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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, September 2, 2016

VOL. 257 NO. 45 September 02, 2016

Programs

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Questions Mount On Implications Of SpaceX Pad Explosion

Sep 01, 2016
As SpaceX begins investigating the causes of the Sept. 1 accident that destroyed a Falcon 9 and its payload, questions are mounting over the near- and far-term implications of the failure for the launch company, its commercial customers, NASA and the U.S. Air Force.
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U.K. Plans 2nd Round Of Rotary UAS Flight Trials

Sep 01, 2016
The UK defense ministry is planning a second round of flight trials to demonstrate the potential of rotary-wing unmanned aircraft systems.
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Raytheon Close To Securing Next Small Diameter Bomb II Order

Sep 01, 2016
Raytheon Missile Systems is one flight test away from securing its second production lot for the GBU-53/B Small Diameter Bomb II, which buys 250 units of the network-enabled, all-weather glide bomb.
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Kenyan Cubesat Selected For U.N./JAXA KiboCUBE Launch

Sep 01, 2016
A cubesat from a team at the University of Nairobi, Kenya, has been selected by the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) as the first to be launched under the KiboCUBE program.
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AVIC, Antonov Partner On An-225 Development

Aug 31, 2016
Ukrainian aerospace company Antonov and China’s Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) have signed a cooperation agreement to build a second prototype of the world’s largest aircraft, the An-225 Mriya.
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Myanmar Receives 10 Trainer Aircraft, Two Airlifters

Sep 01, 2016
Myanmar has received 10 Grob G 120TP turboprop trainers, completing an order for 20 placed three years ago. The first 10 arrived in June 2015.
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USAF Airworthiness Appraisal Sought For FA-50

Sep 01, 2016
An attack version of the Lockheed Martin-Korea Aerospace Industries T-50 Golden Eagle supersonic trainer aircraft could be next in line to receive an airworthiness appraisal from the U.S. Air Force.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Sep 03, 2016
AEROJET ROCKETDYNE tested third development jettison motor for NASA’s Orion spacecraft ...

In Brief

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Orbital ATK Expands Tactical Motor Facilities

Sep 03, 2016
Orbital ATK on Aug. 31 unveiled its new Large Tactical Motor Manufacturing Facilities at ...

Technology

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Experts Discuss Human Vs. Robotic Mars Exploration

Sep 01, 2016
Might launching human explorers to Mars, as NASA hopes to do by the mid-2030s, accelerate the pace of discovery and possibly even settle the question of whether the Red Planet once hosted some form of life and possibly still does?

Forecast Friday

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Forecast Friday: C4ISR Aircraft MRO Demand by OEM: 2016-2025

Sep 03, 2016
View the Forecast Friday: C4ISR Aircraft MRO Demand by OEM: 2016-2025 chart in PDF format.