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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, February 23, 2021

VOL. 275 NO. 35 February 23, 2021
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Weekly Debrief

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The Weekly Debrief: An F-35B Induction Highlights Looming Modernization Bills

Feb 22, 2021
A decade of durability and fatigue testing revealed that 30 parts on the F-35B could fail between 2,000 and 4,000 flight hours, or far short of the 8,000 flight hour service life required in the original development contract awarded to Lockheed in 2001. 

Daily Briefs

In Brief

Programs

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NASA Releases Multi-Camera Videos Of Perseverance Landing 

Feb 22, 2021
“This is the first time we’ve been able to actually capture an event like the landing of a spacecraft of Mars,” JPL Director Michael Watkins said at a Feb. 22 news conference.
Israel
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Israel Firms KC-46 Buy, Confirms Third F-35 Squadron Purchase Plan

Feb 22, 2021
The Israeli government has confirmed it will acquire a third squadron of Lockheed Martin F-35s as well as heavy-lift helicopters and advanced munitions as part of its new arms procurement program to update the Israeli Defense Forces. 
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MBDA, Tawazun To Develop SmartGlider Weapons

Feb 22, 2021
European missile manufacturer MBDA and Emirati defense firm Tawazun have signed agreements that could lead to the joint design and development of the SmartGlider family of glide bombs.
HAS
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UAE Reveals Loitering Munitions, Anti-Ship Missile Developments

Feb 22, 2021
Emirati defense company Edge Group has unveiled a range of indigenously developed loitering munitions and a surface-launched anti-ship missile, demonstrating local advances in weapons development.

Operations

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Transport Canada Issues Bell 505 Emergency Directive

Feb 22, 2021
Transport Canada has issued an emergency airworthiness directive requiring Bell 505 operators to conduct a one-time inspection of the helicopter’s collective stick to detect evidence of cracking.
Cygnus
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Northrop Grumman Cargo Capsule Reaches Space Station

Feb 22, 2021
Northrop Grumman’s 15th NASA-contracted Cygnus resupply mission successfully rendezvoused with the International Space Station (ISS) early Feb. 22, enabling astronauts on board to grapple the freighter and its 8,400 lb. cargo with the orbiting lab’s Canadian robot arm.

Business

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UAM EVTOL Startups To Combine

Feb 19, 2021
In perhaps a first sign of consolidation in the overcrowded urban air mobility market, two startups are to combine.

Funding & Policy

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Investigation Launched Into Spacecom HQ Basing Decision

Feb 22, 2021
The Defense Department inspector general is launching a probe into the U.S. Air Force’s decision to select Alabama as the home of U.S. Space Command headquarters.

Contracts