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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, August 7, 2017

VOL. 261 NO. 24 August 07, 2017
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Programs

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VH-92 Presidential Helicopter Takes Flight

Aug 03, 2017
Lockheed Martin says the milestone flight took place on July 28 at Sikorsky’s aircraft facility in Stratford, Connecticut.
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India Hunts For New Rocket Hardware Makers

Jul 31, 2017
India’s state-run space agency is looking for new manufacturers of rocket parts to boost the country’s launch capability.
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Moon Express Looks To Astronomy For Lunar Foothold

Aug 01, 2017
Moon Express Inc. recently agreed with the International Lunar Observatory Association to collaborate on the first in a succession of compact, multi-user astronomical observatories at the Moon’s South Pole by 2019.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Aug 07, 2017
BELL-BOEING has $57m U.S. Navy contract for retrofit of one MV-22 in support of the V-22 Common Configuration-Readiness and Modernization (CC-RAM) Program, intended to create one common Block C MV-22 configuration. U.S. NAVY conducted AN/SPY-6(V) Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) tracking test off the west coast of Hawaii on July 27. A medium-range ballistic missile target was launched from Pacific Missile Range Facility at Kauai and traced throughout its trajectory.

Funding & Policy

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DIUx Looks To Apply AI To Acquisition

Aug 07, 2017
The Pentagon’s Silicon Valley startup generator, Defense Innovation Unit Experimental (DIUx), has awarded a contract to SparkCognition to apply artificial intelligence and machine learning to the U.S. Air Force’s process of allocating resources to different programs. The company analyzes operations and previous situations to simulate the effects of decisions. This will be the first phase of a multi-stage contract. Future phases will look to refine the company’s model with more data and testing scenarios.

Technology

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Darpa To Protect Convoys From Drones

Aug 04, 2017
Darpa has selected three teams for the first phase of a program to demonstrate a system to protect convoys against small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS).

Business

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GeoSat Orders Continue Trending Down

Aug 03, 2017
Orbital ATK President and CEO Dave Thompson says his company foresees maybe just 10 orders of geocommunications satellites for all of 2017.

Fleet Snapshot

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Worldwide Embraer Super Tucano Fleets/Orders

Aug 07, 2017
View the Fleet Snapshot: Worldwide Embraer Super Tucano Fleets/Orders in PDF format.

Calendar of Events

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Upcoming Events

Aug 07, 2017
To list an event, send information in calendar format to Donna Thomas at [email protected]. For a complete list of Aviation Week Network’s upcoming events, and to register, visit www.aviationweek.com/events (Bold type indicates new calendar listing.)