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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, January 17, 2022

VOL. 279 NO. 11 January 17, 2022
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Funding & Policy

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Upcoming Pentagon Budget To Include Hypersonic Test Investments

Jan 14, 2022
The Pentagon’s new long-term budget plan, expected to be announced in March, will include a large investment in hypersonic test infrastructure to help the services develop the new weapons on an accelerated schedule.
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NASA Must Improve Assessment Of Future Astronaut Needs, Audit Says

Jan 11, 2022
NASA’s astronaut corps, currently historically lean, is so structured around International Space Station (ISS) operations that it may not be prepared to deal with attrition and reassignments as it faces numerous challenges, the agency’s inspector general says.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

Programs

Virgin
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Virgin Orbit Kicks Off 2022 Launch Manifest

Jan 14, 2022
Hours after SpaceX delivered a batch of satellites into polar orbits from Florida—previously an exclusive West Coast route—Virgin Orbit pulled off the reverse feat: deploying its customers’ spacecraft into 45-deg. inclination orbits from the California-launched LauncherOne rocket.
AW169M
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Italy Formally Awards Austrian AW169M Contract To Leonardo

Jan 14, 2022
The Austrian order is the second the Italian OEM has secured in recent months through a new model of government-to-government contract.
Eurofighter
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Leonardo Wins Contracts To Support Eurofighter AESA Radar Development 

Jan 14, 2022
Leonardo has been awarded contracts worth €260 million to support Hensoldt of Germany’s development of an active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar for Eurofighters operated by Germany and Spain.
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Thales FlytLink To Fly On Perlan 2 Stratospheric Glider

Jan 13, 2022
The Airbus-sponsored Perlan 2 stratospheric glider will carry a Thales FlytLink satellite communications terminal when it returns to flight, enabling real-time data downloads from altitudes exceeding 90,000 ft.
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Dassault Systemes Boosts Hydrogen-Transport Airship Startup

Jan 11, 2022
A U.S. startup that plans to use airships to transport green hydrogen and air cargo has been selected for a business accelerator program run by Dassault Systemes.
BrahMos
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Philippines Awards BrahMos Contract For Navy Requirement

Jan 14, 2022
Manila becomes the first foreign customer for the Indo-Russian supersonic anti-ship cruise missile.
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EPS Battery To Power Aura’s Aerobatic Trainer

Jan 12, 2022
French startup Aura Aero has selected Electric Power Systems (EPS) to provide the battery system for its prototype Integral E electric-powered aerobatic training aircraft.

Holiday Note

Operations

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USAF Planning RPAS Operations From UK Airfield

Jan 14, 2022
The U.S. Air Force and UK Ministry of Defense are looking to begin remotely piloted air system operations from Fairford airfield.

Technology

LanzaJet
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LanzaJet Secures Funding For First Alcohol-To-Jet SAF Plant

Jan 13, 2022
LanzaJet has secured financing to complete construction of the world’s first alcohol-to-jet (ATJ) sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) plant with a $50 million investment from the Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund.

Fleet Snapshot

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