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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, July 12, 2018

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Programs

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Kuwait Super Hornets Will Feature Key Block III Capabilities

Jul 11, 2018
The Boeing-manufactured F/A-18E/F Super Hornets for Kuwait will be a “crossover” of Block III with new features like an advanced cockpit system.
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GAO Warns Of Gap In U.S. Crew Access To ISS

Jul 11, 2018
NASA needs to firm up contingency plans in case SpaceX or Boeing requires more time to get their commercial space taxis certified for crew ferry flights to the ISS, a GAO report says.
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AFRL’s Kratos XQ-58A UAS To Fly In Fall

Jul 10, 2018
The U.S. Air Force’s low-cost unmanned strike aircraft demonstrator, the Kratos XQ-58A Valkyrie, is scheduled to fly this fall.
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Kratos Delivers Target Aircraft To U.S. Navy

Jul 11, 2018
Kratos displayed the first three of its high-speed, highly maneuverable subsonic aerial targets at its California production facility July 11.
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Kepler Silenced To Save Fuel For Data Transmission

Jul 09, 2018
NASA’s Kepler spacecraft is apparently running low on fuel following a successful but challenging nine years of observing stars within the Milky Way.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Jul 12, 2018
CPI RADANT TECHNOLOGIES has $4.1m U.S. Defense Logistics Agency contract to replace forward nose radomes on B-52 aircraft.

In Brief

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L3 Buys Space Mission Planning Provider ADS

Jul 12, 2018
L3 Technologies has acquired Applied Defense Solutions (ADS) for about $50 million.

Technology

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Pentagon Creates Joint Artificial Intelligence Center

Jul 11, 2018
The DOD is setting up a Joint Artificial Intelligence Center and tapping the Defense Innovation Board to engage with stakeholders with a goal of producing recommended principles.

Operations

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ISS Gets U.S. Commercial Altitude Boost

Jul 10, 2018
The Cygnus resupply capsule used its 100-lb. thruster July 10 to carry out a 50-sec. orbit-raising maneuver of the International Space Station.
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Norwegian H225 Crash Probe Urges Main Gearbox Revisions

Jul 06, 2018
Norwegian H225 crash probers are urging that Airbus revise the design of the helicopter’s main gearbox to improve its “robustness, reliability and safety.”

Business

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Rocket Lab Eyes U.S. Launch Site

Jul 11, 2018
Rocket Lab plans to add a second launch site for its small-satellite booster Electron and expects to decide from among four U.S. spaceports in August.