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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, June 28, 2017

VOL. 260 NO. 62 June 28, 2017
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Funding & Policy

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House Defense Appropriators Want More F-35s, F-18s, Helos

Jun 27, 2017
The House Appropriations defense subcommittee has approved legislation that would boost weapons procurement by $18.6 billion above President Trump’s budget request, adding aircraft across the armed services.
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Do Mars Astronauts Need To Land?

Jun 26, 2017
This strategy also would feature less chance of introducing terrestrial contamination, reduced risk and perhaps a more manageable cost...

Programs

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Boeing’s CST-100 Progressing Toward 2018 Flight

Jun 27, 2017
The CST-100, along with SpaceX’s crewed Dragon, is one of two space capsules in development under NASA Commercial Crew contracts to fly U.S. astronauts to the ISS...
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GPS III Satellites In Full Production

Jun 26, 2017
The first spacecraft is in storage, awaiting launch in 2018, and the second is integrated and ready for environmental testing, according to Lockheed Martin.
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India’s Mars Probe Hits 1,000 Earth Days In Orbit

Jun 27, 2017
A senior scientist at the Indian Space Research Organization says the 1,000 Earth days correspond to 973.24 Mars Sols.

Technology

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Raytheon Tests New Laser Weapon On Apache Gunship

Jun 26, 2017
Images released by the company show a rail-mounted laser weapon capped by the company’s electro-optical infrared Multi-Spectral Targeting System, typically carried by the General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper.

Operations

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Militaries, Industry Grapple With Cybersecurity Conundrum

Jun 22, 2017
For at least the whole of the current century, militaries have understood the critical role cyberdefense plays in every aspect of operations. Yet most military organizations appear reluctant to train for network defense outside of specialist cyber units.