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Kaman will award a subcontract to Lockheed Martin to integrate a beyond line of sight data link and unmanned aerial system (UAS) mission management system with Kaman's proven aerial truck, the K-MAX.

The chairman of NASA's mission management team, LeRoy Cain, said Sunday that a preliminary look at launch pictures and other data indicates the shuttle had no major damage.

It was announced at today's mission management team meeting that the teams need another 24 hours to review data from yesterday's fill-and-drain test before pressing forward with launch of space shuttle Discovery," NASA said Thursday NASA had earlier begun the countdown to launch Discovery on Friday at 12:22 am (0422 GMT) with astronauts preparing for a 13-day mission to supply and repair the International Space Station (ISS).

John Shannon, chairman of the mission management team, said if the gouge was deep enough, the shuttle astronauts might have to patch it during a spacewalk.

Skyforce includes the company's proprietary mission-oriented software system, a primary mission management ground control station and mobile ground control user terminals, a combination with which up to twelve fully autonomous air vehicles engaging in concurrent, co-operative flight can be controlled.

But mission management team chief Linda Ham said she relied heavily on the analysis of Boeing engineers who assured her that the debris strike would not pose a threat.

ILS offers a complete array of services and support, from contract signing through mission management and on-orbit delivery.

The chairman of the mission management team, Mike Moses, said there is no way of knowing with certainty whether the new power controller in Discovery might break like the old one did.