Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

On Wednesday morning the Center for a New American Security hosts an event in Washington titled “Future Foundry: A New Strategic Approach for Military-Technical Advantage.

LTM Inc., Havelock, North Carolina, is being awarded an $86,841,322 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for logistics and technical support services for the Navy, and Marine Corps.

By Michael Bruno
Boeing plans to move the headquarters of its defense operation from St. Louis to the Washington, D.C., area in January, basing top executives just a short walk away from their Pentagon customer.
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By Mark Carreau
Astronauts teamed with NASA’s Mission Control to grapple and berth the sixth Japanese-launched resupply mission capsule with its 4 1/2-ton cargo to the six-person International Space Station early Dec. 13.
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The deadly midair collision between a Lockheed Martin F-16CM and Cessna 150M over South Carolina last year shows just how difficult it is for small aircraft to spot each other and deconflict under see-and-avoid rules.
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By Tony Osborne
Germany has received its sixth A400M, delivered in the latest tactical standard allowing it to operate from unprepared grass runways and perform low-level flight operations
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Boeing Defense has completed its first major cockpit overhaul of the E-3A airborne early warning and control aircraft and returned it to NATO in Germany for acceptance and eventual operational service.
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By Tony Osborne
Estonia’s air force is hoping for funds to purchase surplus PZL-Mielec M-28 Skytruck light transports from the U.S. Air Force to meet an urgent need for utility aircraft.
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SpaceX says the demonstration flight to the International Space Station with two crewmembers has been delayed to give engineers more time to complete their investigation into a Sept. 1 pad explosion.
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The Mississippi congressional delegation supporting Raytheon’s T-100 bid for the U.S. Air Force T-X next-generation trainer program has been bolstered by President-elect Donald Trump’s victory in November.
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View the U.S. DOD Budget: Anti-Armor Weapons, Mines and Lights and Infantry Weapons FY15-17 chart in PDF format.

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By Guy Norris
Space company Rocket Lab is targeting the start of test flights for its Electron launch vehicle from its New Zealand facility early in the new year.
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By Michael Bruno
Three major F-35 players saw their stocks drop sharply Dec. 12 after President-elect Donald Trump slammed Lockheed Martin’s Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) for “out of control” costs on Twitter.
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By Bradley Perrett
A Japanese utility helicopter program may be close to revival following an inquiry into the navy’s handling of the process.
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By Mark Carreau
NASA’s New Frontiers planetary science program has settled on six possible mission themes as it seeks principal investigator-led mission proposals.
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By Mark Carreau
Mars One, the first publicly traded venture to propose the colonization of another planet, has its first major investor, the Hong Kong-based investment firm World Stock & Bond Trade Limited.
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By Michael Bruno
Boeing said early Dec. 11 it reached an agreement with Iran Air for 80 commercial aircraft valued at $16.6 billion at list prices, including 50 737 MAX 8s, 15 777-300ERs and 15 777-9s.

U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT approved $3.51b foreign military sale to Saudi Arabia of 48 BOEING CH-47F Chinook Cargo Helicopters, related equipment, training, support. DIEHL DEFENSE’s IRIS-T (Infrared Imaging System Tail/Thrust-Vector Controlled) air-to-air missile was tested in new air-to-ground mode aboard Norwegian F-16 in September.

The role of monitoring the Earth’s climate should remain the domain of NASA, the president of the Aerospace Industries Association says, rather than being moved elsewhere such as the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, as some lawmakers have suggested. “I think it belongs in NASA,” David Melcher says at the trade group’s year-end media event, adding that the agency provides excellent oversight. “I prefer it stay there rather than try to park it in a new place.”

The U.S. Air Force has picked Orbital ATK's Minotaur I to launch a lightweight National Reconnaissance Office satellite.
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GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC. announced flight testing for MQ-1C Gray Eagle Extended Range (ER) series began Oct. 29.

Pioneering astronaut and former U.S. Sen. John Glenn died Dec. 8 at Ohio State University’s James Cancer Hospital in Columbus, Ohio.

President-elect Donald Trump has added six more members to his NASA transition team, including the former manager of the agency’s Ares launcher development program that was scuttled by the Obama administration.
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By Mark Carreau
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Ageny's sixth resupply mission to the International Space Station, HTV-6, lifted off from the Tanegashima Space Center on Dec. 9.
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