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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, January 24, 2018

VOL. 263 NO. 16 January 24, 2018
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Funding & Policy

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Forget Space Corps—A Space Department Is On The Table

Jan 23, 2018
Deputy Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan is implementing a series of congressionally mandated measures that effectively strip the U.S. Air Force of much of its space authority, and may develop a roadmap for establishing a separate military department for space activities.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Jan 25, 2018
RUSSIA will supply six new SUKHOI Su-30 fighter jets to Myanmar.

In Brief

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AUDS Counter-UAV System Gets Lethal

Jan 25, 2018
Orbital ATK has demonstrated the ability to combine both electronic and kinetic attack to meet the threat small UAVs pose to ground forces.

Operations

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A-10 Warthogs Return To Afghanistan To Fight Taliban

Jan 23, 2018
A squadron of A-10 Warthog touched down at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Jan. 19 to join the newest phase of the 16-year war against the Taliban.
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Ejection Seat Maker Pleads Guilty In Acrobatic Team Death

Jan 22, 2018
A UK ejection seat maker has pleaded guilty to breaches of health and safety rules over the inadvertent ejection of a member of the Red Arrows aerobatic team.
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Spacewalkers Upgrade Space Station’s Robot Arm

Jan 23, 2018
The International Space Station's crucial arm received a much-anticipated upgrade during a Jan. 23 spacewalk by NASA astronauts Mark Vande Hei and Scott Tingle.

Programs

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Google Lunar X Prize to End Without Winner

Jan 23, 2018
The Google-backed $30-million contest to fly and operate a privately funded spacecraft on the Moon before March 31 is ending without any contestants ever blasting off.
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Ariane 6’s Vulcain Main Engine Enters Testing

Jan 23, 2018
The Vulcain 2.1 engine, which will power the main stage of the Ariane 6 launcher, completed a successful first test firing on Jan. 22.
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Indonesia Shopping For Western Fighters

Jan 23, 2018
Indonesia is considering the Eurofighter Typhoon and Lockheed Martin F-16V, industry sources say, with the Saab Gripen and Dassault Rafale also considered likely candidates.

Fleet Snapshot

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Fleet Snapshot: French Military Transport Aircraft

Jan 25, 2018
View the Fleet Snapshot: French Military Transport Aircraft chart in PDF format.