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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, May 9, 2022

VOL. 280 NO. 27 May 09, 2022
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Funding & Policy

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To Address Inflation, DOD Prefers Supplemental Over Topline Rise

May 06, 2022
The Pentagon expects to go to Congress with a supplemental funding request next year to increase its budget if inflation continues at a high rate, and a senior defense official is cautioning against lawmakers adding more unsustainable spending for fiscal 2023 as a simple step to address inflation.
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Swiss Lawmakers Set Deadline For F-35 Contract Signing

May 06, 2022
Switzerland’s government is committed to signing a contract to buy its planned fleet of F-35 Joint Strike Fighters by the end of March 2023, before an offer deadline expires.
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DOD Buying Javelins, Stingers As It Plans Their Replacements

May 06, 2022
The Pentagon is reprogramming almost $1.5 billion from newly authorized Ukraine assistance funds to replenish its Javelin anti-tank munition stocks and order new Stinger anti-aircraft missiles for the first time in two years as the department moves forward on their replacements.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

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Vertical Pushes VX4 eVTOL Certification Back To 2025

Apr 29, 2022
UK startup Vertical Aerospace has pushed back certification and first deliveries of its VX4 air taxi to 2025, from 2024, as it prepares to begin flight tests of its full-scale demonstrator this summer.

Programs

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Kratos Taps Aerojet For Hypersonic Zeus Booster Production

May 06, 2022
Aerojet Rocketdyne is building as a subcontractor the newly branded Zeus booster system for the low-cost Erinyes hypersonic vehicle launched by Kratos Defense. 
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Phoenix Ghost Tactical UAS Goes From USAF’s Big Safari To Ukraine

May 06, 2022
Ukrainian troops are finalizing their training to become the first operators of a previously undisclosed U.S. Air Force-developed loitering munition, and the Pentagon said May 6 it came out of the service’s secretive office that handles rapid development of special mission aircraft.
Talios
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France Builds Talios Pod Stocks For Rafale

May 06, 2022
France has ordered an additional 21 Talios optronic targeting pods for its fleet of Dassault Rafale fighters. 
Hadley
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Phantom Space Places 200-Plus Engine Order With Ursa Major

May 04, 2022
Start-up launch vehicle and satellite developer Phantom Space has emerged from stealth mode with a purchase agreement for more than 200 rocket engines from Colorado-based propulsion company Ursa Major.
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Romania To Produce SkyCeptor Missiles In-Country

May 05, 2022
Raytheon has signed agreements with Romanian defense companies to produce SkyCeptor missiles in the Eastern European country. 
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German Project Developing Hydrogen Propulsion For Light Aircraft

May 04, 2022
German general aviation manufacturer Flight Design displayed a mockup of a version of its F2 light sport aircraft with zero-emission hydrogen fuel-cell propulsion at the Aero Freidrichshafen 2022 show on April 27-30.
X-57
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NASA Prepares X-57 For First Electric Flight Test This Summer

May 05, 2022
NASA is preparing its X-57 Maxwell all-electric experimental aircraft for its first flight test this summer.

Operations

Splashdown
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Crew-3 Astronauts Splash Down Off Florida’s Gulf Coast

May 06, 2022
NASA’s Crew-3 SpaceX Dragon capsule splashed down safely in the Gulf of Mexico off the Florida peninsula early May 6.

Technology

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Challenge Seeks Mars VR Testbed Environment

May 05, 2022
NASA is teaming with crowdsource solutions sponsor HeroX, computer game developer Epic Games and real-time graphics developer Buendea to sponsor the NASA MarsXR Challenge, a call for contributions to a virtual reality testbed environment meant to simulate experiences and situations that future astronauts might encounter on Mars.

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