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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, April 13, 2021

VOL. 276 NO. 7 April 13, 2021
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Weekly Debrief

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The Weekly Debrief: A Memorial to the Father of the Space Force

Apr 12, 2021
Gen. Thomas Moorman pressed a decades-long campaign through a minefield of bureaucratic and geopolitical obstacles to elevate a fractured and often dysfunctional space enterprise to a status equivalent to the naval, land and air domains.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

Programs

Boeing P-8 Poseidon
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Boeing Begins Assembling First Norwegian P-8

Apr 12, 2021
Boeing has begun assembling the first P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft for Norway, with delivery scheduled for later this year.
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Mars Helicopter Flight Test Delayed After Rotor Checkout Issue

Apr 11, 2021
Ingenuity was preparing to spin its dual rotors at full speed—the last in a series of preflight checkouts—late on April 9 when the issue occurred.
nuclear-powered space rocket
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Darpa Taps Blue Origin, Lockheed For Draco Craft Designs

Apr 12, 2021
The announcement confirmed the spacecraft designers in Track B of Phase 1 of DARPA’s Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations (Draco) program. 
Exolaunch space tug concept
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Exolaunch Targets 2022 Demo Flight For Eco Space Tug

Apr 12, 2021
Exolaunch, which specializes in rideshare brokerage and equipment, is planning a space tug for orbit-customization and debris-deorbiting.
eBeaver
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Electric Aircraft Shows Dramatic Noise Reductions

Apr 08, 2021
Flight tests of an aircraft converted to electric propulsion from piston power have shown noise energy levels at least 100 times lower, highlighting the potential for electric aircraft to reduce airport noise pollution.

Funding & Policy

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Long-Range Missiles In Pacific 'Highly Valuable,' USMC General Says

Apr 11, 2021
A top U.S. Marine Corps general said he hadn't seen sharp criticisms of land-based missiles in the Pacific by a U.S. Air Force counterpart, but explained the rationale for the concept.
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Defense Analysts Predict FY22 Budget Request Will Hold

Apr 12, 2021
Analysts predict U.S. President Joe Biden’s proposed $715 billion fiscal 2022 defense budget request will not provoke a serious debate between hawk and doves in Congress.
NASA Pearce
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Biden Budget Makes Tackling Climate Change A Priority

Apr 12, 2021
President Joe Biden is proposing a DARPA-like organization to conduct high-risk, high-payoff advanced research into climate resilience.

Business

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NASA Signs Agreement For Study Of Reality TV Show On ISS

Apr 12, 2021
Space Hero Partnerships has signed a Space Act Agreement with NASA to study sending a reality TV show winning contestant to the ISS.

Technology

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Australia Advances Laser Space Debris Removal

Apr 09, 2021
Australia’s Electro Optic Systems has demonstrated technology that is key to tracking and moving space debris in low Earth orbit that uses a laser-generated guide star and adaptive optics to remove atmospheric distortion and increase the laser power on target.

Contracts