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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, March 23, 2021

VOL. 275 NO. 55 March 23, 2021
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Weekly Debrief

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The Weekly Debrief: Battle Management, Or Lack Thereof

Mar 22, 2021
The U.S. Air Force’s Advanced Battle Management System is the rare example of an acquisition style that mirrors the operating concept of the technology being developed.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

Programs

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Norwegian Cruise Missile Begins Drop Tests From F-35

Mar 19, 2021
The anti-surface Joint Strike Missile (JSM) manufactured by Kongsberg Defense and Aerospace performed a series of successful test drops from a U.S. Air Force F-35A at Edwards Air Force Base, California in February. 
SAMP/T
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Upgraded SAMP/T Will Use Aster Block 1NT Missile

Mar 22, 2021
The Eurosam consortium of MBDA and Thales has been contracted to develop a new version of the SAMP/T ground-based air defense system. 

Funding & Policy

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Tempest Wins, ISR Fleets Lose In UK Defense Review

Mar 22, 2021
The UK will invest another £2 billion ($2.77 billion) in the development of its Tempest Future Combat Air System and will purchase more F-35 Joint Strike Fighters beyond the 48 currently planned, a review of the country’s defense posture has determined. 

Business

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ST Engineering Makes Unsolicited Offer For Cubic, Battling Veritas

Mar 22, 2021
A bidding war is breaking out over military trainer and C4ISR provider Cubic, with a new bid worth around hundreds of millions of dollars more emerging from Singapore Technologies Engineering, Cubic acknowledged March 22.

Operations

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Legendary NASA Flight Director Glynn Lunney Dies

Mar 22, 2021
Glynn Lunney, a member of the Space Task Group that launched NASA’s human spaceflight operations and the flight director remembered for leading the safe return of the Apollo 13 crew, has died at 84.
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Soyuz Launches 38 Commercial Satellites, Including Debris Removal Mission

Mar 22, 2021
After a two-day delay to conduct additional ground equipment checks, the Soyuz 2.1a rocket flew through clouds above the Baikonur spaceport in Kazakhstan at 2:07 a.m. EDT on March 22.

Technology

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Windhover’s Open Autopilot Offers Path To Drone Security, Certification

Mar 17, 2021
Against a background of U.S. government opposition to using small drones produced in China, Texas-based Windhover Labs has unveiled a domestically developed flight computer designed to make it easier to develop and certify drones in the U.S.

Contracts

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Selected U.S. Military Contracts For The Week Of March 15 - 19, 2021

Mar 22, 2021
Selected U.S. military contracts from the past week.