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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, January 4, 2022

VOL. 279 NO. 2 January 04, 2022
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Weekly Debrief

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Weekly Debrief: Defense Industry Emissions Data Fuels DOD Net Zero Target

Jan 03, 2022
A new initiative by the Biden administration has thrust the U.S. defense industry to the forefront of a national campaign to emit no more greenhouse gases than are removed from the atmosphere by 2050.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

Operations

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Israel, U.S. Formalize KC-46, CH-53K Deal

Jan 03, 2022
The U.S. and Israeli Ministry of Defense on Dec. 30 formalized a deal for 12 Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion heavy-lift helicopters and two additional Boeing KC-46 Pegasus refueling tankers. 

Business

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L3Harris Restructures Away From Aviation, Eyes Space Growth

Jan 03, 2022
Large U.S. defense prime contractor L3Harris Technologies has reorganized to include just three main business divisions, with Aviation Systems and its top unit executive no longer part of the company’s structure.
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DOD Awards Boeing Japan F-15 JSI Upgrade Contract

Jan 03, 2022
The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded Boeing a contract for the upgrade of Japan Air Self Defense Force Boeing/Mitsubishi F-15G Eagles to the Japan Super Interceptor standard, ending more than two years of changing definitions and price negotiations. 
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Aerospace 3D Printing Rollup Addman Adds Castheon For Space

Jan 03, 2022
Addman Engineering, the additive manufacturing rollup under private equity investor American Industrial Partners, has acquired Castheon, a refractory metals maker that has partnered with spacecraft-providing companies, the companies announced Jan. 3.

Programs

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Lockheed Sets F-35 Delivery Record In 2021

Jan 03, 2022
Last year’s delivery total of 142 raises overall fleet deliveries to 753 aircraft, with 397 — or about 53% — coming in the last three years alone. 
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NASA Begins To Tension Webb Telescope Sunshield

Jan 03, 2022
After successfully unfurling the James Webb Space Telescope’s tennis court-sized sunshield, flight controllers on Jan. 3 completed tensioning three of the shield’s five diamond-shaped membranes.
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Angara’s New Booster Fails To Orbit Dummy Satellite

Jan 03, 2022
The new Persei booster for Russia’s Angara 5A heavy rocket failed to deliver a dummy payload to its final geostationary orbit.
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Netherlands Declares F-35 Operational

Dec 28, 2021
The Netherlands has become the latest country to declare its F-35 fleet operational.

Funding & Policy

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ESA Head Backs Biden’s Call For 2030 ISS Extension

Jan 03, 2022
The European Space Agency has backed the Biden administration’s commitment to extending International Space Station operations through 2030.
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Telecom Giants Refuse, Then Agree To Delay 5G Services

Jan 03, 2022
Telecommunications giants AT&T and Verizon have refused a high-level U.S. government appeal to delay activating new 5G wireless networks on Jan. 5 as scheduled, offering instead to draw temporary exclusion zones around certain airports to protect against the possibility of interference with aircraft radio altimeters.
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Thailand Eyes F-35s, Loyal Wingman, Report Says

Jan 03, 2022
The Royal Thai Air Force is considering purchasing as many as eight Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning IIs as part of its modernization to replace its aging fleet of Northrop F-5E/Fs and F-16A/Bs.