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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, August 24, 2016

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Programs

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NASA Uses $85 Million Windfall To Build Heavy-Lift SLS Upper Stage

Aug 23, 2016
NASA is planning to build a powerful new upper stage for the heavy-lift Space Launch System (SLS) in time for its second flight.
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Rocket Lab Readies For First Electron Launch

Aug 23, 2016
Space company Rocket Lab has installed the launch platform at its purpose-built operating site in the Mahia Peninsula on New Zealand’s North Island, clearing the way for the first of three planned test firings before the start of commercial services in 2017.
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NASA’s Stereo-B Ends Long Silence

Aug 23, 2016
NASA has re-established contact with Stereo-B, one of two extended-mission spacecraft launched into solar orbit nearly a decade ago to study the nature of coronal mass ejections, the solar wind and the Sun’s far side.
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ISS Commander To Set New U.S. Career Spaceflight Record

Aug 22, 2016
Veteran NASA astronaut Jeff Williams will break the U.S. record for time accumulated in space over a career on Aug. 24.
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U.S. Army Seeks Urgent Radar Mod To Counter UAS

Aug 23, 2016
The U.S. Army wants to urgently upgrade up to 10 of its Lockheed Martin TPQ-53 mobile counterfire radars to detect, track and identify unmanned aircraft systems (UAS).

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Aug 25, 2016
NORTHROP GRUMMAN and the U.S. Marine Corps completed preliminary and critical design reviews for Ground Weapon Locating Radar (GWLR) ...

In Brief

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Lockheed Tests More-Agile Counter-Rocket Interceptor

Aug 25, 2016
Lockheed Martin has flight-tested an improved version of its Miniature Hit-to-Kill (MHTK) missile in its final firing under a U.S. Army program to develop ...

Technology

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U.S. Looks For Radar ‘Spectrum Efficiencies’

Aug 23, 2016
The FAA and the departments of Defense, Homeland Security and Commerce are planning to create a new cross-government program to investigate replacement options for long-range, short-range and weather radar systems supporting the aviation sector in the continental U.S.

Business

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Three Companies Divested To Investment Firm By Greenwich AeroGroup

Aug 23, 2016
Wichita-based Greenwich AeroGroup has sold Aero Precision Industries International, DAC International and NASAM to a fund managed by Odyssey Investment Partners.

Forecasts/Industry Data

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Fleet Snapshot: Worldwide C-130 Fleets

Aug 25, 2016
View the Fleet Snapshot: Worldwide C-130 Fleets chart in PDF format.