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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, September 6, 2021

VOL. 277 NO. 45 September 06, 2021
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Programs

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House Committee’s Defense Bill Cuts More C-130s

Sep 03, 2021
The House Armed Services Committee’s version of the 2022 defense policy bill further reduces the U.S. Air Force’s C-130 fleet, with a member targeting aircraft in his own district as the Guard has pressed to keep more of the aircraft.
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SkyGuardian Flies Across Global Air Traffic Boundaries In European Demo

Sep 03, 2021
General Atomics’ SkyGuardian medium-altitude, long-endurance uncrewed air system has flown from the UK into the Netherlands airspace as part of a series of demonstration flights.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

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Spacewalking Cosmonauts Power Up Nauka

Sep 03, 2021
Cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy and Pyotr Dubrov carried out the first of a potential 11 spacewalks outside the Russian segment of the International Space Station (ISS) on Sept. 3 to prepare the recently arrived Nauka Multipurpose Laboratory Module for future operations.

Technology

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Russia To Test Radiant Cooler For Future Nuclear Space Tug

Sep 03, 2021
Russia plans to test a drip-type radiant cooler for its future nuclear space tug on the International Space Station.

Funding & Policy

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House Bill Seeks To Expedite A-10 Defensive System Upgrades

Sep 03, 2021
While the House Armed Services Committee in its $778 billion version of the 2022 defense bill, allows the U.S. Air Force to go ahead with its planned cuts to the A-10 fleet, the committee presses the service to upgrade the attack aircraft with modern defensive systems that both the Air National Guard and Reserve have requested.
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Arrests Made Over Chinese Attempt To Buy Italian UAV Maker

Sep 03, 2021
Italy’s Financial Police have arrested three Italians and three Chinese over an apparent Chinese attempt to acquire an Italian aerospace company.

Business

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Palantir To Take Stake In BlackSky After Public Stock Debut

Sep 02, 2021
Just weeks after announcing a successful demonstration of their combined products and services for U.S. military and intelligence customers, big-data analytics disruptor Palantir Technologies said it will invest in BlackSky, a startup with a burgeoning constellation of imaging satellites and its own data analytics service.
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Bell Reports ‘Resilient’ Demand In Asia-Pacific

Sep 03, 2021
Despite the impact of the pandemic, demand for helicopter services has remained steady in the Asia-Pacific region, according to Bell officials.
Babcock
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CHC Completes Babcock Offshore Acquisition

Sep 02, 2021
Oil and gas support helicopter operator CHC says it has completed the acquisition of Babcock’s offshore helicopters business, even though the transaction is still awaiting approvals from competition watchdogs in Australia and the UK.
Retiring GE Aviation CEO David Joyce
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David Joyce Joins Boeing Board, Giambastiani Departing

Sep 01, 2021
Former GE Aviation chief David Joyce is joining Boeing’s board of directors, while Navy Adm. (ret.) Ed Giambastiani Jr. will leave at the end of the year, the company announced Aug. 31.
Tecnam
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Cape Air Eyes Role In Transition To Electric Aviation

Aug 31, 2021
For one large commuter airline in the U.S., the lessons it is learning as the launch operator of a new conventionally powered aircraft could prove invaluable as it embraces electric aircraft.

Operations

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Firefly Flight Test Ends In High-Altitude Explosion

Sep 03, 2021
Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha rocket exploded less than 2 min. after liftoff on Sept. 2, ending a debut flight test some 10 years in the making. 
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France, Germany Form Airlift Squadron

Sep 03, 2021
A joint Franco-German air transport squadron that will fly the Lockheed Martin C-130J Hercules has been formally established in a Sept. 3 ceremony.

Fleet Snapshot

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Holiday Note