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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, October 21, 2021

VOL. 278 NO. 14 October 21, 2021
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Funding & Policy

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NATO Meeting To Focus On Emerging Tech, Pressuring Russia

Oct 20, 2021
NATO’s defense ministers are meeting in person for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in Brussels, where they will announce a new fund to develop disruptive technologies and attempt to exert more pressure on Russia after Moscow severed its diplomatic ties with the organization.
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U.S. Air Force ‘Weak,’ Conservative Think Tank Says

Oct 20, 2021
The U.S. Air Force has lost effectiveness by not having enough aircraft available and not flying them enough, and is undertaking a modernization effort that does not address current needs, the conservative Heritage Foundation says in its yearly assessment of military strength.
Shetland
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Scotland Targets £4 Billion Space Economy By 2030

Oct 20, 2021
Scotland is hoping that its space industry can contribute more than £4 billion ($5.53 billion) to its economy by 2030.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

Operations

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B-1Bs Deployed To Indo-Pacific, Europe Simultaneously

Oct 20, 2021
The U.S. Air Force has deployed its B-1B Lancer to both the Pacific and Europe simultaneously, a message that the service has growing confidence in the health of a fleet that faced readiness struggles and has seen heavy cuts within the past year.
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Cobra Gunship’s Firewatch Mission Ends

Oct 19, 2021
The U.S. Forestry Service has retired its Bell AH-1 Cobra helicopters used for the aerial supervision of firefighting operations.

Programs

Tekever AR5 UAS
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Life-Raft-Carrying RPAS Deployed On European Surveillance Mission

Oct 20, 2021
Europe’s Maritime Safety Agency has contracted for the use of a Tekever remotely piloted air system (RPAS) and its new capability to drop a life raft.
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Solar Array Issue Delays Deployment Of Lucy Instrument Pointing Platform

Oct 20, 2021
Attempts to fully unfurl and latch a solar array on NASA’s recently launched Lucy asteroid probe will resume no earlier than the end of next week, NASA said on Oct. 19.
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KAI Dives Into KF-21 Low Observability Studies

Oct 20, 2021
Korea Aerospace Industries is working to improve the low observable capability of its new KF-21 fighter, although the plan has yet to be approved by the Ministry of National Defense and defense procurement agency DAPA.
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Norwegian Team Rolls Out Electric Racer

Oct 20, 2021
The first electric racing aircraft built for the new Air Race E series is being readied for flight.

Technology

mars landscape
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House Panel Explores Space Nuclear Propulsion

Oct 20, 2021
In testimony before the U.S. House Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee Oct. 20, NASA made it clear the agency faces significant strategic and technical challenges in developing a nuclear propulsion capability to lead the way for the human exploration of Mars by the end of the 2030s.
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5G Could Enhance GNSS Signals For Urban Air Mobility

Oct 19, 2021
The European Space Agency and UK air navigation service provider NATS are exploring whether 5G cellular communications technology could help to provide a resilient positioning capability for uncrewed air systems. 

Business

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LeoLabs Adds Sixth Space Radar Site In Australia

Oct 20, 2021
The Australian location will provide good coverage of launch corridors from East Asia, and improve space coverage in the Southern Hemisphere.

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