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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, September 8, 2022

VOL. 279 NO. 48 September 08, 2022
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Programs

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Chinese Supplier Discovery May Stop F-35 Deliveries For Weeks

Sep 07, 2022
The discovery puts pressure on Lockheed’s goal to deliver 147-153 F-35s this year and highlights growing concerns about Chinese suppliers in critical U.S. defense supply chains.
U.S. Air Force MC-130
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C-130 Missile Launching Role Shopped To Foreign Air Forces

Sep 07, 2022
U.S. military officials are showing off a new long-range missile-launching role for large cargo aircraft to foreign countries.
Meteosat weather satellite
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Eumetsat Prepares For Launch Of New-Generation Weather Satellite

Sep 07, 2022
Meteosat Third Generation-I1, an Earth-observation satellite designed to provide significantly improved weather data, is in the final stages of integration at Thales Alenia Space’s assembly facility.
Korea Aerospace Industries FA-50
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African Nation To Take Delivery Of FA-50 LCAs Shortly

Sep 07, 2022
Korea Aerospace Industries is about to deliver FA-50 light combat aircraft (LCA) to an undisclosed first customer in Africa.
China Venus-50 pseudo satellite
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China Venus-50 Solar-Powered Pseudo Satellite Flies For First Time

Sep 06, 2022
China’s AVIC First Aircraft Institute has flown its Venus-50 solar-powered pseudo satellite for the first time.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

Technology

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Rocket Lab To Research Cargo Delivery Via Orbital Depots, Rockets

Sep 07, 2022
Rocket Lab has signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with U.S. Transportation Command to explore using the company’s Neutron and Electron launch vehicles to transport cargo around the world.

Funding & Policy

Defense Undersecretary Bill LaPlante
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Pentagon To Release New Guidance On Easing Inflation Impacts

Sep 07, 2022
The Pentagon plans within the next week to release new guidance on reducing the impact of inflation on vendors, particularly smaller companies that have firm, fixed-price contracts without flexibility to deal with increasing costs.

Operations

RAAF Boeing EA-18G Growlers
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F-35, Growler ‘Pull Punches’ In Multi-Lateral Exercise Pitch Black

Sep 07, 2022
The Royal Australian Air Force is not flying its Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning IIs and Boeing EA-18G Growlers to their full combat capabilities at Exercise Pitch Black.

Business

Albedo satellite
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Very-Low-Earth-Orbit Satellite Imagery Startup Albedo Raises $48M

Sep 07, 2022
Albedo, a startup developing very-low-Earth-orbit imagery satellites, has raised a $48 million Series A round.
SWC
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Space Warfighting Center Ushers In New Phase For Aerospace Corp.

Sep 07, 2022
The Colorado Springs facility will serve as a hub to educate, train and test space warfighters and analysts in realistic virtual environments.

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