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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, May 26, 2022

VOL. 280 NO. 40 May 26, 2022
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Funding & Policy

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BlackSky, Maxar, Planet Win NRO’s Largest Imagery Contract Effort

May 25, 2022
The U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) has awarded its largest-ever commercial imagery contract effort—up to billions over the next decade—to BlackSky, Maxar and Planet at a critical time for the industry.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

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AAM Infrastructure Development Gathers Pace

May 25, 2022
Volocopter has signed a memorandum of understanding with fixed-based operator Jetex to deploy and operate vertiport infrastructure and services for urban air mobility.

Programs

UH-72A Lakota helicopter
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UH-72 Fleet Nets $1.5 Billion Logistics Deal For Airbus

May 23, 2022
Airbus has received a U.S. Army contract worth potentially more than $1.5 billion to provide logistics support to the UH-72A/B Lakota fleet over the next 5 years, the company said on May 23.
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BAE Systems, Leonardo Eye Typhoon Radar 2 Flight Test In 2023

May 25, 2022
Leonardo is set to deliver components for the first Radar 2 variant of the active electronically scanned array radar for the Eurofighter Typhoon by year’s end,
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SpaceX Launches Fifth Rideshare Mission

May 25, 2022
SpaceX continued its weekly launch pace with liftoff of a Falcon 9 rocket on May 25 carrying 59 small satellites and hosted payloads, marking the company’s fifth rideshare mission.  Following launch at 2:35 p.m. from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, the rocket’s first stage returned to the launch site while the upper stage fired to place the Transporter-5 payloads into a preliminary polar orbit.

Operations

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Boeing’s Starliner Returns To Earth In New Mexico

May 25, 2022
Boeing’s uncrewed CST-100 Starliner successfully completed a six-day roundtrip test flight to the International Space Station (ISS) May 25, with an undocking, re-entry and parachute descent at White Sands Space Harbor on the grounds of the U.S. Army’s White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico.
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Walmart, DroneUp Expanding Drone Delivery Across U.S.

May 25, 2022
The expanded network will have the potential to reach 4 million households and deliver more than 1 million packages a year.
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China, Russia Conduct Joint Bomber Flights As Quad Meets 

May 25, 2022
The mission prompted the scramble of Japanese and South Korean fighters, as it skirted territorial airspaces. 
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NATO Global Hawks Surge To Monitor Conflict In Ukraine

May 25, 2022
The Sigonella, Italy-based fleet of five Northrop Grumman RQ-4Ds conducted surge operations May 11-18 along NATO's eastern front.

Business

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Axiom Space Joins With Italy To Grow Commercial Space Activity

May 25, 2022
Axiom Space and Italy’s minister for Technological Innovation and Digital Transition have signed a memorandum of understanding to advance existing collaboration, the Houston-based firm announced May 25.