Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

HOUSTON — The NASA-funded National Space Biomedical Research Institute plans to establish a Center for Space Radiation Research to conduct a three-year, $6 million systematic study of the acute effects to humans of high-energy exposure from solar and cosmic sources during future explorations of the Moon, asteroids and Mars. The initiative will examine the long-term, or degenerative, effects on the human cardiovascular and circulatory systems as well.

NEW DELHI — An indigenously made, Indian air force (IAF) Dhruv Advanced Light Helicopter crashed in northern India July 25, killing all seven people on board. The 5.5-ton, multi-role helicopter was on a mission from an air base in the northern province of Uttar Pradesh. “The Pilot gave a ‘may-day’ call at around 16:53 local time and soon after, contact was lost with the helicopter on the radar and on radio,” an IAF official says. The aircraft later crashed into a field.

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To list an event, send information in calendar format to Donna Thomas at [email protected] . (Bold type indicates new calendar listing.) July 28-30 — AIAA Propulsion and Energy 2014 Forum and Exposition, Cleveland, Ohio. For more information go to www.aiaa.org/propulsionevergy2014 July 29-31 — 57th Annual Fuze Conference, Newark Liberty International Airport Marriott, Newark, New Jersey. For more information go to www.ndia.org/meetings/4560/Pages/default.aspx

FARNBOROUGH — Within the next three years, Lockheed Martin Space Systems expects more than half of its A2100 satellite bus to be built through

South Korea has chosen Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) over Korean Air Lines (KAL) as the preferred bidder for a utility helicopter program that may

BORDER PROTEST: The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has sustained a protest by Raytheon over the awarding of a contract to EFW, Inc., of

While still in the middle of what the U.S. Helicopter Safety Team (USHST) calls the deadliest month for helicopters, the organization is seeing

Sierra Nevada Corp. and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) will work together to find potential uses – and alternative launchers – for the

HOUSTON — A multinational team of astronauts, submerged on the Atlantic seabed off Key Largo, Florida, this week, is testing drills, coring tools and

HOUSTON — NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, launched 15 years ago this week, appears fit for another decade or more of observations, characterizing

With its final planned scientific orbiter scheduled to reach Mars in September, NASA is exploring the possibility of taking a commercial approach to

HOUSTON — Russia’s Progress 56 spacecraft docked with the International Space Station late July 23, six hours after lifting off from the Baikonur

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With mounting evidence that Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was shot down by Ukrainian separatist rebels who believed they were engaging a military

LOS ANGELES — Boeing has revealed previously undisclosed development issues with wiring bundles on the KC-46A tanker for the U.S. Air Force, but says

TELKOM-3S: Thales Alenia Space of France and Italy has signed a contract to build a multiband telecommunications satellite for Indonesian telecom

With attacks on Israel so intense that the FAA has banned flights to Tel Aviv, the U.S. is looking to speed production of the Iron Dome counter-rocket

NASA continues to fall short of its own requirements for fiscal caution in developing the heavy-lift Space Launch System (SLS), and “may be $400

HONOLULU — The U.S. needs a longer-range, surface-to-surface strike weapon in the Asia-Pacific, says Adm. Harry Harris, the U.S. Navy Pacific Fleet

FARNBOROUGH — A British surveillance aircraft system, controversially scheduled for an early retirement in parliament’s 2010 defense review, is

The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa) has selected U.S. commercial satellite manufacturer Space Systems/Loral (SSL) to integrate

HOUSTON – NASA and the U.S. Navy plan to team up again in late July and early August in the Pacific Ocean waters off San Diego to continue the

HONOLULU — The enigmatic nature of China continues to puzzle Adm. Harry Harris, the U.S. Navy Pacific Fleet commander. China’s actions during this

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