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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, April 29, 2016

VOL. 256 NO. 21 April 29, 2016

Programs

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USAF Estimates 40% Savings With GPS III Launch Award To SpaceX

Apr 28, 2016
The U.S. Air Force estimates it has achieved a 40% cost savings with its $82.7 million standalone contract award to SpaceX for the May 2018 launching of the Pentagon’s second GPS III satellite.
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A400M Engine Woes Could Hurt Finances, Airbus Says

Apr 28, 2016
New technical issues plaguing the A400M airlifter’s TP400-D6 engine could pose a significant financial risk to Airbus Group.
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SpaceX, NASA Will Collaborate On ‘Red Dragon’ Mars Landing

Apr 27, 2016
SpaceX and NASA wrapped up 16 months of behind-the-scenes negotiations Tuesday with an unfunded Space Act agreement to cooperate on sending an unmanned Dragon crew capsule to the surface of Mars as early as 2018.
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Airbus Defense And Space Launches Ariane 6 Design Review

Apr 28, 2016
Europe’s next-generation Ariane 6 launcher in development at Airbus Safran Launchers (ASL) will kick off its preliminary design review April 28.
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Russia Inaugurates Siberian Cosmodrome With Soyuz Launcher

Apr 28, 2016
Russia kicked off operations at its new Vostochny Cosmodrome in Siberia early Thursday with a multi-satellite launch on a Soyuz vehicle from a new pad that closely mimics the venerable “Start-1” site in Kazakhstan that orbited Sputnik-1 and Yuri Gagarin.
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Kamov Ka-62 Makes Long-Awaited First Flight

Apr 28, 2016
Russian Helicopters has reportedly performed the first flight of its long-delayed Kamov Ka-62 twin-engine medium helicopter.
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HII Undersea Vehicle Completes Endurance Tests

Apr 28, 2016
The Proteus unmanned undersea vehicle from Undersea Solutions Group successfully completed endurance testing earlier this month.
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India Launches Final Navigation Constellation Sat

Apr 28, 2016
India has successfully launched its seventh and last satellite to form a regional navigational system similar to the U.S.-based Global Positioning System.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Apr 30, 2016
SPACE SYSTEMS/LORAL has contract from Telesat for prototype Ka-band LEO satellite planned for ...

In Brief

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Bolden: China Space Cooperation Likely To Expand

Apr 30, 2016
U.S.-Chinese cooperation in civil space is likely to expand under the next ...

Forecast Friday

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Forecast Friday: Tanker MRO Demand 2016 - 2025

Apr 30, 2016
View the Forecast Friday: Tanker MRO Demand 2016 - 2025 chart in PDF format.