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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, June 15, 2021

VOL. 276 NO. 51 June 15, 2021
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Weekly Debrief

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The Weekly Debrief: Loss Of Second B-52 Defensive Crew Member Looms

Jun 14, 2021
A $10.2 million line item in the Air Force’s budget request for fiscal 2022 proposes to eliminate the EWO station inside the B-52, reducing the crew to a B-1B-like four. 

Daily Briefs

In Brief

Operations

SpaceX launch with GPS III satellite
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U.S. Space Force Preps For First Launch With Reusable Booster

Jun 14, 2021
The U.S. Space Force is gearing up for the first-ever National Security Space Launch featuring a reusable booster that is scheduled to send the fifth GPS III satellite into space.
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Zipline, Pfizer Join To Develop Drone Vaccine Distribution

Jun 11, 2021
Drone delivery system operator Zipline and pharmaceutical company Pfizer have partnered to distribute COVID-19 vaccine as part of a U.S.-led effort to distribute 500 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to developing countries.
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ADAC Executes First SAF-Powered EMS Helicopter Flight

Jun 07, 2021
A German helicopter emergency medical service operator has carried out the first rotary-wing rescue flight using sustainable aviation fuel.

Programs

H175
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Airbus Unveils European-Made H175 Fuselage

Jun 14, 2021
The OEM is hoping that by proving its ability to produce H175 components normally supplied by Chinese industry within Europe, it could comfortably propose a military version—called H175M—to meet the UK’s upcoming New Medium Helicopter (NMH) need. 
Blue Origin Crew Capsule Interior
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New Shepard Suborbital July 20 Space Ride Sells For $28 Million

Jun 14, 2021
Bidding to ride on the first passenger flight of Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital spacecraft closed at $28 million, with the unnamed winner to join company founder and funder Jeff Bezos, his brother and one other person for a ride slated for July 20.
SLS
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SLS Core Stage Mated To Boosters For Artemis I

Jun 14, 2021
Hard mate between the 212-ft. tall, 188,000-lb. core stage and the Northrop Grumman five-segment booster rockets occurred at about 7 a.m. EDT on June 13 in High Bay 3 of Kennedy Space Center’s Vehicle Assembly Building. 
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Archer Marks eVTOL Milestone With Maker Unveiling

Jun 10, 2021
California startup Archer Aviation says it is on track to certify a four-passenger electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicle for aerial ridesharing services in late 2024, and will finalize design of a production version using lessons learned from development of the Maker, a two-seat prototype unveiled in Los Angeles on June 10.
nebula
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Facing Cancellation, SOFIA Observatory Probes Star Formation

Jun 14, 2021
This could be final year of observations with SOFIA as the White House 2022 budget proposal for NASA calls for the cancellation of the airborne observatory.

Business

Pegasus
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Northrop Launches Pegasus Rocket For U.S. Military

Jun 13, 2021
The June 13 launch came less than four months after contract signing, demonstrating a responsive space capability for the U.S. Space Force.

Contracts