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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, August 18, 2017

VOL. 261 NO. 33 August 18, 2017

Programs

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Avenger C Prospects Brighten With Potential International Deal

Aug 17, 2017
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems is in the early stages of negotiating the potential sale of as many as 90 Predator C Avenger remotely piloted aircraft to an unidentified international customer.
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Spacewalking Cosmonauts Initiate 3D-Printed Small Sat Test

Aug 17, 2017
Russia staked claim to the first Earth-orbiting 3D-printed small satellite Aug. 17 following deployment of the Tomsk TPU-120 by cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin outside the International Space Station.
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NASA Looks To Buy Commercial After TDRS

Aug 17, 2017
The last of NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellites (TDRS) is poised for liftoff on Aug. 18, as the agency looks ahead to transitioning responsibility for its space communications network to commercial systems in the mid 2020s.
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India Targets Late August For IRNSS-IH Launch

Aug 17, 2017
India is planning to launch its eighth Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System spacecraft in the last week of August, an Indian Space Research Organization official says.
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Raytheon Proposes SM-3/ADMR To Defend Hawaii

Aug 16, 2017
Raytheon wants to defend Hawaii using “full-caliber” Standard Missile-3 Block 2A exoatmospheric interceptors, paired with its scalable Air and Missile Defense Radar.
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Maritime Strike Tomahawk Contract Expected Soon

Aug 17, 2017
The U.S. Navy is expected to soon award a contract to Raytheon to integrate a seeker into Tomahawk missiles to enable the weapon to strike a moving target at sea.
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MDA Taking Lead For GMD From Boeing

Aug 17, 2017
Only specific portions of Boeing’s current Ground-Based Midcourse Defense contract will be extended beyond the expiration date in December 2018, while MDA takes over lead systems integrator responsibilities.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Aug 18, 2017
LOCKHEED MARTIN announced completion of $1.4b in offset commitments associated with Canada’s purchase of 17 CC-130J airlifters in 2007.

In Brief

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General Atomics: Export Restrictions Giving China UAV Foothold

Aug 18, 2017
Rather than restricting the proliferation of UAVs, export restrictions are helping China in its bid to gain a foothold in the market with copycat aircraft.

Funding & Policy

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USAF Activates New Space Operations Directorate

Aug 17, 2017
The U.S. Air Force has officially named its new space advocates, as forces within Congress continue their push for a separate Space Corps.