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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, October 13, 2017

VOL. 262 NO. 10 October 13, 2017
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Funding & Policy

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Top Weapons Buyer Looks To Shift Most Programs To Services

Oct 12, 2017
The Pentagon's new top weapons buyer hopes to offload day-to-day oversight of most major acquisition programs from the department--with a few exceptions.
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UK Space Agency Looks To ISS for Human Research

Oct 11, 2017
HOUSTON—Four British academic and industrial research institutions have been selected by the UK Space Agency to develop advanced microgravity research experiments for flight aboard the International Space Station (ISS) under a £230,000 ($304,000) U.S.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Oct 14, 2017
AIRBUS has taken full ownership of SEPANG AIRCRAFT ENGINEERING, an MRO center based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

In Brief

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Speeding The Search For Surface-to-Air Missiles

Oct 14, 2017
How much better is a computer at finding surface-to-air missiles compared to trained, human analysts?

Programs

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Virgin Galactic Hopes To Test SpaceShipTwo In Space In 2017

Oct 12, 2017
Virgin Galactic aims to fly SpaceShipTwo beyond the atmosphere for the first time before year’s end, kicking off what is expected to be a final round of test flights before beginning commercial suborbital space tourism and research flights.
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Lockheed Backs U.S. Moon Mission

Oct 11, 2017
Lockheed Martin has thrown its support behind the Trump administration’s ambitious goal of putting U.S. boots back on the Moon.
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Eutelsat 172B Reaches Geostationary Orbit In Four Months

Oct 11, 2017
Eutelsat 172B, the first European-built all-electric satellite, has reached geostationary orbit in just more than fourth months, allowing manufacturer Airbus and operator Eutelsat to claim a new record.
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Scaled Flies Model 401 Low-Cost Manufacturing Demo

Oct 11, 2017
Northrop Grumman subsidiary Scaled Composites has flown its latest experimental aircraft, the Model 401, built for an unspecified “proprietary customer” to demonstrate low-cost manufacturing techniques.

Business

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Moon Express, NanoRacks Join Forces

Oct 11, 2017
Moon Express and NanoRacks have formed an alliance to nurture deep space science and private enterprise.

Operations

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Russian ISS Cargo Launch Faces Last-Minute Hold

Oct 12, 2017
The planned Oct. 12 launch of the latest Progress cargo capsule to the International Station was halted moments before liftoff at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

Forecasts/Industry Data

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U.S. Defense Department Fighter Aircraft Spending FY16-FY18 ($K)

Oct 14, 2017
View the U.S. Defense Department Fighter Aircraft Spending FY16-FY18 ($K) chart in PDF format.