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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, January 6, 2017

VOL. 259 NO. 4 January 06, 2017
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Programs

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U.S. Air Force Phases Out Legacy U-2 Sigint Collector

Jan 05, 2017
The Lockheed Martin Skunk Works U-2S fleet appears to have fully transitioned to the RQ-4 Global Hawk’s primary communications and electronic intelligence collector, the Northrop Grumman ASQ-230 Airborne Signals Intelligence Payload (ASIP).
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ESA Gears Up For Sentinel-2B Earth Observation Sat Launch

Jan 04, 2017
The Airbus-built Sentinel-2B satellite, to be shipped this week to Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana for a March launch, will contribute to unprecedented optical imaging performance, the European Space Agency (ESA) says.
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U.S. Air Force B-52 Heavy Bomber Loses An Engine

Jan 05, 2017
One of eight medium-thrust engines fell off a U.S. Air Force B-52 heavy bomber from Minot AFB, North Dakota, in a Jan. 4 incident, the service confirmed to Aviation Week.
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Deep-Space Small Bodies Are NASA’s Next Discovery Targets

Jan 04, 2017
NASA is funding probes that will visit Trojan asteroids in Jupiter’s orbit around the Sun, and a unique main-belt asteroid that may be the surviving metallic core of a long-destroyed planet.
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China Joins U.S., Japan In Monitoring CO2 From Space

Dec 23, 2016
A new Chinese satellite will give China an independent way to monitor carbon dioxide levels worldwide.
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Astronauts, Robots Join For Space Station Battery Swap

Jan 05, 2017
One of the most tightly choreographed joint human and robotic activities ever undertaken aboard the International Space Station, unfolding since New Year’s Eve, reaches a milestone on Jan. 6.
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ESA Preps Mars Probe For ‘Aerobraking’

Jan 03, 2017
The European Space Agency (ESA) is reviewing its plans for the series of maneuvers that the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) will perform soon to circularize its orbit around Mars with minimum fuel consumption.
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NASA’s Mars Odyssey Rebounds from Safe Mode

Jan 03, 2017
NASA’s Mars Odyssey is expected to resume science observations this week, following a Dec. 26 safe mode incident.
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Tiger Upgrade Plans Take Shape

Jan 05, 2017
Airbus Helicopters has begun airframe studies on the Tiger attack helicopter to assess whether the aircraft will need structural modifications to see out a 40-year operational life.
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India Test-Fires Agni-V In Final Operational Configuration

Jan 04, 2017
India has conducted the last developmental test-firing of its homegrown Agni-V intercontinental ballistic missile.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Jan 07, 2017
SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE (formerly SAGEM) has French DGA order for AASM Block 4 modular air-to-ground kits to be mounted on NATO-standard bomb bodies.

In Brief

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Pentagon Acquisition Chief Approves Ohio Class Replacement

Jan 07, 2017
​Frank Kendall, the Pentagon’s top weapons buyer, on Jan. 4 approved the U.S. Navy’s planned replacement for Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarines to begin development

Funding & Policy

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Stop Cutting Public Research Funding, French Lobby Says

Jan 05, 2017
French aerospace industry lobbying group Gifas is worried that cuts in public research funding may jeopardize the leading position of French companies at a time when other European countries are maintaining their support to aerospace research.

Business

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Arianespace Sees Busy 2017

Jan 04, 2017
Arianespace is planning on 12 launches this year with its Ariane 5, Soyuz and Vega rockets.