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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, April 26, 2021

VOL. 276 NO. 16 April 26, 2021
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Funding & Policy

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Russia Proposes New Orbital Station Concept

Apr 23, 2021
The celebration of the 60th anniversary of Yury Gagarin’s first orbital flight sparked a new discussion in Russia about its space exploration priorities.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

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Netherlands Resumes F-35 Flights After Temporary Grounding

Apr 23, 2021
The Royal Netherlands Air Force has resumed flights with its Lockheed Martin F-35s a day after a temporary grounding prompted by concerns over engine wear.

Programs

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HASC Democrats Threaten To Reduce F-35 Buy

Apr 23, 2021
Two senior House Democrats are threatening to not support inserting additional F-35s over the base budget request in fiscal 2022 because of a laundry list of problems, including a large backlog the program is facing at the depots.
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Slovak Pilots Fly L-39NG

Apr 23, 2021
Slovakian pilots have test flown Aero Vodochody’s L-39NG jet trainer as part of a proposal for strategic cooperation between Prague and Bratislava.
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Lockheed Waives Fees For F-35 Program Delays

Apr 23, 2021
Lockheed Martin has disclosed that the company waived $60 million in fees because of delays in F-35 Technology Refresh-3 and Block 4 development.
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U.S. Air Force B-1B Fleet Grounded

Apr 23, 2021
The U.S. Air Force has grounded the B-1B fleet after identifying a “discrepancy” with an augmenter fuel pump filter housing.
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Transition To New F-35 Logistics System Is On Hold

Apr 23, 2021
The Pentagon has directed a “strategic pause” on transitioning the F-35’s autonomic logistics information system to a new, cloud-based network because of funding cuts.
Adler
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Spire Global Plans Second Debris-Monitoring Satellite With Findus

Apr 22, 2021
Spire Global is to build a second smallsat to monitor microdebris in low Earth orbit with funding from Austrian new-space investor Findus Venture. 
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Logos WAMI Sensor Flight Tested On RQ-21

Apr 23, 2021
A U.S. military version of Logos Technologies’ BlackKite ultralight wide-area motion imaging sensor has completed two weeks of flight testing on the Insitu RQ-21A Blackjack small tactical unmanned aircraft.
Bye
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Bye Takes On King Air With All-Electric eFlyer 800

Apr 22, 2021
Bye Aerospace has launched development of the eFlyer 800, an eight-seat, all-electric competitor to Textron Aviation’s Beechcraft King Air 260 turboprop.

Business

Neste
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SAF Availability To Get Boost As Alliance Launches Certificate System

Apr 21, 2021
An alliance has been launched with the goal of accelerating investment in sustainable aviation fuels by creating a certificate system that provides a standardized approach to verifying and tracking the emissions reductions from the low-carbon fuels.
Jet fuel
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Sasol Bids To Produce SAF In South Africa

Apr 15, 2021
South Africa’s Sasol has been producing synthetic jet fuel from coal and natural gas for decades. 

Operations

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Crew-2 Astronauts Alerted To Orbital Debris Approach

Apr 23, 2021
The SpaceX Crew-2 astronauts experienced several minutes of unexpected suspense as they prepared for a scheduled 8-hr. sleep period following their 5:49 a.m. EDT liftoff on April 23 from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center due to the potential close approach of a space debris fragment.
NASA
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SpaceX Falcon Rocket Lifts Off With Next ISS Crew

Apr 23, 2021
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center an hour before dawn on April 23, sending a Crew Dragon capsule carrying four astronauts on a one-day journey to the International Space Station (ISS.) 

Fleet Snapshot

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