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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, June 29, 2016

VOL. 256 NO. 63 June 29, 2016
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Programs

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Static Test Wraps Up SLS Solid-motor Qualification

Jun 28, 2016
The hot-fire test of a chilled-down solid-fuel rocket motor for NASA’s planned heavy-lift Space Launch System (SLS) on June 28 moved the big human-rated rocket a step closer to its first flight in 2018.
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India’s Su-30KI Flies With BrahMos Missile

Jun 28, 2016
An Indian air force (IAF) Su-30MKI has flown for the first time carrying the 2,500-kg (5,500-lb.) Indo-Russian BrahMos supersonic missile.
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Tanker Problems Delay F-35 Atlantic Crossing

Jun 28, 2016
Tanker problems are holding up the long-awaited transatlantic deployment of British and U.S. Marine Corps F-35Bs in time for their debut at two major U.K. air shows.
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NOAA’s New Solar Sentry Satellite To Go Operational

Jun 28, 2016
Dscovr, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s inaugural space weather satellite, is prepared to become an operational solar sentry on July 27.
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F-35 To Demo Vertical Landing, Aerial Refueling At RIAT

Jun 27, 2016
U.S. Marine Corps and U.K. F-35Bs will land vertically on a pad of AM-2 aluminum matting at Royal Air Force Fairford during the Royal International Air Tattoo.
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Modernized Buk-M3 SAM Passes Final Tests

Jun 28, 2016
The Russian armed forces will receive the first brigade of the new Buk-M3 medium-range surface-to-air missile system this year, says Yan Novikov, CEO of Almaz Antey, the system’s manufacturer.
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MDA Backs Laser-Equipped UAVs To Shoot Down Missiles

Jun 27, 2016
MDA's directed energy roadmap shows continued investment in an assortment of high-power laser technologies that will be married with an unmanned missile shooter in the fiscal 2021 timeframe.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Jun 30, 2016
NORTHROP GRUMMAN AOA XINETICS has contract to build functional actuator mirror prototype for ...

In Brief

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Virgin Galactic’s Isakowitz Picked To Head Aerospace Corp.

Jun 30, 2016
Trustees of The Aerospace Corporation have picked Steve Isakowitz as ...

Leader Spotlight

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Leader Spotlight: U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh

Jun 30, 2016
View the Leader Spotlight: U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh document in PDF format.

Funding & Policy

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CNO: Anti-Ship Ballistic Missiles Now ‘Part Of Life’

Jun 28, 2016
The U.S. Navy has no choice but to operate in a world where more countries are getting access to anti-ship ballistic missiles (ASBMs), says Adm. John Richardson, chief of naval operations.