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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, October 25, 2021

VOL. 278 NO. 16 October 25, 2021
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Funding & Policy

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Alliance Members Join Development Of NATO Air Defense Projects

Oct 22, 2021
More NATO members have joined alliance efforts to develop new-generation ground-based air defense systems. 
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Lockheed Received Most Contracts From DOD In Fiscal 2020—Pentagon

Oct 22, 2021
Lockheed Martin was by far the largest recipient of defense contracts in fiscal 2020 after receiving a 60% increase in Defense Department funding when compared to fiscal 2019, the Pentagon announced Oct. 21.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

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ISS Progress Redock To Initiate Nauka Propellant Leak Checks

Oct 22, 2021
Russia’s Progress MS-17 cargo capsule carried out a successful autonomous redocking with the International Space Station’s Russian segment Nauka Multipurpose Laboratory Module early Oct. 22 to complete a nearly 29-hr. relocation to set up Nauka propellant line leak checks.

Programs

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T-7 Jet Trainer Interest Growing In Middle East, Boeing Says

Oct 22, 2021
Boeing says it is in discussions with Middle Eastern countries about a light attack version of its T-7 Red Hawk jet trainer, one of a number of opportunities the company’s defense business is pursuing in the region.
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U.S. Navy Seeks Surrogate Trainers, Matching Air Force Concept

Oct 21, 2021
In an echo of a proposed new U.S. Air Force acquisition program, the U.S. Navy is also now interested in buying a new fleet of advanced training jets to give frontline fighter pilots more training opportunities in a cheaper aircraft.
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Norway To Equip F-35s With Joint Strike Missile

Oct 23, 2021
Norway’s defense materiel agency has signed a 3.95 billion krone ($470 million) contract to acquire an undisclosed number of the missiles.
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NASA Sets Tentative February Date For Artemis I Launch

Oct 22, 2021
With the initial Space Launch System (SLS) assembly now complete at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, the agency is looking to a Feb. 12-27 launch window for its uncrewed Artemis I test flight to the Moon.
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It’s A Two-Helo Race For S. Korea’s Heavy-Lift Program

Oct 21, 2021
Boeing and Sikorsky are competing for the South Korean Army’s Heavy-Lift Utility Helicopter-II program, pitching their CH-47F Chinook and CH-53K King Stallion, respectively.
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Israeli Startup Targets Consumer eVTOL

Oct 19, 2021
A central tenet of Uber’s Elevate vision for urban aerial ride sharing was that this is commercial air transport—aircraft owned by airlines and flown by professional pilots plying between vertiports.
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Korea Dipping Toes Into ‘Loyal Wingman’ Concept For KF-21

Oct 22, 2021
South Korean defense agencies and manufacturers are in the exploratory stages of developing manned-unmanned teaming to operate alongside KF-21 fighter. 

Operations

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Russian Space Tourism Effort To Pause In 2022

Oct 21, 2021
The successful mission of a Russian movie crew to the International Space Station (ISS) Oct. 5-16 suggests the state space corporation Roscosmos is poised to resume a space tourism program. But despite the busy delivery schedule at the end of 2021, new space travelers are likely to fly Russian ships no earlier than 2023.

Technology

GKN tech
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GKN Aerospace Opens UK Technology Center

Oct 19, 2021
GKN Aerospace has opened its new Global Technology Center (GTC), which will prepare the technologies to help the company build components for the next generation of fuel-efficient aircraft.

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Upcoming Events

Oct 22, 2021
Conferences and events for professionals in the aerospace & defense community.