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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, April 12, 2021

VOL. 276 NO. 6 April 12, 2021
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Funding & Policy

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Biden Proposes $715 Billion Defense Budget

Apr 09, 2021
U.S. President Joe Biden has proposed a $715 billion fiscal 2022 budget for the Pentagon, and most notably the new request ends the decade-old separate funding account known as overseas contingency operations, according to the Office of Management and Budget.
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New ESA Chief Calls For European Space Policy Summit

Apr 09, 2021
The EU, the European Space Agency and their member states should convene in a high-level summit next year and define a European ambition in space, says Josef Aschbacher, ESA’s new director general.
mars landscape
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Biden Wants $24.7B For NASA

Apr 09, 2021
The Biden administration is requesting $24.7 billion for NASA for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1, a 6.3% hike over the agency’s current funding level.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

Programs

Moon
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KF-21 Fighter Program To Grow South Korean Aerospace Capabilities

Apr 09, 2021
South Korean President Moon Jae-in says his country’s aerospace sector could become the world’s seventh largest by the 2030s, thanks to capabilities nurtured through the development of its first indigenous fighter. 
GDDIA
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Greece Amends NH90 Order, Restores Deliveries

Apr 09, 2021
Greece has inked an amendment to its order for NH90 transport helicopter as it looks to restore military capabilities hollowed out by the country’s economic crisis. 
PA NG
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France Outlines Future  Aircraft Carrier Design

Apr 09, 2021
Development and construction are scheduled for 2026-36, including main component and hull assembly in 2031-34. Sea trials will start in 2036.
UltraAir
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Airbus Takes Lead On Aircraft-Based Laser Communication Terminal

Apr 08, 2021
Airbus and the Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) are to develop a terminal for aircraft to receive laser-based communications. 

Business

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Industrial IoT Forerunner OrbComm To Be Taken Private For $1.1B

Apr 09, 2021
OrbComm, the low Earth orbit constellation provider of industrial connectivity services whose roots date to 1990s commercial space efforts, will be acquired by GI Partners, a U.S.-based investor in data infrastructure businesses, in an all-cash deal worth around $1.1 billion, including net debt.
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Former NASA Astronaut Jack Fischer Fires Up TexSpace

Apr 09, 2021
Former NASA astronaut and U S. Air Force test pilot Jack Fischer has joined with the Bay Area Houston Economic Partnership (BAHEP) to provide the emerging Houston Spaceport with TexSpace, a future nonprofit focused on facilitating innovation within the space enterprise.

Operations

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U.S., Russian Soyuz Crew Launches, Docks To Space Station

Apr 09, 2021
Russia’s Soyuz MS-18 capsule carrying NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei and cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy and Pyotr Dubrov docked to the International Space Station early April 9.

Fleet Snapshot

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