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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, March 16, 2017

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Contracts

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SpaceX Beats Out ULA For Latest GPS III Launch Contract

Mar 15, 2017
SpaceX beat out United Launch Alliance (ULA) to win a $96.5 million contract to launch a next-generation GPS III satellite to orbit, a huge victory for Elon Musk’s space venture.
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South Korea Renews Boeing Contract For F-15K Support

Mar 15, 2017
South Korea has contracted with Boeing for an additional five years of support of the country’s 60 F-15K fighters.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Mar 17, 2017
LOCKHEED MARTIN has $53.1m Missile Defense Agency contract for the Multi-Object Kill Vehicle Technology Risk Reduction (TRR) effort for a 36-month period.

In Brief

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Indian Air Force Sukhoi-30 MKI Fighter Crashes

Mar 17, 2017
An Indian air force Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter crashed March 15 while on a routine training sortie.

Funding & Policy

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A&D Trade Group Members Endorse Tax Overhaul, Border Tax

Mar 15, 2017
A who’s who of U.S. aerospace and defense companies is offering industry’s cover to help make sure Washington passes a Republican tax regime that is in part expected to cut corporate rates.

Technology

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JV To Provide UAV Traffic Management In Japan

Mar 15, 2017
Japanese online retailer Rakuten has formed a joint venture with low-altitude airspace service provider AirMap to provide air traffic management for UAVs, or UTM, in Japan.
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MLS Plans Launches At Nova Scotia Spaceport By 2020

Mar 15, 2017
Maritime Launch Services (MLS), a Canadian company, has chosen a spaceport in Nova Scotia as a site to launch Ukrainian rockets by 2020.
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Kepler Pitches In On Trappist-1 Planet Study

Mar 09, 2017
NASA’s Kepler mission has archived for the science community new raw data from a sustained and just-concluded Trappist-1 observing campaign using the exoplanet-seeking space telescope.
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Space Entrepreneurs Flooding U.S. With License Requests

Mar 09, 2017
U.S. government regulators are being overwhelmed by a flood of license requests from entrepreneurial space companies featuring technologies and applications that are new to the commercial world, industry and government officials said.

Programs

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Four Dead In Irish Coast Guard S-92 Crash

Mar 15, 2017
Three crewmen are missing and presumed dead after the March 14 crash of a Sikorsky S-92 search and rescue helicopter operated for the Irish coast guard.
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NASA-Funded Institute Seeks Astronaut Health Research

Mar 14, 2017
The NASA-funded Translational Research Institute is seeking study proposals on nine fronts that range from genetic diagnostic techniques to surgery and synthetic food production.

Business

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AirMed International Finds Growth In Texas

Mar 14, 2017
AirMed International has acquired San Antonio-based Air Medical.