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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, December 17, 2015

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Funding & Policy

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Defense Spending Bill Adds Funding for 11 F-35s

Dec 16, 2015
Congress's defense spending bill includes funding for 68 Lockheed Martin-made F-35 Joint Strike Fighters – 11 more than President Barack Obama requested.
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NASA Gets $1.2 Billion Boost In Fiscal 2016 Appropriation

Dec 16, 2015
Congress plans to raise its NASA appropriation for fiscal 2016 to $19.285 billion, $1.285 billion more than the agency received in fiscal 2015 and $785 million more than requested.
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Workers Rate NASA Top Federal Employer 4th Year In Row

Dec 15, 2015
NASA has again topped the nonprofit Partnership for Public Service’s annual rankings of federal employers.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Dec 18, 2015
NATO’s Allied Joint Force Command Naples and U.K. Royal Air Force conducted...

In Brief

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Arrow-3 Tracks Missile Target in Israeli Test

Dec 18, 2015
Israel and the U.S. successfully engaged a missile target with the co-developed Arrow-3...

Programs

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GAO Dismisses Lockheed Martin’s JLTV Protest

Dec 16, 2015
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has dismissed Lockheed Martin’s protest of Oshkosh Defense’s win of the $6.75 billion Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) program because the matter is now in court, GAO says.
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NASA Fleshing Out Low Earth Orbit Commercialization Plans

Dec 16, 2015
Managers in NASA’s Human Exploration and Operations mission directorate are adding some detail to their vague concept of handing off low Earth Orbit (LEO) to the private sector while they move on to the cislunar “proving ground” for Mars missions.
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France Firms Up Order For A330 MRTT

Dec 16, 2015
Airbus Defense and Space has received a firm order for an additional eight aircraft from the French defense procurement agency, the DGA, bringing the total aircraft on order from the French air force to nine.
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U.S. Navy Awards Trident Contracts

Dec 16, 2015
As debate continues about funding for the future American nuclear ballistic missile-armed SSBN armed force, the U.S. Navy is moving ahead with Trident missile acquisitions.
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No Storm Shadow, Stingray In U.K. P-8s, Ministers Say

Dec 16, 2015
The U.K.’s new fleet of nine Boeing P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft will be delivered in the same vanilla configuration as those for the U.S. Navy, ministers have confirmed.
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India Launches Six Singaporean Satellites

Dec 16, 2015
India has successfully launched six Singaporean satellites using its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) rocket.

Business

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Northrop Promotes Its High-Tech Credentials

Dec 16, 2015
If innovation is the defense buzzword of 2015, Northrop Grumman is eager to point out its strengths in pushing the boundaries of aerospace technologies.

Defense Market Intelligence Notes

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Defense Market Intelligence Notes

Dec 18, 2015
Boeing closed out C-17 deliveries and seven decades of aircraft production in...