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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, March 2, 2021

VOL. 275 NO. 40 March 02, 2021
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Weekly Debrief

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The Weekly Debrief: USAF Pilot Shortage Prompts Privatized Training Proposals

Mar 01, 2021
On April 24, the Air Education and Training Command published a series of requests for information to industry as part of a preliminary market research process on a radical proposal to create a privatized track for pilot training. 

Daily Briefs

In Brief

Programs

b-21 artist concept
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B-21 Inlet Problem Was Resolved Before Design Freeze, RCO Says

Mar 01, 2021
A redesign of the inlet on the Northrop Grumman B-21 was completed before the final configuration of the stealth bomber was frozen in November 2018, according to the U.S. Air Force. 
FCAS
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Franco-German FCAS Pact At Risk, French Commentary Suggests 

Mar 01, 2021
The partnership between France and Germany to develop a European Future Combat Air System (FCAS) may be close to fracturing, a group made up of experts from industry and academia has suggested. 
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USAF Will Not Sacrifice F-35 To Buy NGAD, Brown Says

Feb 25, 2021
The U.S. Air Force will not sacrifice its F-35 buy to pay for Next Generation Air Dominance , but other fighter programs may take a hit instead, according to the service’s chief of staff.
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U.S. Navy Delivers First F135 Power Module To Carrier

Mar 01, 2021
For the first time, the U.S. Navy has successfully delivered an F-35C power module to an aircraft carrier.
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USAF Focuses On Increasing F135 Depot Capacity

Feb 26, 2021
The U.S. Air Force is tackling a depot capacity shortfall at the F135 Heavy Maintenance Center at Tinker AFB, Oklahoma, according to the head of Air…
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USAF Sets First ARRW Flight Test For Week Of March 1

Feb 26, 2021
The Booster Test Flight at the Point Mugu Sea Range off California will mark the first of several flight test missile releases to support the Lockheed Martin AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW). 
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Electromagnetic Catapults For Carriers Sought By UK Royal Navy

Mar 01, 2021
The UK’s Royal Navy has called on industry to provide information on electromagnetic catapults and arrestor wire systems that could launch and recover aircraft weighing 20 metric tons.

Business

Northrop Grumman B21
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CAE Buys L3 Military Training To Become Second-largest U.S. Provider

Mar 01, 2021
Canadian pilot training and simulator leader CAE has announced its fourth acquisition in as many months, marking a major move into the U.S. military market with the purchase of rival L3Harris Military Training for $1.05 billion, the companies said March 1.
Neutron
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Rocket Lab To Go Public In SPAC Deal, Reveals Larger Launcher

Mar 01, 2021
Rocket Lab will become a publicly traded company with $750 million in cash to develop a new medium-lift launcher, grow its end-to-end space business including through acquisitions, and continue to target U.S. government customers.
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Dronemaker Skydio Announces $170 Million Venture Infusion

Mar 01, 2021
U.S. drone manufacturer Skydio announced March 1 that it has raised $170 million in a Series D funding round led by the Andreessen Horowitz Growth Fund.
Fuze
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Kaman Hit By Ransomware Attack, Biden Foreign Policy Change

Mar 01, 2021
A cyberattack on a newly acquired manufacturing asset and a foreign policy shift by the new Biden administration combined to overshadow topsized financial results disclosed by aerospace supplier Kaman on Feb. 26.

Funding & Policy

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U.S. Air Force May Declassify Portions Of New ISR Strategy

Feb 25, 2021
The U.S. Air Force is exploring how to declassify information from the service’s new intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance strategy and what the military will need from those platforms in 2030, according to the service’s chief of staff.

Operations

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Russia Launches First Arktika-M Weather Satellite

Feb 28, 2021
Russia has successfully orbited the first Arktika-M hydrometeorological satellite that will boost its weather monitoring capabilities in the Arctic region.
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NASA Spacewalk Kicks Off Space Station Solar Power Upgrade

Feb 28, 2021
NASA astronauts Kate Rubins and Victor Glover on Feb. 28 kicked off a year-plus effort to upgrade the power generating solar arrays that reach out from the International Space Station's (ISS) long support structure in eight pairs with a challenging, hand intensive spacewalk that exceeded the planned six and one-half hours.

Contracts