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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, November 22, 2017

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Programs

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ACC: Why Replace One Vulnerable J-Stars With Another?

Nov 21, 2017
The U.S. Air Force’s $7 billion decision whether to replace the Northrop Grumman E-8C J-Stars with another radar-carrying aircraft or take another path comes down to survivability, and how long it might take to field something better.
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NanoRacks Debuts ‘Doublewide’ CubeSat Deployments

Nov 22, 2017
NanoRacks LLC logged the first deployments from the International Space Station of 6U CubeSats in the more mission-capable 2U-by-3U form factor early Nov. 21
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Japan May Have Toned Down Endurance Bias Of Future Fighter

Nov 21, 2017
The latest concept design of Japan’s proposed indigenous fighter may have moved a little away from the bias toward long range and endurance over flight performance of the previous preliminary design.
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Japan Leaves Open Possibility Of Future Fighter Delay

Nov 21, 2017
Japan’s defense ministry is leaving open the possibility of deferring a decision on how to replace the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) F-2.
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Russia Resumes Production Of Tu-160 Strategic Bomber

Nov 20, 2017
Russia’s United Aircraft Corp. (UAC) has resumed production of its largest combat aircraft—the Tupolev Tu-160 strategic bomber.
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Magellan Aerospace Builds Indian Facility In Diversity Play

Nov 16, 2017
Magellan Aerospace, a Canadian manufacturer of aerospace parts and systems, on Nov. 15 declared a groundbreaking on its new manufacturing and assembly facility near the Bangalore International Airport.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Nov 22, 2017
SPACE SYSTEMS LORAL will conduct four-month study for a power/control module for NASA’s Deep Space Gateway concept.

Technology

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Study Findings Challenge Mars Water Flows

Nov 21, 2017
New findings from NASA’s 12-year-old Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter suggest sliding sand and dust rather than seasonal flows of briny water are responsible for the 2011 discovery of recurring slope linae on Mars.
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Beriev A-100 AEW Aircraft Makes First Flight

Nov 20, 2017
Russia’s new airborne early warning and control aircraft, the A-100 Premier, flew for the first time on Nov. 18 from Taganrog in southern Russia.

Operations

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USAF Standing Up Shadow Ops Center At Nellis AFB

Nov 17, 2017
The U.S. Air Force plans to stand up a “Shadow Operations Center” at Nellis AFB in Nevada to test new concepts for multidomain operations involving air, space and cyber platforms and weapons: U.S. Air Force