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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, February 2, 2022

VOL. 279 NO. 22 February 02, 2022
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Funding & Policy

OneWeb
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UK To Spend £1 Billion On ISR Satellite Capability

Feb 01, 2022
The UK has outlined plans to spend nearly £1 billion ($1.35 billion) to develop an on-orbit intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capability. 
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Israel Set To Deploy National Laser Shield

Feb 01, 2022
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett announced a plan on Feb. 1 to deploy a “laser wall” in the country’s south later this year to shoot down rockets from Gaza.
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U.S. Army Ready To Present Plan To Modernize Organic Industrial Base

Feb 01, 2022
U.S. Army Materiel Command is ready to outline its broad plan to modernize the country’s organic industrial base—the system of depots, arsenals and ammunition plants that serve the military—to ensure the manufacturing support is ready for a crisis.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

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F-35 JPO Completes First Phase Of ALIS Replacement

Feb 01, 2022
The F-35 Joint Program Office has delivered a modernized sustainment tracking system to 14 U.S. and European bases, completing the first phase of the rollout for the replacement of its glitch-prone predecessor.

Programs

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British Reaffirm PRSM Order Plans

Feb 01, 2022
The British Army has confirmed plans to join the Lockheed Martin Precision Strike Missile program as part of a wider upgrade to the Land Deep Fires capability.
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Kansas Team Jumps Into KC-Y Tanker Bidding Contest

Feb 01, 2022
A Kansas-based team plans to offer a tanker variant of a passenger-to-freighter converted Boeing 777-300ER to the U.S. Air Force.
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Volocopter Begins VoloCity Flight Tests

Jan 26, 2022
Air taxi developer Volocopter has started flight tests of its two-seat VoloCity electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft in Germany and says it is on track to certify by the end of 2023.

Operations

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NRO To Launch Classified Payload On Falcon 9

Feb 01, 2022
The National Reconnaissance Office and SpaceX on Feb. 2 plan to launch the first Falcon 9 carrying an NRO payload procured under the National Security Space Launch program, and the first time a booster will be reused for another NRO mission.
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SpaceX Launches Fourth Of 52 Missions Planned In 2022

Feb 01, 2022
After waiting out poor weather and a wayward cruise ship in Florida, SpaceX on Jan. 31 launched the newest member of Italy’s synthetic aperture radar Constellation of Small Satellites for Mediterranean basin Observation network, completing the fourth of 52 missions SpaceX plans this year.
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Isotropic Systems Demos Multilink Satellite Connectivity

Feb 01, 2022
Isotropic Systems simultaneously connected a multilink satellite terminal to satellites in medium Earth orbit (MEO) and geostationary orbit during trials at the U.S. Army Proving Ground in Aberdeen, Maryland.

Business

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In-Orbit Transportation Startup D-Orbit Goes Public In SPAC Deal

Jan 27, 2022
D-Orbit, an 11-year-old Italian startup offering the Ion Satellite Carrier for in-orbit positioning, unveiled a go-public effort on Jan. 27 to start trading on the Nasdaq stock exchange in a deal that should provide it up to $185 million.
Bristow
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Bristow Targets Lower MRO Costs Through eVTOLs

Jan 31, 2022
The helicopter operator believes the electric-powered advanced air mobility vehicles it has on order will require less MRO work than its current fleet.

Technology

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Supernal, NREL To Study AAM In Los Angeles

Jan 28, 2022
Hyundai’s urban air mobility company Supernal has partnered with the U.S. Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to study potential locations and energy demands for a vertiport network in Los Angeles.
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NASA Space Research Reaches Out To Earth

Jan 26, 2022
Spinoff 2022 is NASA’s latest edition of an annual profile linking the challenges of overcoming the technical hurdles of human spaceflight and other aerospace initiatives to improving life on Earth.
ATI
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FlyZero Identifies Zero-Emissions Opportunities For UK Industry

Jan 31, 2022
The UK’s FlyZero research project has revealed its concept for a 75-seat regional airliner powered by liquid hydrogen as it finalizes its study on how to prepare the country’s aerospace industry to participate in the development of future zero-emissions commercial aircraft.

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