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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, August 26, 2016

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Programs

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Northrop T-X Makes First Flight

Aug 25, 2016
The aircraft is believed to have taken off at around 12:48 p.m. Pacific time Aug. 24 and remained airborne for at least two hours.
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Boeing Wins F-15 Fatigue Testing Contract

Aug 25, 2016
The U.S. Air Force has awarded a contract to Boeing to continue F-15 full-scale structural fatigue testing through August 2021 as the only F-15E Strike Eagle to record an air-to-air kill flies past 12,000 hr.
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USAF, GAO Clash Over A-10 Retirement

Aug 25, 2016
The U.S. Air Force is at odds with the U.S. Government Accountability Office over divesting the A-10 attack aircraft.
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T-X Winner Seen Dominating Market ‘For Decades’

Aug 25, 2016
Boeing’s head of T-X sales and marketing suggests there could be a global market for as many as 2,100 aircraft in the T-X’s class.
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Ariane 5 ECA Lifts Pair of Intelsat Spacecraft

Aug 25, 2016
A European Ariane 5 ECA launcher placed two Intelsat communications satellites in geostationary transfer orbit Aug. 25, lifting a record combined total mass of 10,735 kg, the bulk of which comprised the spacecraft.
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Spacewalkers To Retract Space Station Radiator

Aug 25, 2016
International Space Station commander Jeff Williams is set to embark on a planned 6- to 7-hr. spacewalk with fellow NASA astronaut Kate Rubins on Sept. 1 to retract a 44-ft.-long radiator panel extended nearly four years ago to deal with a long-resolved ammonia coolant leak.
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USAF Still Calculating Cost Of New ICBM

Aug 26, 2016
The U.S. Air Force is pressing forward with a competition to begin designing the first new U.S. intercontinental ballistic missile since the end of the Cold War, despite not having a unified estimate of what it will likely cost taxpayers.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Aug 26, 2016
AIRBUS DEFENSE AND SPACE demonstrated A400M airlifter landing on sand runway with development aircraft MSN2 over three-week period in August at Woodbridge, UK. ROCKWELL COLLINS and U.S. Air Force completed data transfer from airborne C-17 to ground station over Wideband High Frequency (WBHF) channel during two-day flight between Dover AFB, DE, and Joint Base Lewis-McChord, WA. GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC.’s new Unmanned Aircraft System Flight Training Academy graduated first cadre of company aircrews Aug. 12.

Funding & Policy

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Texans Unite to Protect Local Space Sector

Aug 26, 2016
U.S. House space subcommittee chairman Brian Babin (R-Texas) earlier this month announced the formation of the Texas Space Congressional Caucus. The new group will try to “help advocate and protect the interests of NASA’s Johnson Space Center and the space industry across Texas.” Fellow Texas Republican Rep. John Culberson will co-chair the group, whose members also include Houston-area Democratic congressmen Gene Green and Al Green.

Industry Data

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Forecast Friday: World Transport Aircraft MRO Demand By OEM, 2016-2025

Aug 26, 2016
View the Forecast Friday: Tanker MRO Demand By OEM, 2016—2025 chart in PDF format.