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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, July 29, 2022

VOL. 281 NO. 20 July 28, 2022
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Funding & Policy

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Draft Senate Spending Bill Adds 54 Aircraft, Criticizes F-35 Costs

Jul 28, 2022
The $850 billion defense spending bill for fiscal 2023 calls for buying 375 aircraft of all types and throws lifelines to several programs.
Space Force chief Lt. Gen. Chance Saltzman
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Biden Selects Saltzman To Lead U.S. Space Force

Jul 28, 2022
President Joe Biden has nominated Lt. Gen. Chance Saltzman to be the second chief of space operations for the U.S. Space Force.
Starlab space station concept
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Experts Acknowledge Challenges To LEO Research Beyond The ISS

Jul 27, 2022
As NASA looks to transition scientific research and development activities underway aboard the International Space Station to successor private-sector stations, it must identify and overcome the constraints, program officials warn.
Mi 17
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Philippines Cancels Mi-17 Deal With Russia

Jul 28, 2022
Fearing potential sanctions, the Philippines government scrapped the $227 million deal.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

Business

A400M
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Airbus Takes Another A400M Charge, But Defense Revenues, Orders Grow

Jul 28, 2022
Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury told investors that the company remained “fully committed” to the European FCAS.

Programs

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U.S. Clears Huge Munitions Package With German F-35 Deal

Jul 28, 2022
The U.S. government has approved an export package for a pending German order for 35 Lockheed Martin F-35s that includes U.S.-made stealthy cruise…
UK Eurofighter Typhoon
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First Eurofighter Deliveries To Qatar Planned For Third Quarter

Jul 28, 2022
BAE Systems is closing in on the first delivery of Eurofighter Typhoons to Qatar as production work on components for the combat aircraft grows to accommodate new orders from Germany and Spain.
Mars Sample Return simulation
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NASA Adds Helicopters To Mars Sample-Return Campaign

Jul 27, 2022
NASA and the European Space Agency are dropping plans for a dedicated Mars rover to fetch rock and soil samples being collected by the ongoing Perseverance science rover.
UYK Sentry AEW aircraft
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Ex-RAF Sentry AEW Aircraft Arrives For New Career In Chile

Jul 28, 2022
The first of two former UK Royal Air Force Boeing E-3D Sentry airborne-early-warning aircraft has arrived in Chile for delivery to its air force.

Operations

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Lockheed F-35 Design Evades Martin-Baker Ejection Seat Grounding

Jul 28, 2022
A unique design feature has excluded the Lockheed Martin F-35 fleet from a grounding order that has hobbled other aircraft using Martin-Baker ejection seats.
U.S. Africa Command Gen. Stephen Townsend
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Africom: Russia Trying To Block Western Surveillance Of Mali

Jul 28, 2022
Russia is increasing its influence in Western Africa, with more than 1,000 mercenaries bolstered by new air-surveillance radars and air-defense systems in Mali deployed to keep the West from watching, the head of U.S. forces on the continent says.
UAE astronaut Sultan AlNeyadi
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UAE Astronaut Named To SpaceX Crew-6 ISS Mission

Jul 26, 2022
United Arab Emirates astronaut Sultan AlNeyadi has been named to lift off to the International Space Station aboard NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission planned for launch next spring.

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