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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, January 4, 2018

VOL. 263 NO. 3 January 04, 2018

Programs

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IG Finds Quality Control Flaws With USAF Space Launch Contractors

Jan 03, 2018
The U.S. Air Force is clamping down on quality controls among its EELV suppliers after the Pentagon’s inspector general identified 181 nonconformities.
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Japan Considers Ordering F-35Bs for Helicopter Carriers

Dec 26, 2017
The Japanese defense ministry may modify its helicopter carriers to operate the short-takeoff and vertical landing version of the F-35.
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Blue Origin's New Shepard Displays Science Mettle

Dec 22, 2017
New Shepard's Dec. 12 test flight afforded the three minutes of microgravity needed for a dozen commercial, medical and educational experiments.
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Boeing Scores Twin Deals For F-15 To Qatar, KC-46 To Japan

Dec 23, 2017
Things are looking up for Boeing, with the aerospace firm scoring two major international deals just days before the end of a tumultuous year.
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Belgium Signs Off European Tanker Fleet Entry

Dec 26, 2017
Belgium’s government has given the green light to joining the Dutch-led Multinational Multi-Role Tanker Transport Fleet (MMF), a move that will increase the fleet of pooled tanker jets to eight.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Jan 05, 2018
RAYTHEON has $36.7m U.S. Air Force contract for Advanced Technology Receiver Card.

In Brief

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Large Metal Additive Machine Sales On Rise

Jan 05, 2018
Underlining the trend toward 3-D printed larger metal parts for aerospace applications, Sciaky says it sold four of its multimillion-dollar EBAM electron beam additive manufacturing machines in December.

Contracts

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Kratos To Deliver MQM-107 ‘Streaker’ Replacement

Jan 03, 2018
The U.S. Army has tapped Kratos subsidiary Composite Engineering to deliver a high-performance aerial target drone.
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Pentagon Contracts For Businesses By Women, Minorities Dip

Jan 02, 2018
Minority- and women-owned businesses saw a drop in DOD contracting during much of the Obama administration, but the dip was far smaller than for all of the DOD's contractors.

Business

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Microns Sat Venture Latest In New Space Startups

Jan 03, 2018
First there were “big-bus” satellites, then nanosats, microsats and cubesats. Now come the advent of “Microns.”
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Parker Hannifin To Offload Some Aviation Fuel Filtration Business

Jan 02, 2018
Motion and control tech provider Parker Hannifin and the Justice Department have reached an antitrust deal over the company’s $4.3 billion purchase of Clarcor.

Technology

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ISS DNA Experiment Identifies Off-The-Earth Microbes

Jan 02, 2018
An experiment pairing the skills of an ISS astronaut with two technologies succeeded in demonstrating a full microbial ID process in a microgravity environment.
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Russia Restores Communication With First Angolan Satellite

Jan 02, 2018
Russia’s Energia Corporation seems to have restored the connection with Angola’s first communication satellite, launched from Baikonur on Dec. 26.
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NAS Urges Stronger Focus On Long-term Space Health Risks

Dec 15, 2017
NASA must do better at focusing on the health risks astronauts will face if they are to live, work and explore beyond low Earth orbit for extended periods, an assessment says.