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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, August 18, 2016

VOL. 257 NO. 34 August 18, 2016
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Programs

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NASA Leads Bold Asteroid Encounter

Aug 17, 2016
OSIRIS-REx—the first U.S.-led mission to attempt a roundtrip to an asteroid for the collection of a small sample of surface materials—promises to pay dividends for planetary defense advocates as well as scientists eager for clues to the origins of life on Earth
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MDA’s Missile-Hunting UAV Buy Paced By Laser Development

Aug 17, 2016
The Missile Defense Agency probably won’t push for a fleet of ballistic missile hunting and tracking UAVs independent of a high-power laser weapon for boost-phase destruction if directed energy technology does not keep pace, the agency’s director Vice Adm. James Syring says.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Aug 19, 2016
RAYTHEON has initial contract to produce launchers for Norwegian-developed Naval Strike Missile (NSM) at production facility in Louisville, KY.

In Brief

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ULA Prepares To Launch Two More GSSAP Satellites

Aug 19, 2016
United Launch Alliance is preparing to launch the AFSPC-6 mission for the U.S. Air Force aboard a ULA Delta IV rocket from ...

Technology

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Airlander 10 Returns To Sky After Rebuild

Aug 17, 2016
Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV) has completed the first post-rebuild flight of the Airlander 10 hybrid airship.
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Lockheed Martin, Raytheon Clash On Patriot Radar Replacement Path

Aug 17, 2016
Lockheed Martin has called on the U.S. Army to continue collaborating with industry as it firms its requirements and acquisition plan for replacing or modernizing the Raytheon-built Patriot passive electronically scanned radar with gallium nitride (GaN)-based active array technology.

DMIN

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Defense Market Intelligence Notes

Aug 19, 2016
The U.S. Air Force has fired the starting gun on two multibillion-dollar competitions to bring America’s nuclear arsenal into the 21st century.