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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, February 28, 2022

VOL. 279 NO. 39 February 26, 2022
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Operations

Crimea
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UK Believes Russia’s Ukrainian Campaign Failed First Day Objectives

Feb 25, 2022
The UK’s intelligence agencies believe Russian forces failed to achieve their primary objectives on the first day of their campaign in Ukraine, British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace says. 
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Russia Does Not Have Air Superiority In Ukraine, U.S. Says

Feb 25, 2022
The Russian military does not have air superiority in Ukraine, with the U.S. Defense Department assessing that Ukrainian command and control has remained intact and the country is still operating air defenses and aircraft,
Kills
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Russia Adds Two Aircraft To Claimed Ukrainian Kills

Feb 25, 2022
Russia added two more Ukrainian Air Force aircraft on Feb. 25 to a running tally of shoot downs, raising the claimed overall total of aircraft kills to 11 since the invasion began, the state-owned TASS news agency says. 

Daily Briefs

In Brief

U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.)
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Oklahoma’s Inhofe Retiring From U.S. Senate

Feb 25, 2022
U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe, the long-serving Republican from Oklahoma and ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, has announced he will retire at the end of his term in 2027.

Technology

U.S. Air Force Rapid Dragon
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USAF Wants Additional Weapons For Its Palletized Munition System

Feb 25, 2022
The U.S. Air Force wants to expand the use of its experimental Rapid Dragon palletized munition system, issuing a new request for information to determine what existing or upcoming systems it could deploy.
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NASA Seeks Crowdsource Help In Assessing Mars Life

Feb 18, 2022
Working on behalf of NASA, crowdsourcing veterans HeroX and DrivenData have announced a new competition, “Mars Spectrometry: Detect Evidence for Past Life.”
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NASA, HeroX Team For Lunar Power System Crowdsource Competition

Feb 23, 2022
NASA and its HeroX crowdsource partner are proceeding with the second phase of a multiyear competition seeking innovative engineering concepts for the integration of electrical power transmission and energy storage in support of the agency’s Artemis initiative.
Hypoint
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HyPoint Opens Aircraft Fuel Cell Center In UK

Feb 22, 2022
The plant is projected to grow to 1 gigawatt-a-year production capacity by 2028 to fulfill conditional pre-orders for 600 aircraft systems from ZeroAvia and Piasecki Aircraft as well as Airbus.

Business

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A&D PE Firm AEI Buying Firefly Stake From Noosphere

Feb 25, 2022
AE Industrial Partners, a U.S. private equity firm active in aerospace and defense, said Feb. 24 that it had struck deal to buy a “significant” stake in embattled rocket startup Firefly Aerospace from investment group Noosphere Venture Partners.
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BAE Addressing ESG Investor Concerns

Feb 24, 2022
BAE Systems says it is working to make the defense industry’s voice heard over investor concerns about the sector’s environmental, social and governance credentials. 

Programs

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Stratolaunch’s Roc Retracts Gear For First Time

Feb 24, 2022
Stratolaunch’s Roc retracted and extended its landing gear for the first time on the 385-ft.-wingspan carrier aircraft’s fourth test flight from Mojave, California, on Feb. 24.

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