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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, November 15, 2016

VOL. 258 NO. 32 November 15, 2016
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Funding & Policy

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NASA Seeks Budget Clarity For Next Exploration Steps

Nov 14, 2016
NASA's next steps toward its Journey to Mars plans could become a challenge without near-term action from Congress on 2017 and near-term budgets that keep pace with inflation.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Nov 15, 2016
MBDA DEUTSCHLAND tested new high-energy laser effector at military training facility on Germany’s North Sea coast under real environmental conditions.

In Brief

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The Week Ahead In Aerospace & Defense

Nov 15, 2016
With the U.S. presidential election season finally over, new and returning members of Congress converge on Washington this week to learn the ropes or resume their work.

Programs

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Aurora Modifies UH-1 To Demo Unmanned Resupply

Nov 14, 2016
Aurora Flight Sciences is converting a Bell UH-1H Huey helicopter to unmanned operation for the final phase of a program to demonstrate autonomous obstacle avoidance and landing capability for rapid cargo resupply.
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How Grounded F-35s Got Back In The Air

Nov 14, 2016
Aviation Week visited the U.S. Air Force’s first operational F-35 squadron to get an inside look at how maintainers fixed a problem with faulty insulation on the aircraft’s avionics cooling lines.
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General Atomics' Extended-Range Avenger Lifts Off

Nov 12, 2016
WASHINGTON -- The latest evolution of the General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Avenger, an armed unmanned aerial system, took flight at the company's Gray Butte Flight Operations Facility in Palmdale, California – lifting off at around 9 a.m. local time on Oct. 27. This “extended-range” version can fly for 20 hr. compared to 15 hr. for the baseline design, which first flew in 2009.
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Space Radar To Surveil GEO For Commercial Operators

Nov 14, 2016
Canada’s Thoth Technology has refurbished a 46-meter (151-ft.) radio telescope to create a commercial deep-space radar service providing surveillance of geostationary orbit over North America for satellite operators.

Business

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CHC Plans Chapter 11 Exit In Early 2017

Nov 14, 2016
International helicopter operator CHC has filed its proposed Chapter 11 plan with hopes of exiting bankruptcy court supervision in early 2017.
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Spirit AeroSystems Looks To Expand Programs

Nov 11, 2016
Spirit AeroSystems is looking at ways to grow its core aerostructures business, which could include business jet, regional jet, military and space programs, the company’s top executive said during a speech at a Wichita Aero Club luncheon here Nov. 10.

Contracts

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Selected U.S. Military Contracts for the Week of Nov. 7- Nov. 10, 2016

Nov 15, 2016
BAE Systems San Diego Ship Repair, San Diego, is being awarded a maximum value $192,682,485 cost-plus-award-fee, firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract.