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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, August 29, 2017

VOL. 261 NO. 40 August 29, 2017
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Programs

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Autopilot Horn Override Could Spell Trouble For KC-46

Aug 28, 2017
A trick that mutes a blaring horn when the autopilots on Boeing models are manually disconnected could potentially cause an entry-into-service delay for the KC-46 Pegasus tanker, a derivative of the 767-2C freighter.
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Fire Scout, Seahawk Support LCS Harpoon Strike

Aug 28, 2017
The USS Coronado (LCS 4) operating off the coast of Guam successfully hit a target with a Boeing Harpoon Block 1C anti-ship cruise missile, with targeting support from Northrop Grumman’s unmanned MQ-8B Fire Scout.
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Orbital ATK Launches USAF Space Observation Satellite

Aug 28, 2017
Dubbed Operationally Responsive Space (ORS)-5, this mission marked the Minotaur’s first launch from Cape Canaveral, and the first time Space Launch Complex-46 has hosted a rocket flight since 1999.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Aug 30, 2017
UK ROYAL AIR FORCE Red Arrows will tour Middle East next month.

In Brief

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The Week Ahead in Aerospace & Defense

Aug 30, 2017
India will launch the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System spacecraft, IRNSS-1H, using a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C39) from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota.

Operations

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Hurricane Harvey Forces JSC To Suspend Most Ops

Aug 28, 2017
JSC management was to huddle Aug. 28 to assess the status of the center, which employees about 10,500 federal civil servants and contractor personnel, and when it might re-open.
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Australia Extends Singapore’s Rights For Flight Training

Aug 23, 2017
The Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) will have access to an air base in Western Australia for a further 25 years under an agreement signed on Aug. 21.
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North Korean Air Show Canceled

Aug 25, 2017
European enthusiasts planning to attend the event planned for Sept. 23-24 have been informed by their travel agencies that the show’s preparatory committee has decided cancel it. It is unclear whether the show will go ahead next year.

Technology

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Airbus Picks Near Earth Landing Zone Tech For Vahana

Aug 23, 2017
Airbus’s Silicon Valley outpost A3 (“A-Cubed”) has selected Near Earth Autonomy to provide landing zone assessment technology as part of the sense-and-avoid suite on its Vahana autonomous single-seat electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) demonstrator.

Contracts

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Select U.S. Defense Contracts, Week of Aug. 21-25, 2017

Aug 30, 2017
The Boeing Co.-Philadelphia, Ridley Township, Pennsylvania, has been awarded a $222,549,505 firm-fixed-price modification (P00069) to contract W58RGZ-13-C-0002 for eight each CH-47F new build helicopters.