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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, September 21, 2021

VOL. 277 NO. 55 September 22, 2021
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Weekly Debrief

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The Weekly Debrief: Space BACN Comes To Low Earth Orbit

Sep 20, 2021
Low Earth orbit is new home of several small-comsat constellations of enormous bandwidth—but no ability to exchange data with each other.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

Funding & Policy

Kendall
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Kendall: Political Loyalty To Old Aircraft Hurts Security

Sep 20, 2021
U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall says he has a lot of convincing to do on Capitol Hill to garner support for the service's fiscal 2023 budget proposal.
boat
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France Recalls Ambassadors Over AUKUS Submarine Pact Fallout

Sep 20, 2021
Paris has recalled its ambassadors from Australia and the U.S. and canceled defense talks with the UK following Canberra’s decision to halt a multi-billion euro submarine procurement from France in favor of a nuclear submarine buy with the U.S. and UK. 

Programs

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USAF Looking At Possible E-7 Buy

Sep 20, 2021
The Air Force is relying on the aging 707-based E-3 Airborne Warning and Control System, but the fleet's age is making it harder to keep flying. 
B-21 rendering
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USAF Discloses Five B-21s In Assembly For Test Fleet

Sep 20, 2021
Northrop Grumman now has five B-21 Raider test aircraft in final assembly, U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said on Sept. 20
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NASA’s Viper Rover To Roam Moon’s Nobile Crater

Sep 20, 2021
Viper is due to launch in late 2023 on a 100-day mission to gather “hands-on” evidence for water ice.

Business

SDA
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L3Harris To Expand Defense Satellite Production At Fort Wayne, Palm Bay

Sep 20, 2021
L3Harris Technologies announced plans to grow a classified campus in Fort Wayne, Indiana, to meet expected business demand from the Pentagon’s “growing and urgent need for advanced, resilient satellites.”

Operations

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Inspiration4 Crew Returns After Three Days In Orbit

Sep 19, 2021
The SpaceX Dragon Resilience splashed down off the coast of Cape Canaveral at 7:06 p.m. EDT, concluding the company’s fourth human spaceflight and first without NASA oversight and NASA astronauts.
drone
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KVS, Air Methods Team to Provide Part 135 BVLOS in U.S.

Sep 20, 2021
KVS Technologies has entered into agreement with Air Methods’ Spright, for one-stop linear inspection services for utility companies.

Technology

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EHang Participates In UAM Demos In Europe

Sep 10, 2021
A series of large-scale urban air mobility demonstrations are beginning in Europe under projects funded by the EU’s SEAR air traffic management research program.
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Sweden’s BRA, ATR And Neste To Demo 100% SAF

Sep 17, 2021
Swedish regional BRA, OEM ATR and fuel supplier Neste partner to certify 100% SAF for ATR regional turboprops; first test flight in 2022.

Contracts