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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, July 18, 2017

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Programs

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Air Force Weighs Scrapping A-10 Replacement

Jul 17, 2017
The U.S. Air Force is looking closely at the future of close-in warfare, but the service’s top general says that future may not include a direct replacement for the A-10 Warthog.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Jul 19, 2017
LOCKHEED MARTIN has $41.8m foreign military sales contract for computer program maintenance in support of Royal Australian Navy Hobart class ships.

In Brief

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U.S. Army Awards Leonardo $16M C-UAS Contract

Jul 19, 2017
The U.S. Army has awarded Leonardo DRS a $16 million contract to develop a counter-unmanned aerial system (C-UAS).

Technology

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Startup Commercializing NASA Hybrid-Electric UAS Technology

Jul 13, 2017
NASA’s Greased Lightning concept for a hybrid-electric, distributed-propulsion vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) unmanned aircraft system (UAS) has been licensed to a Virginia-based startup, Advanced Aircraft Co. (AAC).
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Mars Experiment Shows Tough Going For Life

Jul 10, 2017
Combinations of soil-borne chemistry and ultraviolet radiation from the Sun could be significant barriers to Martian organic activity and habitability, researchers’ findings show.
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Hypersonic Waverider Completes Test

Jul 13, 2017
A team of Australian-U.S. researchers has conducted the first successful glide flight of an advanced weapon-like waverider configuration at speeds of more than Mach 7.
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Solar Conjunction To Interrupt Mars Spacecraft Commanding

Jul 17, 2017
Five NASA spacecraft either orbiting Mars or roving its surface will be isolated from terrestrial commanding due to a Red Planet solar conjunction between July 22-Aug. 1.

Operations

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U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds Back In Europe

Jul 17, 2017
For Maj. Nick Krajicek, the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds’ first international appearance since 2011 was a dream come true.

Funding & Policy

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UAC Plans For Tight Russian Defense Budgets In Future

Jul 17, 2017
The future of Russian manufacturer United Aircraft Corporation’s defense products is likely to be smaller and more focused on new designs.

Contracts

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Selected U.S. Military Contracts for the Week of July 10-July 14, 2017

Jul 19, 2017
L-3 Communications Vertex Aerospace LLC, Madison, Mississippi, is being awarded $8,790,461 for modification P00022 to a previously awarded indefinite-delivery requirements contract

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