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=Commercial Low Earth Orbit Destinations Program= The Commercial Low Earth Orbit Destinations Program is an initiative by NASA to support work on commercial space stations that the agency hopes to have in place by the end of the current decade to replace the aging International Space Station.

On December 2, 2021, NASA made agreements with three groups of companies worth over $400 million to advance development of commercial space stations. The largest award for $160 million, went to a team led by Nanoracks with Voyager Space Holdings and Lockheed Martin for the "Starlab" space station that could be ready by 2027. A second award for $130 million, went to a team led by Blue Origin that includes Boeing, Redwire, Sierra Space, and others for its Orbital Reef space station that aims to enter service by the late 2020s. The third award for $125.6 million, went to Northrop Grumman for a proposed station based on the company’s work on the Cygnus cargo spacecraft, Mission Extension Vehicle satellite servicing program, and the Habitation and Logistics Outpost module for NASA's Lunar Gateway.

References (ACES II)
=Antonov An-112KC= (was at User:Fnlayson/Antonov An-112KC)


 * Links (An-112KC)
 * U.S. Aerospace home page
 * Antonov ASTC home page
 * "No Joke". airforce-magazine.com
 * An-112KC description. wing.com.ua
 * An-112KC slide show. U.S. Aerospace/Antonov
 * "US Aerospace appeals against KC-X exclusion, blames USAF ‘conspiracy’"

=Joint Lift=

Joint Heavy Lift

 * "US heavy-lift aircraft will stretch state of the art". Jane's
 * US heavy-lift helicopter concepts are revealed, Jane's
 * DoD gives go-ahead to Joint Heavy Lift concept study, Jane's
 * "Joint Heavy Lift Aircraft Would Meet Future Requirements"
 * "Seeking Tomorrow's Heavy Lifter"
 * "US Army picks Joint Heavy Lift concept vehicles"
 * "The World Rotorcraft Market, 2006-2015"
 * OSTR and JHL on globalsecurity.org
 * [http://www.allbusiness.com/human-resources/employee-development-leadership/963444-1.html
 * [http://www.defense-update.com/products/j/JHL.htm
 * [http://hill6.thehill.com/business--lobby/house-language-could-create-friction-over-chopper-programs-2005-06-01.html
 * "Joint Heavy Lift Program: Breakthrough, Borg, or Backwater?" defenseindustrydaily.com
 * Army RDT&E Budget, see p. 6
 * Mounted Vertical Maneuver

Joint Future Theater Lift
JHL moved under Joint Future Theater Lift around April 2008.
 * Joint Heavy Lift (JHL) on defense-update.com
 * "The Program Formerly Known as Joint Heavy Lift"
 * "USAF, Army Merge Heavy-Lift Efforts"
 * "U.S. Army Extends JHL Concept Studies"
 * "Intraservice Wrangling Over JFTL Continues"
 * "ONR, U.S. Army Partner On Joint Heavy Lift"
 * "Joint Heavy Lift Gets 11th-Hour Reprieve"
 * "Inter-Service Rivalry Surrounds Joint Heavy Lift Aircraft Program"
 * "Joint Heavy Lift programme faces two-year, up to $70 million funding gap"
 * "Pentagon Sheds Some Light on JFTL Effort". Defense News (some light, or very little)
 * Mind the Gap
 * JFTL RFI posting

=Review/check=

(for future use)