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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, August 20, 2018

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Business

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Boeing Buying Smallsat Specialist Millennium Space Systems

Aug 17, 2018
Boeing is buying small satellite specialist Millennium Space Systems of El Segundo, California.
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IAI/Elta Grows Special Mission Offerings

Aug 17, 2018
Israel Aerospace Industries and electronics subsidiary Elta are expanding their line of special mission aircraft with two new offerings.
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Rafael Not Giving Up UAS Ambitions

Aug 17, 2018
Rafael is not giving up on its goal of becoming a manufacturer of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS).

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Aug 17, 2018
BAE SYSTEMS has $70.4m U.S. Navy contract for T-1687/ALE-70(V) countermeasures in support of PMA272 Air Expendable Countermeasures Program.

Technology

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Students Win Environmental Airliner Design Challenge

Aug 17, 2018
A student team from the Technical University of Munich has won a competition to design an environmentally friendly future commercial aircraft, organized by NASA and German aerospace center DLR.

Operations

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GAO Finds Gaps In Pentagon’s Aviation Mishap Data

Aug 16, 2018
The GAO has assessed how the U.S. military collects and analyzes data for aviation mishaps and discovered gaps in the Pentagon’s approach.

Programs

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Egrett Tows Perlan 2 Glider In New Altitude Record Bid

Aug 17, 2018
A Grob Egrett research aircraft has begun towing the Perlan 2 glider to higher altitudes in a quest to set a record of 90,000 ft.
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Intel Debuts Wireless Tracking System For Small Drones

Aug 16, 2018
Intel Corp. debuted a “beacon” capability for identifying and tracking small drones during an Aug. 15 event hosted by the Choctaw Nation near Durant, Oklahoma.
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Tupolev Rolls Out Modernized Tu-22M3M Bomber

Aug 17, 2018
Russia’s Tupolev, a subsidiary of United Aircraft Corporation, rolled out the first modernized Tu-22M3M strategic bomber Aug. 16.

Funding & Policy

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Israel’s Air Force Boosts Cyberwarfare Spending

Aug 20, 2018
TEL AVIV—After years of being known as a small military that can execute well-planned airstrikes, the Israeli Air Force (IAF) is finding new ways to stay relevant in an era of cyberwarfare, pumping money and attention into linking its information networks and making sense of data from disparate assets.

Calendar of Events

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Upcoming Events

Aug 17, 2018
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