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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, March 17, 2021

VOL. 275 NO. 51 March 17, 2021
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Funding & Policy

Carrier
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UK Defense Pivots To Indo-Pacific Region As China Threat Looms

Mar 16, 2021
The UK will tilt power projection towards the Indo-Pacific region in response to the growing threat posed by China, a review of the UK foreign and defense policy has outlined. 
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U.S.: China To Field Nuclear Hypersonic Weapon This Decade

Mar 16, 2021
Gen. Glen VanHerck’s testimony, which was submitted to the Senate Armed Services Committee, adds another detail into the public domain about the U.S. intelligence community’s analysis of China’s nuclear modernization plans. 

Daily Briefs

In Brief

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Relativity Space Gets First Pentagon Order

Mar 16, 2021
Relativity Space has secured its first contract with the Pentagon, through the Defense Innovation Unit, to provide responsive launch capability for the military.

Programs

Sikorsky S-92
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Airbus Teams With Draken On UK SAR Helicopter Service Bid 

Mar 16, 2021
Airbus Helicopters is teaming with Draken Europe to bid in the tender for the British Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s (MCA) upcoming second-generation search and rescue program known as UKSAR2G.
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VerdeGo Unveils First Hybrid-Electric Propulsion Unit

Mar 16, 2021
Stepping up to the established industry role of propulsion system suppler, hybrid-electric startup VerdeGo Aero has unveiled its first product.
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Austria Receives First Upgraded Black Hawk

Mar 16, 2021
Austria has taken delivery of the first of nine modernized Sikorsky S-70 Black Hawks.

Operations

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Falcon 9, Flight 9 Sets Reuse Record

Mar 16, 2021
SpaceX continues to expand the operational envelope of its Falcon 9 fleet, with a successful ninth launch and landing of a first-stage booster, setting the stage to meet its goal of 10 launches per rocket with minimal refurbishment between flights.
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NASA Astronaut Backs Bartered Russian Launch

Mar 15, 2021
NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei has endorsed his March 9 assignment to lift off aboard Russia’s Soyuz MS-18 on April 9 to help ensure a continuous U.S. presence aboard the International Space Station.

Technology

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Europe Studies In-Space Satellite Manufacturing Demo

Mar 12, 2021
Responding to U.S. advances in in-space manufacturing, Airbus has been selected to study an orbital factory and potential demonstrator mission to establish a European capability to manufacture and assemble satellites in orbit.

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