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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, May 3, 2022

VOL. 280 NO. 23 May 03, 2022
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Weekly Debrief

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The Weekly Debrief: Carrier Debate Shifts As Technology Advances

May 02, 2022
A century after the U.S. Navy commissioned the USS Langley (CVN 1) as the first American aircraft carrier in March 1922 over fierce internal…

Daily Briefs

In Brief

Operations

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Russia’s Angara 1.2 Rocket Has First Operational Launch

May 02, 2022
The Russian Aerospace Forces conducted the first operational launch of a light Angara 1.2 rocket from Plesetsk spaceport in the northern part of the country on April 29.
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U.S. Sends New Fighters To NATO’s Eastern Front As Aid Airlift Expands

May 02, 2022
The Pentagon is sending new rotations of fighter aircraft to NATO’s eastern front as the U.S. and other allies continue to airlift large amounts of aid into the region for Ukraine. 

Programs

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USAF Can Skip NGAD Risk Reduction, Kendall Says

May 02, 2022
The technology driving the new, unmanned collaborative aircraft that will fly alongside the U.S. Air Force’s Next Generation Air Dominance fighter is so ready that the service can skip any risk reduction activities and head straight into engineering and manufacturing development, Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall says.
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Firefly Completes IRR Of Blue Ghost Lunar Lander

Apr 28, 2022
Firefly Aerospace has completed the integration readiness review of its Blue Ghost M1 lunar lander.
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Lockheed Connecting U.S. Army Land-Based Radars With Aegis

Apr 29, 2022
Lockheed Martin is demonstrating how it can integrate U.S. Army land-based air defense radars into longer-range systems such as the U.S. Navy’s Aegis, with a specific eye on the Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) high priority of defending Guam.
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NanoAvionics To Build Hyperspectral Nanosat For Prométhée

Apr 29, 2022
French satellite startup Prométhée has contracted with NanoAvionics to build a hyperspectral nanosatellite demonstrator. The ProtoMéthée-1 will be based on NanoAvionics’ 16U nanosatellite bus M16P and would be a forerunner to plans to launch a 20-satellite constellation by 2025, Prométhée said on April 29.
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Roscosmos Updates Sfera Multi-satellite

Apr 27, 2022
Roscosmos has presented an updated version of the future Sfera multi-satellite orbital constellation after the Russian government approved it in early April.

Technology

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NASA Grants $95M For Next Batch Of SBIR Phase II Technologies

May 02, 2022
NASA’s Small Business Innovation Research program has chosen 110 U.S. small businesses to further develop their technologies via Phase II awards.
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JAXA To Support KHI In Hydrogen Technology Development

May 02, 2022
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency is to cooperate with Kawasaki Heavy Industries on the development of core technologies for hydrogen-powered commercial aircraft.

Business

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Drone Deliveries Build An Experience Base For Skyports

Apr 26, 2022
At first sight, drone delivery and vertiport development would appear only tangentially related.

Contracts