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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, March 7, 2018

VOL. 263 NO. 45 March 07, 2018
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Operations

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USAF’s Future Battlefield Edge Hinges On MQ-9 Reaper

Mar 06, 2018
Instead of large, manned, vulnerable aircraft providing command and control and ground surveillance, the USAF now wants a more survivable, networked approach.
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Fiftieth Falcon 9 Lofts Hispasat 30W-6 Comm Sat

Mar 06, 2018
SpaceX marked the 50th flight of a Falcon 9 rocket with the successful delivery of the Hispasat 30W-6 communications satellite into orbit.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Mar 08, 2018
UTAS has $51.2m U.S. Air Force contract for DB-110 Tactical Reconnaissance Pod.

In Brief

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Thad Cochran To Resign From Senate

Mar 08, 2018
Senate Appropriations Chairman Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) is resigning from the Senate effective April 1.

Business

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Microsat Startup AST&Science Buys Control Of NanoAvionics

Mar 06, 2018
New space company AST&Science has bought a controlling interest in European satellite manufacturer and system integrator NanoAvionics.
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Andreessen Backs Astranis In GEO-based Smallsat Venture

Mar 05, 2018
Famed Silicon Valley venture capitalist firm Andreessen Horowitz has led a Series A funding round into Astranis, “a new space startup producing small satellites that are cheaper and faster to build and launch than anyone else in the game,” representatives said March 1.
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Lockheed Progressing On New Satellite Plant

Mar 01, 2018
Lockheed Martin says its future satellite factory near Denver is on track for completion in 2020 as planned.

Programs

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F-35 Finally Can Use All Its Weapons In Combat

Mar 05, 2018
The F-35 Joint Program Office has delivered the flight clearances, simulators, threat information, and logistics system required for the Air Force’s F-35As equipped with the latest software load to employ all of its weapons throughout the full flight envelope.
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China Space-Station Launcher, Long March 5B, To Fly In 2019

Mar 06, 2018
The second version of China’s Long March 5 rocket, intended for building the country’s planned space station, will fly in mid-2019, a year later than planned.
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Airbus Signs Partnering Agreement With Blade

Mar 01, 2018
Airbus has signed a strategic partnering agreement with Blade, a move it believes will help it better understand the fledgling urban air mobility business.
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Terrafugia Unveils VTOL Passenger, Cargo Pod Carrying Concepts

Mar 01, 2018
Terrafugia has revealed details of two hybrid vertical takeoff and landing urban mobility and cargo transport study concepts at Heli-Expo in Las Vegas.
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Thales Hints At First Customers For Avionics 2020 Cockpit

Mar 06, 2018
Thales says it has found more than one customer for its Avionics 2020 flight deck, unveiled five years ago and featuring an advanced human-machine interface.

Technology

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NASA, Partners Reach Out For Deep Space Technology Input

Mar 06, 2018
The NASA-led International Space Station (ISS) partnership has released draft standards for seven critical human deep-space technologies.

Funding & Policy

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Singapore Plans Steady Defense Budget

Mar 06, 2018
Singapore will keep its defense budget steady as a fraction of its economy even as its neighbors’ spending increases and new security threats emerge.