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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, May 1, 2017

VOL. 260 NO. 21 May 01, 2017
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Programs

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NASA Struggling To Meet Spacesuit Needs

Apr 27, 2017
NASA’s Inspector General has found the agency lagging in efforts to develop a new spacesuit for future human deep-space missions.
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New U.S. Army Helo Engine Threatened By Budget Woes

Apr 27, 2017
Development of new engine for the U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk and AH-64 Apache could grind to a halt if Congress cannot reach a budget deal for fiscal 2017.
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India Aims To Hike Annual Launches To 12

Apr 27, 2017
India is working to increase the number of its satellite launches to 12 per year from about the current eight.
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China’s Space Freighter Transfers Propellant In Orbit

Apr 28, 2017
China has achieved its first in-orbit transfer of propellant, from the Tianzhou 1 freighter to the Tiangong 2 orbital laboratory.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

May 02, 2017
SAAB has SEK 500m ($56m) order from Swedish Defense Material Administration for next generation anti-ship missiles. Deliveries to begin in the mid-2020s.

In Brief

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Silicon Valley’s Derwin Calls Out Musk

May 02, 2017
Doug Derwin wants SpaceX founder Elon Musk to sever his ties with President Trump and help battle the administration’s climate-change stance.

Technology

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VTOL Electric Air-Taxi Begins Tests in Germany

Apr 25, 2017
German startup Lillium has begun flight testing an unmanned prototype of its electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing air taxi.
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Tests Begin In Germany For VTOL Electric Air-Taxi

May 01, 2017
German startup Lillium has begun flight testing an unmanned prototype of its electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing air taxi.

Funding & Policy

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With Or Without Crew, NASA Slipping EM-1 Into 2019

Apr 27, 2017
Exploration Mission-1, NASA’s planned first flight of its heavy-lift Space Launch System and Orion deep-space crew capsule, won’t make its target launch date of November 2018.

Business

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GKN Looking To Asia For Next Acquisition

Apr 27, 2017
Aerospace component and structures manufacturer GKN Aerospace is looking toward Asia for its next major acquisition, chief executive Kevin Cummings says.

Calendar of Events

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Calendar of Events

May 02, 2017
May 4—SpeedNews AeroAuto Conference (AAC), Dearborn, Michigan. For more information go to http://events.aviationweek.com/current/public/enter.aspx