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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, February 11, 2021

VOL. 275 NO. 28 February 11, 2021
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Programs

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Northrop Grumman Reveals LongShot Concept

Feb 10, 2021
Northrop will combine its skillset in digital engineering with an “extensive knowledge in advanced technology weapons, autonomous systems and strike platforms to increase weapon range and effectiveness,” said Jaime Engdahl, Northrop’s program director for kinetic weapons and emerging capabilities. 
Soyuz
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Russia to Boost Space Tourism Efforts Using Soyuz

Feb 10, 2021
Russia wants to renew its space tourism activities by offering dedicated commercial missions to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard Soyuz rockets.
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China Joins The Mars Club

Feb 10, 2021
China’s Tianwen-1 mother ship arrived in Martian orbit on Feb. 10, setting the stage for a multi-spacecraft exploration initiative during the country’s first visit to the red planet.
ISS
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NASA Mulls Additional Soyuz Ride To ISS

Feb 10, 2021
With one of its two U.S. commercial space taxi lines not yet operational, NASA is considering bartering for an extra seat on a Russian Soyuz capsule slated to launch in April or May to the International Space Station (ISS), the agency said Feb. 9.
NASA
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NASA Buys Falcon Heavy To Launch First Gateway Modules

Feb 10, 2021
NASA on Feb. 9 awarded SpaceX a $331 million contract for Falcon Heavy launch and support services to send the first two modules of its planned Gateway outpost toward lunar orbit.
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Jamaica Orders Six Bell 505 Helicopters

Feb 10, 2021
Jamaica’s Defense Force (JDF) has ordered six Bell 505 single-engine turbine helicopters to be used for public safety missions and pilot training.
VA-1X
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Vertical Aerospace Adds Solvay Composites For UAM EVTOL

Feb 10, 2021
Vertical Aerospace has tapped aerospace composites provider Solvay to supply the VA-1X electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air taxi program.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

Technology

LanzaJet
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British Airways Invests In Sustainable Fuel Producer LanzaJet

Feb 09, 2021
British Airways is to invest in a sustainable aviation fuel plant to be built in the U.S. and anticipates receiving 7,500 metric tonnes a year of low-carbon jet fuel from the facility beginning at the end of 2022.

Funding & Policy

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Outer Space Treaty Faces Changing Times, Forum Participants Say

Feb 04, 2021
Times have changed dramatically since the inception of the 1967 Outer Space Treaty that has served to prevent military conflict in space, participants in a forum on the treaty say.

Business

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Karman Missile & Space Systems Rolls Up AAE

Feb 10, 2021
Newly formed Karman Missile & Space Systems, a large pure-play supplier for the space, missile, interceptor and hypersonic markets, is bulking up just weeks into its existence with the acquisition of AAE Aerospace, a manufacturer of high-temperature composites for the missile, interceptor, and space sectors.
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Pandemic Pauses Pilot Shortage, But Problem Remains, Expert Says

Feb 09, 2021
The impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic may have acted as a “pressure valve release” on the aviation industry’s pilot shortage, but it has not solved the problem, said Sheryl Barden, president and CEO of Aviation Personnel International, based in San Francisco.

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