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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, August 30, 2022

VOL. 281 NO. 42 August 30, 2022
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Weekly Debrief

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The Weekly Debrief: Another Standoff Missile Enters USAF Acquisition Plans

Aug 29, 2022
The U.S. Air Force has three different standoff missiles in some stage of development and the latest variants of another in production, but that may not be enough.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

Programs

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CSAF: Collaborative Combat Aircraft To Fly With More Than Just NGAD

Aug 29, 2022
“What we’re looking at is not necessarily to do it solely with NGAD. How do you do it with the F-35, for example?” USAF Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. says.
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Russia Completes Development Of RD-171MV Engine

Aug 26, 2022
Russia has completed an upgrade of the world’s most powerful liquid rocket engine, the RD-171. 
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Space Norway Picks Suppliers For Maritime SAR Satellites

Aug 29, 2022
Space Norway has selected suppliers for a synthetic aperture radar satellite constellation that will be used by the Norwegian armed forces for monitoring Norway’s coasts for small boats conducting illegal activity.

Operations

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Technical Issue Nixes First SLS Launch Attempt

Aug 29, 2022
NASA had planned to launch the SLS, carrying an uncrewed Orion spacecraft, during a 2-hr. window that opened at 8:33 a.m. EDT. The next launch opportunity is at 12:48 p.m. EDT on Sept. 2.
Crew 5
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NASA Space Station Crew Launch Rescheduled

Aug 26, 2022
The change is to better accommodate the timing of upcoming operations aboard the ISS.

Funding & Policy

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U.S. Army, HawkEye 360 Sign RF Sensing Agreement

Aug 26, 2022
HawkEye 360 and the U.S. Army have signed a new, two-year agreement to develop and demonstrate new overhead radio frequency sensing capabilities that could be used to cue military surveillance assets.
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Pentagon Rushing Air Defenses, UAVs To Ukraine As Kyiv Launches Offensive

Aug 29, 2022
The Pentagon awarded Raytheon a contract for National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems for Ukraine.
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Artemis I Opens Door For New Space Exploration Program

Aug 28, 2022
The program is intended to provide global dividends across the science, economic and global leadership spectrums, NASA says.

Business

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SpaceX’s Starlink To Support T-Mobile Texting In Remote Areas

Aug 26, 2022
T-Mobile has announced an agreement to use SpaceX’s Starlink constellation of low-Earth-orbit communications satellites for text message coverage across the continental U.S., Hawaii, parts of Alaska, Puerto Rico and U.S. territorial waters—remote regions outside the signal of T-Mobile’s terrestrial network.

Contracts