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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, February 12, 2016

VOL. 255 NO. 28 February 12, 2016
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Business

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Boeing Stock Slammed By ‘Perfect Storm’ Of News

Feb 11, 2016
Boeing’s stock price closed down almost 7% on Feb. 11 in volatile trading on Wall Street after investors digested a list of relatively negative headlines regarding the OEM and prime defense contractor.
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Gripen, SRSS Contracts Drive Saab’s Strong Growth

Feb 11, 2016
Swedish aerospace firm Saab has enjoyed a bumper year of growth thanks to significant contracts from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for the Swing-Role Surveillance System (SRSS) and from Brazil’s partnership with the Gripen fighter.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Feb 13, 2016
NATO declared initial operational capability for Joint Intelligence, Surveillance, and ...

In Brief

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NASA Budget Gets Chilly Reception From House Science Chair

Feb 13, 2016
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will need a thick skin when he takes his agency’s ...

Programs

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Lockheed Rejects Clean Sheet, Sticks To T-50 For T-X

Feb 11, 2016
Lockheed Martin has confirmed its choice of a modernized Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) T-50 for the U.S. Air Force’s T-X advanced trainer competition.
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USAF F-35As Begin Test Deployment

Feb 11, 2016
U.S. Air Force F-35As have arrived in Idaho for a month-long simulated deployment, a key test to prepare the aircraft for its interim operational capability declaration later this year.
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SOF Helps U.S. Marines With Osprey Communications

Feb 11, 2016
While the U.S. Marines are figuring out how to evolve their aviation operations to match MV-22 Osprey’s abilities, the Corps is looking to the Special Operation Forces (SOF) to work out some kinks in the tiltrotor aircraft’s communications,
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Apollo 14 Astronaut Edgar Mitchell Dies

Feb 08, 2016
Edgar D. Mitchell, Apollo 14’s lunar module pilot and one of only a dozen Americans to walk on the Moon as part of NASA’s initial foray into deep space nearly a half century ago, has died.

Funding & Policy

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Missiles Take Off In U.S. Navy Budget Request

Feb 11, 2016
The U.S. Navy’s fiscal 2017 budget request includes a notable increase in the number of ship- and aircraft-fired missile that starts a solid inventory growth over the future year’s defense plan (FYDP).

Operations

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Canada to End CF-18 Airstrikes Against Islamic State Group

Feb 11, 2016
Canada is ending its combat role in the air war against the Islamic State group, stopping airstrikes by its CF-18 aircraft by Feb. 22, according to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Technology

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NASA Set To Flight Test Twisting Morphing Flap

Feb 11, 2016
NASA plans to expand tests of morphing flap technology on a modified Gulfstream III to assess the effect on aircraft noise as well as the potential lift and load shifting benefits from axially twisting the flap to different angles from one end to the other.

Forecast Friday

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Trainer/Light Fighter Retirements 2016-2025

Feb 13, 2016
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