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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, July 7, 2021

VOL. 277 NO. 2 July 07, 2021
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Weekly Debrief

Lockheed Martin F-16 Block 70
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The Weekly Debrief: Philippines AF Balancing Needs And Wants

Jul 06, 2021
Former President Benigno Aquino III was responsible for reviving the Armed Forces of the Philippines Modernization Act in 2012, to bring the its air force back into the supersonic age after over a decade of neglect.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

Funding & Policy

NASA human landing system
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NASA Explores Future Commercial Lunar Transportation

Jul 06, 2021
NASA is moving ahead with efforts to engage the U.S. private sector in a competition to develop and provide sustained commercial Lunar Exploration Transportation Services.

Operations

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Tropical Storm Prompts Delay In Space Station Cargo Dragon Return

Jul 06, 2021
Until the July 5 decision to postpone the undocking, the Cargo Dragon was to depart the ISS on July 6 at about 11 a.m. EDT with a 5,000-lb. return cargo for a parachute-assisted descent into the Atlantic Ocean on July 8 at 12 a.m. EDT.
Israeli F-35
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Israel Forms Third F-35 Squadron, To Focus On Training

Jul 06, 2021
Israel has formed a third F-35 squadron, to focus on training aircrews for the fifth-generation fighter.
philippine air force C-130H wreckage
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Philippine Air Force C-130 Crashes in Landing Attempt

Jul 04, 2021
At least 47 military personnel have been killed after a Philippine Air Force Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules crashed while attempting to land at an airfield on an island in the south of the country on July 4. 
Tianhe
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China Conducts First Tianhe Spacewalk 

Jul 06, 2021
Astronauts Liu Boming and Tang Hongbo completed the first extravehicular activity (EVA) outside the Tianhe core module, marking China’s first spacewalk since the Shenzhou-7 mission in 2008.

Programs

Northrop Grumman B-21 bomber rendering
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USAF Releases Third B-21 Rendering, Revealing Little New

Jul 06, 2021
As with the two previous renderings, the U.S. Air Force’s latest release offers only a partial glimpse of the stealth bomber’s final configuration, obscuring nearly as much as it reveals. 
U.S. Defense Department logo
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Pentagon Cancels $10 Billion Microsoft Enterprise Cloud Pact

Jul 06, 2021
The Pentagon has terminated the $10 billion Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure Cloud contract with Microsoft because the effort no longer meets requirements, and instead is launching a new multi-vendor program called the Joint Warfighter Cloud Capability.
Lockheed Martin F-35B
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Lockheed Martin: 70-80 F-35s Might Meet UK Carriers’ Needs

Jul 06, 2021
Lockheed Martin has suggested 70-80 F-35s might be enough to fulfill the UK carriers’ air-power needs.
JAXA
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Japan’s Mars Phobos Mission Enters Critical Design Phase

Jul 06, 2021
Japan is on track to launch the probe in fiscal 2024 and collect samples from Martian moon Phobos, returning to Earth by 2029.
Moliere
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Dassault Boosts Research In Stealth, Acoustics And Anti-Icing

Jul 05, 2021
Dassault Aviation has created a joint research laboratory in partnership with two French academic institutions dubbed Moliere, an acronym of the French for “innovative functional materials for aviation.”

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