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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, April 5, 2017

VOL. 260 NO. 3 April 05, 2017
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Programs

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Aerojet Rocketdyne Staying In Game To Replace RD-180

Apr 04, 2017
Propulsion engineers at Aerojet Rocketdyne are banking on their company’s long experience building large rocket engines to see its AR1 kerosene engine as the logical replacement for the Russian RD-180 to launch future U.S. national security payloads.
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Space Fence Clears Contractor Test

Apr 04, 2017
The new Space Fence will be the world’s largest S-band digital array radar, capable of seeing objects the size of a marble in low Earth orbit.
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T-X Experience Key To Boeing’s Future Fighter Bids

Apr 04, 2017
Boeing Phantom Works sees its joint development of the TX next-generation training aircraft with Saab as how it would approach the development of future front-line fighters.
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MH-60 Midlife Upgrade Includes New Blades, Engine Changes

Apr 04, 2017
The midlife upgrade being planned for the U.S. Navy MH-60 “Sierra” and “Romeo” Sea Hawk fleets will include new rotor blades and engine improvements to boost speed, range and lifting capacity.
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ESA Shortlists Two Landing Sites For ExoMars 2020

Apr 04, 2017
The two candidate sites just north of the planet’s equator are believed to be at a suitably low level so that there is sufficient atmosphere to help slow the landing module’s parachute descent.
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Orbital ATK ISS Resupply Liftoff Reset For April 18

Apr 04, 2017
Orbital ATK, United Launch Alliance and NASA are targeting April 18 for the launch of Orbital’s seventh NASA-contracted resupply mission to the International Space Station.
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NASA’s Maven Measures Mars Atmosphere Loss

Mar 31, 2017
Scientists assigned to NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution, or MAVEN, spacecraft have quantified the red planet’s loss of atmosphere to the forces of the solar wind and radiation.
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KHI C-2 Airlifter Development Complete After 16 Years

Mar 31, 2017
Development of the Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) C-2 airlifter is complete, 16 years after program launch, says the Japanese defense ministry, declaring the type fit for service.
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Lockheed Sees Future For Hypersonic Glide Vehicles On GBSD

Mar 21, 2017
Lockheed Martin says the next-generation intercontinental ballistic missile it has proposed to the U.S. Air Force to replace the Boeing Minuteman III is modular enough to someday carry maneuvering hypersonic glide vehicles.
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India To Launch Five Comsats In 2017

Apr 04, 2017
India plans to launch five communications satellites by December.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Apr 05, 2017
UNITED LAUNCH SERVICES LLC has $146.5m U.S. Air Force contract for launch vehicle production services, including support of an Atlas V 551, 5M Payload Fairing 9-ft. Plug and transportation, through Dec. 12, 2020. LOCKHEED MARTIN has $1.6b U.S. Army contract for the Counter Fire Target Acquisition Radar System full-rate production and deployment through March 29, 2022.

Technology

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Fly/Drive Panther Makes Doorstep Delivery

Apr 05, 2017
If the thought of a delivery UAV landing in the yard raises safety and noise concerns, Advanced Tactics Inc. has demonstrated an alternative: a small unmanned aircraft that lands and drives up to the door with no propellers turning. The Torrance, California-based company has conducted the first package-delivery test with its Panther Air/Ground Robot. The vehicle landed in an open clearing away from buildings and people, then drove along the sidewalk and up to the test customer’s doorstep. Carrying a 5-lb.

Spec Showcase

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Sikorsky MH-60/UH-60

Apr 05, 2017
Description : Sikorsky’s S-70 family of medium helicopters includes a series of maritime variants, including several with anti-submarine warfare (ASW) capabilty.