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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, September 5, 2016

VOL. 257 NO. 46 September 05, 2016
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Programs

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USAF’s Next ICBM Clears Milestone A

Sep 02, 2016
The U.S. Defense Department’s acquisition executive has signed off on the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) program’s entry into technology maturation.
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Elbit Eyes Offering Commercial Large UAS Services In U.S.

Sep 02, 2016
Elbit Systems of America is drawing up plans to offer commercial services using a company-owned fleet of Hermes 450 large unmanned aircraft systems (UAS).
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Japanese Defense Ministry Requests Six F-35As For Fiscal 2017

Sep 02, 2016
Japan would purchase six Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightnings under the budget request that the defense ministry has submitted for the fiscal year beginning in April 2017.
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Perlan 2 Glider Arrives In Argentina For Altitude Flights

Sep 02, 2016
The Perlan 2 stratospheric glider has arrived in Argentina to begin flight testing aimed at breaking the world altitude record for gliders of 50,671 ft.—set in Argentina in August 2006 by the Perlan 1—en route to achieving the goal of flying at 90,000 ft.
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U.S. Navy Moves Forward With Maritime Strike Tomahawk

Sep 02, 2016
U.S. warships and submarines could soon employ Raytheon’s Tomahawk Land Attack Missile Block IV against enemy surface vessels.
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Canadian Company To Work On KF-X Landing Gear

Sep 01, 2016
Heroux-Devtek of Canada will work with South Korea’s Hanwha to develop landing gear for the Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) KF-X fighter.
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Investigation Begins Into Airlander 10 Hard Landing

Sep 02, 2016
Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV), manufacturer of the Airlander 10 hybrid airship, has begun an investigation into the cause of the hard landing that damaged the aircraft during its second post-rebuild flight.
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U.S. Spacewalkers Retract ISS Radiator, Install Cameras

Sep 01, 2016
NASA astronauts Jeff Williams and Kate Rubins retracted an aging, deactivated 44-ft.-long International Space Station thermal control system radiator during a Sept. 1 spacewalk.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Sep 05, 2016
NASA approved spring 2018 launch of InSight Mars lander. Launch window opens May 5, 2018, with landing scheduled for Nov. 26. Launch was delayed from March 2016 due to problems with prime instrument. AEROSPACE CORP. has $844.3m U.S. Air Force contract for systems engineering and integration support for U.S. national space community. Work to be complete Sept. 30, 2017.

In Brief

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Starburst Accelerator Launches Venture Capital Fund

Sep 05, 2016
The CEO and founder of the aerospace and defense-focused Starburst Accelerator incubator, Francois Chopard, is forming a venture capital fund and has turned his attention to it full time. Chopard told Aviation Week early in 2016 he would like to add a fund to the incubator's portfolio, and on Aug.

Industry Data

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U.S. Navy Submarine and Anti-Submarine Warfare Spending: FY15-FY17($K)

Sep 05, 2016
View the U.S. Navy Submarine and Anti-Submarine Warfare Spending: FY15-FY17($K)

Calendar of Events

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Sep 02, 2016
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