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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, April 26, 2016

VOL. 256 NO. 18 April 26, 2016
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Programs

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NASA’s Deep-Space Ambitions Bring Nutritional Challenges

Apr 25, 2016
NASA is studying what - and how - astronauts will need to eat to sustain themselves on future deep-space voyages.
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Soyuz Issue Foils Third Launch Attempt For Sentinel-1B

Apr 25, 2016
European launch consortium Arianespace has for the third time scrubbed the launch of five satellites atop a Soyuz launch vehicle from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana.
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Australia Post To Test Delivery UAS

Apr 25, 2016
Australia Post is to test parcel delivery by unmanned aircraft system (UAS) in a closed-field trial planned for the send half of the year.
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HII Improves Heavy Lifting For Carrier Kennedy

Apr 25, 2016
In a maneuver called a “superlift,” Newport News Shipbuilding recently placed a 965-ton structure for the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier CVN 79 John F. Kennedy into dry dock.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Apr 26, 2016
U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT approved possible $260m foreign military sale to ...

In Brief

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The Week Ahead In Washington

Apr 26, 2016
Tuesday morning the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) will review the F-35 program with a high-powered panel of ...

Business

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Exports Help Boost Revenues At Russian Helicopters

Apr 25, 2016
The manufacturer’s revenue grew by 29.5% up to 220 billion rubles ($3.4 billion), but deliveries continued to shrink for the third year in a row,
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Safran Sells Detection Unit To Smiths Group Of London

Apr 25, 2016
Safran will sell U.S. subsidiary Morpho Detection LLC to London-based Smiths Group for $710 million.

Technology

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Darpa To Develop Next-Gen Design Tools

Apr 26, 2016
Advances in materials and manufacturing have outgrown today’s design tools, making it difficult to fully take advantage of the expanded design enabled by new materials and fabrication methods, Darpa says.

Funding & Policy

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HASC Panel Seeks To Protect Air Wing, Carrier Ops, Missiles

Apr 26, 2016
The House Armed Services Seapower and Projection Forces subcommittee is seeking to restore or augment funding for carrier-based and missile-related programs.
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Sweden Halts Flights Of Russian Research Aircraft

Apr 25, 2016
Shortly after the aircraft arrived in Kiruna in northern Sweden for the test flights, flight permissions for the aircraft were withdrawn and the authorities demanded the aircraft leave the country.

Contracts

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Selected U.S. Military Contracts for April 18 - 22, 2016

Apr 26, 2016
Selected U.S. military contracts for April 18, 2016 U.S. AIR FORCE Rockwell Collins Inc., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has been awarded a $83,000,000…