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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, October 17, 2016

VOL. 258 NO. 11 October 17, 2016
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Programs

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India Weighs New Global Tanker Tender

Oct 14, 2016
India is weighing a global tender for an aerial tanker to replace its seven Ilyushin Il-78MKIs after scrapping plans to buy six Airbus A330 Multi Role Tanker Transports.
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DOD Moves Forward With Next-Gen GPS Control System

Oct 14, 2016
Despite significant cost growth and the risk of additional schedule delays, the Pentagon has decided to move ahead with Raytheon’s GPS ground-control system, the Department of Defense announced Oct. 14.
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Main Test Program For MHI X-2 To Begin Within Weeks

Oct 12, 2016
The main flight-test program of the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) X-2 fighter technology demonstrator will begin within weeks.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Oct 18, 2016
U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT approved possible $194m foreign military sale to Kuwait of six short-range Gap Filler Radars, one Long Range Radar, upgrades to existing AN/FPS 117 (V) 3 Long Range Radar, plus other upgrades and support. THALES’ Talios (TArgeting Long-range Identification Optronic System) laser targeting pod had first flight on DASSAULT Rafale fighter in July at Istres air base.

Funding & Policy

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Satellite-based Earth Observation Surge To Drive $35B In Manufacturing

Oct 18, 2016
Earth observation remains the primary application for emerging space programs, Euroconsult says, and growing funding in these programs is a key driver for overall space investment growth. Over the next decade, 419 satellites are slated to be launched, generating $35.5 billion in manufacturing revenue. The satellite-based commercial data market totaled $1.7 billion in 2015 but is expected to total $3 billion by 2025, according to Euroconsult’s report.

Technology

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Axiom Outlines ‘Space City’ Ambitions

Oct 14, 2016
Amid growing interest in private sector human spaceflight, startup Axiom Space is outlining a road map to develop an industrial “space city” in low Earth orbit based on multiple units of its modular habitat concept.
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Cosmic Galaxy Count Soars To 2 Trillion

Oct 14, 2016
The observable universe is awash in galaxies, literally.
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Pentagon Orders $20 Million In Imagery From LEO Smallsat Startup

Oct 14, 2016
Planet, a hot San Francisco-based Earth-observation startup that has launched dozens of CubeSat-class spacecraft into low Earth orbit (LEO), will provide daily imagery updates to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
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Jason Ocean-height Sats Reach Final Operating Positions

Oct 14, 2016
Controllers have maneuvered the Jason-2 spacecraft into an orbital slot 162 deg. away from the new Jason-3 satellite, giving weather forecasters and climate researchers a one-two punch.
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Nautilus-X Concept ‘Real Option,’ Ex-NASA Official Says

Oct 11, 2016
The Nautilus-X spacecraft concept is a "real option," a NASA retiree says.

Operations

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Raytheon Investing In Next ‘Multi-Mission’ Coyote UAV

Oct 10, 2016
Raytheon Missile Systems says it has begun developing a more modular and easily manufactured “Multi-Mission Coyote” UAV and has already flown several “primitive prototypes,” with more iterations to come in 2017.

Calendar of Events

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Upcoming Events

Oct 17, 2016
To list an event, send information in calendar format to Donna Thomas at [email protected]. For a complete list of Aviation Week Network’s upcoming events, and to register, visit www.aviationweek.com/events (Bold type indicates new calendar listing.) Oct. 17-18—Royal Aeronautical Society Conference—Delivering Sustainable Growth in Aviation, London, U.K. For more information go to http://aerosociety.com/Events/Event-List/2005/Delivering-Sustainable-Growth-in-Aviation