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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, August 9, 2019

VOL. 269 NO. 29 August 09, 2019
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Programs

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MDA Chief: DOD Still Shaping Ground-Based Midcourse Upgrade

Aug 08, 2019
“I think it was the right decision to pause the program. I call it a strategic pause to make sure we were doing things right,” Vice Adm. Jon Hill, MDA director, said here Aug. 8 during the Space and Missile Defense Symposium.
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USAF Starts Shopping For P5 Pod Replacement

Aug 08, 2019
The Range Systems Branch of the Armament Directorate at Eglin AFB, Florida, has opened a market survey to evaluate options for replacing the ubiquitous P5 Combat Training System.
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Common Hypersonic Glide Body Contract Expected Soon

Aug 08, 2019
The U.S. Army will award a contract using other transaction authority within the next three weeks for a company to produce a common hypersonic glide body (C-HGB), according to a service official.
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Orion Service Module Conducts Abort-To-Orbit Test

Aug 08, 2019
NASA this week conducted a successful 12-min. test of the abort-to-orbit profile afforded the Orion crew capsule by the multinational propulsion elements of its European Space Agency-provided service module.
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India Tests Quick Reaction SAM

Aug 08, 2019
India is hoping to induct the short-range Quick Reaction Surface-to-Air Missile into its military soon, following a recent successful test.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Aug 10, 2019
NORTHROP GRUMMAN has $22.5m U.S. Air Force contract modification for two Enhanced Polar System Recapitalization payloads.

In Brief

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ULA Atlas V Lofts USAF Protected Comm Sat

Aug 08, 2019
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V launched the U.S. Air Force’s fifth Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite early Aug. 8 after several delays.

Operations

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USAF Grounds 123 C-130s For Wing Crack Inspection

Aug 08, 2019
About one-third of the USAF C-130 fleet has been grounded after cracks were found on some of the medium-sized transports in a lower center wing joint.

Funding & Policy

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MDA May Lead Space Sensor Layer Acquisition

Aug 08, 2019
“None of this will happen if our team is unable to convince the Congress that we need to take a right turn in our space architecture,” Mike Griffin, undersecretary of defense for research and engineering, said.

Business

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Maxar Eyeing All Options To Cut Corporate Debt

Aug 08, 2019
Maxar's CFO Biggs Porter and CEO Dan Jablonsky declined to discuss details or comment on recent market rumors, including potentially selling the flagship MDA business, but they did not rule out anything.
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Airbus Opens Helo Center In Malaysia

Aug 08, 2019
Serving all customers in the region, the completion center is capable of simultaneously working on four medium helicopters, such as H175s. Assembly and delivery capacity is 20 helicopters a year.

Technology

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JAXA Balloon Flight Tests New Solar Cells

Aug 07, 2019
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has conducted a flight experiment with ultra-thin perovskite solar cells using a high-altitude balloon.
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Japan Progressing On Quiet Supersonic Demonstrator

Aug 07, 2019
The demonstrator is being considered under JAXA’s proposed S4 program (for System integration of Silent SuperSonic airplane technologies). If funded, the S4TD technology demonstrator could fly by around 2026.

Aviation Week Forecasts

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Aviation Week Forecasts: Western Transport Helicopter MRO By Family 2019-2028

Aug 10, 2019
View the Aviation Week Forecasts: Western Transport Helicopter MRO By Family 2019-2028 chart in PDF format.