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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, June 2, 2021

VOL. 276 NO. 42 June 02, 2021
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Funding & Policy

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The Weekly Debrief: U-2S Fleet Faces Retirement Threat—Again

Jun 01, 2021
The Air Force spared the U-2S from a list of hundreds of proposed aircraft divestments next year, but details buried deep within the fiscal 2022 budget request unveiled on May 29 reveal the aircraft’s long-term fate. 
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U.S. Navy Seeks $6.3 Billion In Fiscal 2022 Unfunded Requirements

Jun 01, 2021
Aircraft top the U.S. Navy’s fiscal 2022 $6.3 billion unfunded requirements list as the service looks to position itself to compete with China.
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U.S. Army Submits $5.5 Billion Unfunded List

Jun 01, 2021
The U.S. Army is seeking $5.5 billion to pay for unfunded requirements in the fiscal 2022 budget request, including advance procurement dollars for five CH-47F Block II aircraft, according to a document obtained by Aerospace DAILY.
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Hypersonic Candidates Emerge For U.S. Navy’s Next Anti-Ship Missile

May 29, 2021
Budget justification documents released by the Navy on May 29 list the Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC) and the Supersonic Propulsion Enabled Advanced Ramjet (SPEAR) demonstrators as candidates for the Offensive Anti-Surface Warfare (OASuW) Increment II program. 
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U.S. Navy Trades JSOW-ER Development For JASSM-ER Buy

Jun 01, 2021
The U.S. Navy has decided to acquire stealthy cruise missiles instead of developing a powered version of a long-range glide munition, a spokeswoman said on June 1.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

Business

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Red 6 Air Combat Training Startup Lands $30M

Jun 01, 2021
Outsourced air combat training and augmented reality startup Red 6 announced June 1 that it landed $30 million in new venture capital, almost all of it from existing investor Snowpoint Ventures.

Operations

IAI Heron 1 UAS
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IAI Secures $200 Million Contract With Asian User For UAS Services

Jun 01, 2021
Israel Aerospace Industries has signed a deal with an undisclosed Asian customer for Heron 1 unmanned aerial system “services,” worth $200 million.
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First Resupply Ship Reaches Chinese Space Station

May 29, 2021
Tianzhou-2 will make an automated rendezvous and docking with Tianhe, a core module of China’s new space station that was orbited a month ago.

Progams

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JWST’s Oct. 31 Launch Date Delayed

Jun 01, 2021
The James Webb Space Telescope will not make its targeted Oct. 31 launch date, but should be ready to fly before the window for its ride to space aboard an Arianespace Ariane 5 rocket closes in early December, the European Space Agency said on June 1.
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Rafale Boosted By Croatia Selection

May 29, 2021
Croatia has selected a French offer of secondhand Dassault Rafale fighters as the country’s future combat aircraft.

AWIN Parts & Contract Data

Contracts