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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, August 4, 2016

VOL. 257 NO. 24 August 04, 2016
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Funding & Policy

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FAA Clears Two Landmark Commercial Space Ventures

Aug 03, 2016
FAA commercial-space officials have authorized a robotic lunar lander and a suborbital human spacecraft for flight, marking a regulatory double play for the private spaceflight industry.
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Sanders New NASA Safety Panel Chair

Aug 02, 2016
Patricia Sanders, an independent aerospace consultant and retired executive director of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, will chair NASA’s seven-member Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel, an independent group of experts responsible for advising the agency’s administrator on a range of safety issues.
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Safety Team Chartered by FAA to Prevent UAS Accidents

Aug 02, 2016
Building on the success of the government-industry Commercial Aviation Safety Team (CAST) in reducing airline accident rates, the FAA is chartering an Unmanned Aircraft Safety Team (UAST) to address issues raised by growing unmanned aircraft system (UAS) operations.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Aug 04, 2016
VISIONGAIN estimates global military satellite market to reach $14.37b in 2016, driven by ...

In Brief

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Companies Team Up to Market Russian Military Aircraft Exports

Aug 04, 2016
Russian defense company Rosoboronexport and United Aircraft Corp.’s PJDC “KLA” signed an agreement to jointly promote the ...

Programs

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Osprey Shows Cargo Prowess During Demo

Aug 03, 2016
An operational demonstration aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson helped determine how best to integrate V-22 Ospreys with other carrier-deck movements.
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USAF Leadership Cool To Two-Step A-10 Replacement

Aug 03, 2016
A top U.S. Air Force general has questioned the viability of a new plan being kicked around inside the service to pursue not one but two new aircraft programs to recapitalize the close-air support mission, signaling that Air Force leadership is still cool to the idea.
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Osprey Flies With Flight-Critical 3D-Printed Parts

Aug 01, 2016
An MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor made its first flight incorporating a flight-critical component built using 3D-printing techniques earlier this month.
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AFSOC Receives First Up-Gunned AC-130J Ghostrider

Aug 03, 2016
As Air Force Special Operations Command’s legion of night-flying killers wreak havoc on battlefields around the globe from the AC-130 Stinger II and Spooky gunship, the first up-punched AC-130J Ghostrider armed with a 105-mm cannon has arrived at Hurlburt Field in Florida for developmental testing.
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Joint BAE-HAL Advanced Hawk Details Emerge

Aug 03, 2016
More details have begun to emerge about the plan of BAE Systems and India’s Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) to develop a light attack version of the Hawk jet trainer.