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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, March 6, 2024

VOL. 287 NO. 45 March 06, 2024
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Funding & Policy

EU
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New European Defense Strategy Urges Member States To ‘Buy EU’

Mar 05, 2024
The plan also includes the creation of a European Defense Industry Program.
Chinese President Xi Jinping (C) and Premier Li Qiang (R) are served tea by hosts at the opening of the NPC, or National People's Congress, at the Great Hall of the People on March 5, 2024 in Beijing, China
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China Targets 'Military Transformation' With Budget Hike

Mar 05, 2024
Beijing is continuing to grow its war chest, set to increase defense spending by 7.2% year-on-year to 1.67 trillion yuan ($231.36 billion).
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NASA Eyes New Operating Plan For Mars Sample Return Mission

Mar 05, 2024
NASA’s Planetary Science Division is hopeful it can craft a new operating plan for the Mars Sample Return mission by July.
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NASA Johnson Signs Second Exploration Park Tenant

Mar 01, 2024
The American Center for Manufacturing and Innovation has signed a lease agreement with NASA’s JSC to become a second tenant of the center’s Exploration Park.
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Volocopter Receives Production Certificate From German Regulators

Mar 01, 2024
Volocopter has received an extension to its Production Organization Approval from Germany’s aviation authority.

Daily Briefs

In Brief

Operations

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USAF Tests F-35A In Most Complex Deployment To Asia Pacific

Mar 05, 2024
The U.S. Air Force is putting its Lockheed Martin F-35A through its paces in the type’s most complex deployment to the Asia Pacific.
The crew of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission
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NASA's Crew-8 Dragon Astronauts, Cosmonaut Dock To Space Station

Mar 05, 2024
Three NASA astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut arrived at the ISS early March 5 with the autonomous docking of the SpaceX Crew-8 Dragon Endeavour capsule.
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SpaceX Completes 10th Rideshare Mission As It Launches Starlinks

Mar 05, 2024
SpaceX completed a pair of overlapping Falcon 9 missions on March 4.

Programs

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Airbus, Singapore DSTA Unveil MRTT Boom Maintenance Data Models

Mar 05, 2024
The models are the result of a 2018 memorandum of understanding (MOU) aimed at pooling engineering resources.
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Lilium Says Production Of Structures For Second Jet Now Underway

Feb 27, 2024
Lilium says that production of key structures for its second production-conforming Lilium Jet is now underway.

Business

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Spain’s Aciturri Invests In Propulsion Electrification Startup Dovetail

Mar 04, 2024
Spanish aerostructures and engine components supplier Aciturri is to acquire a stake in Dovetail Electric Aviation.

Air Forces In Focus