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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, January 27, 2022

VOL. 279 NO. 18 January 27, 2022
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Business

building
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Every Boeing Division Records Charges In Latest Financial Results

Jan 26, 2022
Ahead of Boeing’s latest financial results released Jan. 26, financial analysts knew Boeing would be reporting on another ugly quarter and another ugly year.
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Rotorcraft Market Recovering After COVID, Airbus Claims

Jan 26, 2022
Airbus Helicopters says the rotorcraft market is showing signs of a post-pandemic recovery after the company logged more than 400 orders in 2021, an increase of around 40% compared to a year earlier. 
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Space Memorial Provider Celestis Buys Ride On First ULA Vulcan

Jan 26, 2022
Houston-based Celestis, which flies cremated remains in one of the more unique—and long-lived—commercial space service ventures, is adding a second payload on United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) debut Vulcan mission, slated to launch later this year. 
Autoflight
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China’s AutoFlight Sets Up In Europe To Certify eVTOL

Jan 18, 2022
AutoFlight Europe has set up shop in Augsburg, Germany, and is being led by Mark Henning, who joined the Chinese group from Airbus Helicopters earlier this month.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

Operations

F-35C
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U.S. To Salvage F-35C Lost In South China Sea

Jan 26, 2022
The U.S. Navy has confirmed that the Lockheed Martin F-35C involved in a “landing mishap” on Jan. 24 fell into the South China Sea and the service is now drawing up plans to salvage the aircraft.
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Chinese Spacecraft Functions As ‘Space Tug,’ Industry Official Reveals

Jan 26, 2022
A Chinese spacecraft that disappeared from orbit on Jan. 22 appears to be serving as a “space tug,” raising a defunct Chinese navigation satellite thousands of kilometers beyond geostationary orbit, according to a company that operates a network of more than 350 optical telescopes around the world.
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First Virgin Orbit UK Launch To Carry Omani Satellite

Jan 26, 2022
An Omani satellite will be among the payloads launched from Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne when it makes its first launch from the UK later this year.

Programs

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New KC-46 Charge Highlights Rift Between Boeing, USAF

Jan 26, 2022
Boeing on Jan. 26 reported another charge of $402 million on the KC-46, bringing the total cost overruns for the tanker to about $5.4 billion, and the way the company announced it highlights an ongoing rift with the U.S. Air Force.
RMAF
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Malaysian Air Force Gets First Two AW139s

Jan 26, 2022
The Royal Malaysian Air Force has inducted the first two of four Leonardo AW139 helicopters that it is leasing from oil and gas aviation provider Weststar Aviation Services. 
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E-7A Participation In USAF Exercise Will Inform Possible Buy

Jan 26, 2022
The U.S. Air Force’s premier combat training exercise, Red Flag, kicked off this week with a notable participant: an Australian E-7A Wedgetail that the American service is looking at buying.
CV-22
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Bell Delivers First CV-22 Nacelle Mod To U.S. Air Force

Jan 26, 2022
Bell has started work on the second CV-22 nacelle improvement modification package for the U.S. Air Force after returning the first upgraded tilt rotor aircraft in December.

Funding & Policy

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U.S., Russia Resolve Cosmonaut Visa Issue

Jan 26, 2022
Russian cosmonaut Nikolay Chub has received a U.S. entry visa, allowing him to attend training at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, Roscosmos confirmed Jan 26.

Technology

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NASA, HeroX Kick Off Mars Mission Recycling Challenge

Jan 18, 2022
NASA is working with crowdsourcing platform HeroX to award prizes for recycling concepts that could help diminish the trash buildup associated with early-stage human expeditions to Mars.

Program Dossier