Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

The sailors of DDG 78 USS Porter, a guided missile destroyer stationed in Rota, Spain, successfully completed a live-fire test from a SeaRAM missile system earlier this month.
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U.S. Navy engineers have developed a new 1,000-lb. inertial actuator, or "ship shaker," that offers “unprecedented capability in full-scale testing,” the service says.
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The U.S. Boxer Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) participated in exercise Ssang Yong 16 (SY16) earlier this month in and around Pohang, South Korea with local forces and those from Australia and New Zealand, the Navy says.
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PRATT & WHITNEY’s F135 engine for F-35 is undergoing sea-level corrosion testing...

Singapore Technology Aerospace (ST Aero) has built a proof-of-concept unmanned hybrid vehicle (UHV) that can be ...

By Maksim Pyadushkin
Russia’s state-owned aircraft manufacturer – United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) – has completed a reorganization of its top management.
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Europe’s LISA Pathfinder gravitational-wave technology demonstrator was handed over to the European Space Agency (ESA) March 7 after undergoing a series of in-orbit tests led by industrial prime contractor Airbus Defense and Space.
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As the Pentagon considers its options for aerial electronic attack, the focus is shifting toward the improvement of one of the primary sensors for the mission.
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A European Ariane 5 ECA rocket successfully lifted the Eutelsat 65 West A satellite to geostationary transfer orbit on March 9 for Paris-based fleet operator Eutelsat.
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By Mark Carreau
A key French instrument for NASA’s Mars InSight Lander will be re-engineered in a bid to overcome a vacuum leak in time for a May 2018 launch attempt.
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The U.S. needs to continue developing and deploying more longer-range surface-to-surface missiles in the Asia-Pacific, and there is a shortage of submarine forces in the region as well, says Adm. Harry Harris, head of U.S. Pacific Command.
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AEROJET ROCKETDYNE completed series of hot-fire tests of RL10 upper-stage rocket engine.

This week the Satellite 2016 conference gets underway outside Washington.

Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, is being awarded a $769,511,730 modification to a previously awarded contract.

By Mark Carreau
U.S. astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko emerged from more than 11 months on the International Space Station with perhaps vital clues as to whether humans are physically and psychologically up to the challenges of traveling to Mars.
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By Mark Carreau
NASA’s Dawn mission spacecraft has marked the end of its first year in orbit around the dwarf planet Ceres with imagery of yet another curious surface feature.
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By Mark Carreau
The 26-year-old Hubble Space Telescope (HST) has presented its intended successors, the James Webb Space Telescope and the Wide Field Infrared Space Telescope (WFIRST), with a new challenge — find a galaxy older than GN-z11.
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By Jay Menon
India is set to launch its sixth navigation satellite, IRNSS-1F, on March 10, continuing to build a regional navigation system that will provide location services over the country and neighboring areas.
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By Guy Norris
The pace of testing KC-46A mission systems, exterior lighting and ultimately aerial refueling will accelerate after March 8.
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By Guy Norris
A Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Airbus KC-30A tanker-transport is conducting refueling tests in the U.S. with F-15 and F-16 aircraft following successful tanking trials with an Edwards AFB, California-based C-17 from the U.S. Air Force’s 412th Test Wing.
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By Jen DiMascio
Air Force Secretary Deborah James listed seven key subcontractors on the B-21 bomber program March 7, including Pratt & Whitney, the likely maker of the engine for the long-range aircraft.
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By Bradley Perrett
Growth in Chinese military spending will fall markedly below economic expansion this year, official figures suggest, while the country separately undertakes reforms to its forces intended to overcome some of their most deep-seated problems.
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Technology and heritage from Orbital ATK’s parent companies are giving the ViviSat satellite servicing a kick-start to operations as early as 2018, with the first customer for a life-extension mission planned in 2018.
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By Tony Osborne
Swiss independent helicopter manufacturer Marenco Swisshelicopter is preparing to begin industrialization of its SKYe SH09 single-engine light helicopter.
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By Tony Osborne
U.S. engineering firm BLR Aerospace is developing aerodynamic improvements for Airbus’ Ecureuil/Astar family of helicopters.
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