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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, December 9, 2021

VOL. 278 NO. 47 December 09, 2021
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Funding & Policy

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Vice Chief Pick Details Nuke Priorities Amid DOD Review

Dec 08, 2021
The Pentagon will release the first Nuclear Posture Review under the Biden administration, which is expected to take a more critical look at the size of the nuclear triad and the costs of modernization.
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Stratolaunch Wins Hypersonic Test Deal With MDA

Dec 08, 2021
Hypersonic test vehicle and oversize carrier aircraft developer Stratolaunch has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Missile Defense Agency to provide a high-speed target and threat replicating capability.
NATO
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Czech Republic, Italy To Host NATO Flight Training Centers

Dec 08, 2021
NATO allies have selected the first two sites to host new flight training centers that will reduce Europe’s reliance on U.S. facilities.
Kuwait
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First Eurofighters Handed To Kuwait, Delivery Imminent

Dec 08, 2021
Kuwaiti government and military officials were present for a hand-over ceremony in Turin where Leonardo has been assembling the fighters. 
cyclone
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Cracks Prompt CH-148 Fleet Tail Repairs

Dec 08, 2021
A routine maintenance inspection of the Royal Canadian Air Force helicopters detected cracks on the tails of 19 CH-148 Cyclones.
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India Test Fires Naval SAM, Air-Launched BrahMos

Dec 08, 2021
The Indian Defense Research and Development Organization test fired its Vertical Launch—Short Range Surface to Air Missile and an air-launched BrahMos cruise missile on two successive days.
Black Hawk
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Philippines Sets Sights On More Black Hawks, Mi-17s

Dec 08, 2021
The Philippine government has cleared the funds for its armed forces to acquire as many as 32 Sikorsky/ PZL Mielec S-70i Black Hawks, just as Manila completes the delivery of its sixteenth Black Hawk. 

Daily Briefs

In Brief

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Redwire Quarterly Report Delayed by Accounting Investigation

Dec 03, 2021
The company acknowledged it had received a warning of noncompliance from the New York Stock Exchange.

Operations

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UK Recovers F-35 Wreckage In Mediterranean

Dec 08, 2021
The UK has recovered the wreckage of a Lockheed Martin F-35B that crashed into the Mediterranean Sea as it attempted to take off from the HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier in November. 
Crash
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Indian Defense Chief Killed In Mi-17 Crash

Dec 08, 2021
India’s chief of defense staff, Gen. Bipin Rawat, and 12 others were killed when their Mi-17V5 helicopter crashed near Coonoor in Tamil Nadu, southern India.
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Russia Assigns Cosmonaut For SpaceX Crew-5

Dec 08, 2021
Russian cosmonaut Anna Kikina will fly to the International Space Station on the SpaceX Crew-5 mission next fall, Dmitry Rogozin, head of the Russian State Space Corp Roscosmos, announced on Dec. 8.
Roscosmos
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Japanese Space Tourists Reach Space Station

Dec 08, 2021
The Soyuz MS-20 carrying two Space Adventures private spaceflight clients docked to the ISS Russian segment’s Poisk module at 8:40 a.m. EST.

Technology

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NASA’s Laser Communications Relay Demo Reaches Orbit

Dec 08, 2021
After a successful launch and 7-hr. ride into geosynchronous orbit, a long-awaited optical communications relay experiment, designed and financed by NASA, is in position to begin a technology demonstration in March.

Programs

NH90
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Norway Eyes Commercial Shipborne SAR Capability To Fill NH90 Shortage 

Dec 08, 2021
Norway has begun a market search for a helicopter provider which would be willing to perform search and rescue missions operating from the country’s coast guard vessels. 
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AeroVironment Plummets After Cutting Fiscal ’22 Financial Guidance

Dec 08, 2021
The share price of AeroVironment plummeted more than 27% on Dec. 7 after the defense contractor and UAV specialist throttled back its financial forecast for fiscal 2022, citing supply chain issues, staffing shortages and delayed federal budget making.
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MQ-9 Only Asset Viable For ‘Over The Horizon’ Role, CENTCOM Says

Dec 06, 2021
The U.S. Air Force’s MQ-9 is the only aircraft with the right capabilities for over-the-horizon surveillance and airstrikes in Afghanistan, though the service is phasing out the drone and giving U.S. Central Command fewer aircraft to fly the missions. But CENTCOM’s head of operations said he still agrees with the USAF plan.

Business

Airbus
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Saudi Helicopter Operator THC Orders 26 Airbus Rotorcraft

Dec 08, 2021
The Helicopter Company (THC) is purchasing H145 light-twins and medium-twin ACH160 models.
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With PNT, GNSS Increasingly Contested, Safran Buying Orolia

Dec 06, 2021
Safran on Dec. 6 said it has entered into exclusive discussions to acquire Orolia from majority shareholder Eurazeo alongside the company’s founders and management to expand its product line and local country footprints.

Leader Spotlight

Modi
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Fast Five With General Atomics Global Corp. CEO Vivek Lall

Nov 15, 2021
A look at plans for expanding the company’s footprint around the globe.