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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, June 2, 2016

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U.K., Canada, France To Supply OneWeb Constellation

Jun 01, 2016
OneWeb Satellites, a 50/50 joint venture owned by OneWeb LLC and Airbus Defense and Space, has selected its first top-tier subcontractors to supply equipment for a new constellation of small Internet spacecraft that will operate in low Earth orbit.
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Hammerhead UAS Crashes Off Sicily

Jun 01, 2016
Piaggio Aero’s prototype P.1HH Hammerhead unmanned aircraft has been lost after crashing into the sea off Sicily.
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Indonesia Overhauling Flankers; Order For More On Hold

Jun 01, 2016
Indonesia is overhauling and upgrading its Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker series fighters, even as a long-expected order for additional aircraft appears to be on hold.
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U.S. Navy, MDA Test Modified Standard Missile-3

Jun 01, 2016
The Missile Defense Agency and U.S. Navy sailors aboard destroyer DDG 70 USS Hopper successfully conducted two developmental flight tests of the Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IB Threat Upgrade guided missile on May 25-26 off the west coast of Hawaii, the Navy says.
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New Evidence Points To Asteroid Impacts As Lunar Water Source

May 31, 2016
The vast majority of the Moon’s water, a small but significant volatile stored primarily in the lunar interior, was delivered by impacts from asteroids rather than comets over a 200-million-year period that followed the Moon’s formation, an analysis shows.
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Antares Appears Ready For Reflight After 30-Sec. Test

Jun 01, 2016
Orbital ATK engineers reported apparent success with a hot-fire test of the company’s Antares medium-lift launch vehicle fitted with a new Russian engine Tuesday.
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India Delays Launch of 22 Satellites Until June

May 31, 2016
India has delayed until June its plan to launch 22 satellites—a mission touted as a landmark step toward boosting the country’s potential in the global space business.
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India’s HTT-40 Basic Trainer Makes First Flight

Jun 01, 2016
India’s Hindustan Turbo Trainer-40 (HTT-40) made its first flight on May 31, powered by a Honeywell TPE331-12B turboprop engine.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Jun 03, 2016
RHEINMETALL CANADA and IAI subsidiary ELTA SYSTEMS teamed to propose ...

In Brief

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State Department Oks F/A-18 Support Sale

Jun 03, 2016
The U.S. State Department has approved a Foreign Military Sale of $420 million worth of services and support for ...

Technology

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Control System Upgrade Set For Special-Ops Chinooks

Jun 01, 2016
The search for cheaper and quicker ways to bring fly-by-wire benefits to helicopters has taken a step forward with the development of a flight-control upgrade for the Boeing Chinook.