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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, May 31, 2021

VOL. 276 NO. 41 May 31, 2021
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Funding & Policy

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Military Aircraft Procurement Hit Hard In First Biden Budget 

May 28, 2021
The fiscal 2022 spending request forwarded to Congress on May 28 proposes fewer units of aircraft across all fleets, including fighters; mobility; intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance; and rotorcraft.
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USAF Seeks New Wave Of Aircraft Divestments In Fiscal 2022

May 28, 2021
The U.S. Air Force’s $156.3 billion budget request for fiscal 2022 marks a 2.3% increase over the previous year, and includes funding to buy 48 Lockheed Martin F-35As.
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SDA Fiscal 2022 Budget Request Seeks 36% Increase

May 28, 2021
The Pentagon’s fiscal 2022 budget request proposed $936.7 million for the U.S. Space Development Agency, which is an increase of $600 million or 36% compared to the previous year.
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Space Force Seeks $2 Billion Budget Boost

May 28, 2021
The White House is requesting that the U.S. Space Force’s budget grow by nearly 13% to $17.4 billion in fiscal 2022, according to budget documents obtained May 28 by Aviation Week.
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U.S. Navy Receives 1.8% Budget Bump In Fiscal 2022

May 28, 2021
The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps’ fiscal 2022 top-line funding request of $211.7 billion is a 1.8% increase compared to the previous year.
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NASA Seeks 6.6% Budget Hike, Largest Science Investment Ever

May 28, 2021
The Biden administration has proposed substantial boosts in spending across NASA’s human exploration, planetary science, and Earth science/climate research as part of a 2022 budget proposal that could ease the previous administration’s plans to return to the Moon’s surface with U.S. astronauts in 2024.
U.S. Navy F/A-18C
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Pentagon Proposes $112B For R&D In Fiscal 2022

May 28, 2021
The Pentagon’s fiscal 2022 budget request is designed to keep the U.S. up with China by proposing the largest R&D investment in history, $112 billion, according to a senior defense official.
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U.S. Army Faces 2% Budget Decrease In Fiscal 2022

May 28, 2021
The service’s fiscal 2022 budget request includes $65.5 billion for operations and maintenance, $21.3 billion for procurement and $12.8 billion for research, development, test and evaluation.
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NASA Targets Sustainable Airliner X-Plane Launch For Fiscal 2022

May 28, 2021
Within a budget request for aeronautics research in fiscal 2022 of $914.8 million, up from $828.7 million enacted for 2021, NASA plans to accelerate the launch of the Sustainable Flight Demonstrator program to produce a full-scale, ultra-efficient subsonic X-plane.
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U.S. Missile Defense Agency Absorbs 2.5% Budget Decrease In Fiscal 2022

May 29, 2021
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency’s fiscal 2022 budget request for $8.9 billion is a decrease of 2.5% compared to the previous year, but the agency continues to fund key programs like the Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor and a Guam defense system to compete with China.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

Holiday Note

Programs

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USAF Proposes To Scale Back ABMS In Fiscal 2022

May 28, 2021
Despite being named the U.S. Air Force’s second-highest modernization priority only months ago, the Biden administration’s fiscal 2022 budget request…
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Hypersonic Cruise Missile  Formally Enters DOD Budget Plans

May 28, 2021
The fiscal 2022 budget request submitted by the U.S. Air Force on May 28 includes $200.1 million for the Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile. 
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USAF Says MH-139 Delayed By FAA Certification Slip

May 28, 2021
Unspecified issues have delayed certification by the FAA of the military-unique features on the derivative of the Leonardo AW-139 civil helicopter.
Euroglider
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Electric Propulsion Tackles Europe’s Glider Training Challenge

May 28, 2021
An electric-powered sailplane designed to ease challenges of training glider pilots has completed its experimental test phase and is being prepared for industrialization under a European-funded project.

Business

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Skyports To Help Develop Vertiports In Ireland, South Korea

May 27, 2021
UK vertiport developer Skyports has signed agreements to help develop infrastructure for advanced air mobility in Ireland and South Korea.
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Investment Group Targets British Supplier Senior Plc

May 28, 2021
British aerostructures and aviation parts maker Senior Plc has been jockeying with a distressed-asset investment group, which recently made an offer to buy Senior for about $1.05 billion, the company revealed May 28.

Technology

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UK Team To Develop Beam-Hopping LEO Constellation Satellite

May 27, 2021
Constellation operator OneWeb is to lead a consortium of UK companies in developing a next-generation beam-hopping low Earth orbit communications satellite.
Volocopter lidar
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Near Earth To Enable Autonomous Logistics With VoloDrone

May 27, 2021
Volocopter and Near Earth Autonomy are to test autonomous flight technology on the VoloDrone unmanned cargo aircraft. The team plans a beyond-visual-line-of-sight capability demonstration in Munich in 2022.
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Robot To Survey Moon’s Surface For Lunar Driving

May 28, 2021
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency is working with Japanese toymaker Takara Tomy to build a transformable lunar robot to collect data on the Moon’s surface to use in development of a manned pressurized rover.

Industry Data