its inaugural commercial mission Jan. 31, claiming the titles of the first commercial launch of a rocket with a “bio-derived” fuel and the first commercial launch from Maine.
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Germany Plans Pilot Plant To Accelerate Carbon-Neutral Jet Fuel

Jan 29, 2021
In a bid to accelerate the commercial availability of carbon-neutral synthetic fuels, the German government has commissioned aerospace research agency DLR to plan a pilot plant for the production of electricity-based fuels on an industrial scale.
UK’s H2GEAR will develop a propulsion system comprising liquid hydrogen, fuel cells and cryogenically cooled electric motors.
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GKN To Develop Cryogenic Hydrogen Propulsion For Regional Aircraft

Jan 27, 2021
GKN Aerospace is leading a UK program to develop a liquid-hydrogen fuel-cell propulsion system for subregional aircraft.

Operations

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SpaceShipTwo Flight Test Window Opens Feb. 13

Feb 01, 2021
Virgin Galactic is targeting Feb. 13 for the next flight test of SpaceShipTwo, the six-passenger, two-pilot spacecraft designed for privately operated, suborbital flight services.
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NASA Spacewalkers Complete ISS Battery Exchange

Feb 01, 2021
NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins and Victor Glover on Feb. 1 completed the final task in a multiyear swap out of the International Space Station’s solar power system batteries.

Contracts