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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, February 22, 2023

VOL. 283 NO. 35 February 22, 2023
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Weekly Debrief

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The Weekly Debrief: UAE Makes Next Move As Combat Aircraft Manufacturer

Feb 21, 2023
UAE defense companies are showing off systems that if fielded could move the country into the category of makers of large autonomous combat aircraft.

Daily Briefs

Funding & Policy

Kyiv
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Major U.S. Aerial ISR Operation Supports Biden Visit To Kyiv

Feb 20, 2023
President Biden promised further deliveries of lethal aid and equipment to Ukraine as he made a surprise trip to Kyiv on Feb. 20.
Olaf Scholz
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German Chancellor Committed To Increased Defense Spending

Feb 20, 2023
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has been widely criticized for moving too slowly in spending the €100 billion committed to recapitalizing the Bundeswehr.
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Putin Formally Suspends Russia’s Participation In New START Treaty

Feb 21, 2023
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced Feb. 21 that his country would formally suspend its participation in the New START nuclear arms control treaty.
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UK Royal Navy Expanding UAS Vision

Feb 21, 2023
The UK Royal Navy is eyeing plans to integrate a rotary-wing uncrewed air system on all of its surface vessels.
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USAF Re-evaluating Force Structure, Squadron Size As CCAs Develop

Feb 21, 2023
As the USAF looks to develop uncrewed collaborative combat aircraft to fly with future fighters, the service is also rethinking how it organizes these fleets.
SpaceX Starlink launch
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SpaceX Hit With Fine Notice For FAA Regulation Violation

Feb 17, 2023
The FAA says SpaceX failed to file required launch collision-avoidance data ahead of a Falcon 9 launch with a batch of Starlink satellites last August.

In Brief

Programs

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Boeing, Saab, Northrop Respond To NATO E-3 Successor Calls

Feb 21, 2023
Boeing, Saab and Northrop Grumman have responded to a NATO request for information for airborne early warning aircraft.
Patriot PAC-3 missile
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Switzerland Adding PAC-3 MSE Missiles For Patriot Air Defense

Feb 17, 2023
Switzerland is to acquire Lockheed Martin PAC-3 MSE missiles for its new Patriot air-defense systems as part of an uptick in military spending.
Hongdu
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UAE Signs Chinese Jet Trainer Deal

Feb 21, 2023
The United Arab Emirates is understood to have gone through with a controversial deal to buy Chinese advanced jet trainers. 
AG600M
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AVIC’s AG600 Seaplane To Enter Production In 2025

Feb 20, 2023
Marketed as an aircraft designed to conduct humanitarian operations, AVIC's 60-tonne AG600 is also expected to serve the People’s Liberation Army.
Raduga missile factory
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Raduga Touts New Russian Missile Configuration

Feb 17, 2023
The configuration appears to borrow the body of the Kh-69 land attack cruise missile unveiled at the Army 2022 exhibition near Moscow last August.
Lockheed Martin F-35
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Germany Could Build F-35 Center Fuselages Through Partnership

Feb 17, 2023
Germany could become a new source of center fuselages for the F-35 program, taking over from Turkish industry.
Martian moon Deimos
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UAE Adds Mars Moon Deimos To Hope Probe Science Roster

Feb 15, 2023
The United Arab Emirates’ first interplanetary spacecraft is expanding its studies at Mars to include flybys of the planet’s small outer moon, Deimos.
Joby S4 propleller
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Joby Tests eVTOL Propeller In NFAC Wind Tunnel

Feb 17, 2023
Joby Aviation has begun testing the propeller for its S4 tiltprop eVTOL aircraft in the National Full-Scale Aerodynamic Complex.

Operations

H3
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Japan Abandons Debut H3 Launch Following Booster Failure

Feb 17, 2023
Japan was forced to abort the launch of its new H3 rocket after the launch vehicle’s SRB-3 boosters failed to ignite.
MS-21
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Russian Cargo Capsule Departs ISS Following Coolant Leak

Feb 20, 2023
The Russian Progress MS-21 resupply capsule completed a destructive re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean.
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Roscosmos Moves Up Soyuz MS-23 Launch

Feb 21, 2023
Russia’s Roscosmos Space Corp. has rescheduled the launch of the uncrewed Soyuz MS-23 spaceship to the International Space Station to an earlier date.
Hwasong-15
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North Korea Boasts Readiness By Launching ICBM At Short Notice

Feb 20, 2023
North Korea has announced the successful execution of an unplanned firing drill that saw a Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missile.

Air Forces In Focus

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