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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, May 31, 2016

VOL. 256 NO. 42 May 31, 2016
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Funding & Policy

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Canada Updates Procurement Plans, Prioritizes Fighters

May 27, 2016
Approval to begin the definition phase of the Future Fighter Capability program is scheduled for 2017, leading to a request for proposals in 2017-19 and contract award in 2018-20.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

May 31, 2016
ROYAL NETHERLANDS AIR FORCE says preliminary results from May 26 F-35A noise tests at Volkel and Leeuwarden air base communities showed “no distinguishable noise difference between an F-35 vs. an F-16 to the human ear.” CFM INTERNATIONAL INC. has $32.5m U.S. Navy contract for field assessment, unscheduled engine repair, assistance with removal/replacement of P-8 CFM56 engines.

Programs

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Russia Unveils Tri-Wing Quad Tiltrotor

May 31, 2016
VR Technologies, a design bureau created in 2014 as part of Russian Helicopters, displayed a unconventional quad-tiltrotor unmanned aircraft at the HelRussia 2016 exhibition on May 19-21 in Moscow.
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Commercial Ambition Part of Darpa XS-1 Spaceplane Plan

May 27, 2016
Darpa’s new competition to build and fly the XS-1 experimental spaceplane requires bidders to submit a plan to transition the vehicle to a commercial business model.
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Japan, Italy Contribute CubeSats To NASA’s First SLS Flight

May 27, 2016
Japan and Italy are partnering with NASA to fly three CubeSats beyond Earth orbit on the U.S. space agency’s inaugural flight of a new Space Launch System (SLS) in 2018.
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Coating Protects U.K. Carrier Decks From F-35 Exhaust

May 27, 2016
Flight decks of the Royal Navy’s Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers are to be protected from damage by the exhaust from Lockheed Martin F-35Bs using a U.K.-developed metal coating.
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Rolling Airframe Missile Passes Fire Control Test

May 27, 2016
The U.S. Navy successfully validated significant progression in the Fire Control Improvement Process (FCLIP) program through a live-fire test involving the Ship’s Self Defense System (SSDS) and Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) Guided Missile Weapons System at Point Mugu, California, Naval Sea Systems Command (Navsea) says.
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Italian Investigators Seize Third Prototype AW609

May 27, 2016
Italian investigators probing the fatal crash of the second prototype AgustaWestland AW609 commercial tiltrotor have reportedly impounded the third prototype, preventing it from being shipped to the U.S. for flight testing.

Holiday Note

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Holiday Notice

May 31, 2016
In observance of Memorial Day in the U.S., Aerospace Daily & Defense Report will not be publishing on Monday, May 30. The next issue will be dated Wednesday, June 1.

Technology

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Raytheon To Flight Test Video SAR Sensor For Gunships

May 27, 2016
Flight tests of an extremely high frequency through-weather targeting sensor developed by Raytheon are planned for late this year under Darpa’s Video Synthetic Aperture Radar program
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Australian-U.S. Team Completes Mach 7.5 Hypersonic Test

May 27, 2016
Researchers say data from a successful Mach 7.5 flight test will help designers of future hypersonic vehicles and weapons more accurately predict the behavior of the boundary layer, one of the great areas of uncertainty still remaining in the high-speed flight regime.

Industry Data

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U.S. DoD - Tanker and Transport Spending : FY15-FY17 ($K)

May 31, 2016
View the U.S. DoD - Tanker and Transport Spending : FY15-FY17 ($K) chart in PDF format.

Calendar of Events

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Upcoming Events

May 31, 2016
To list an event, send information in calendar format to Donna Thomas at [email protected]. For a complete list of Aviation Week Network’s upcoming events, and to register, visit www.aviationweek.com/events (Bold type indicates new calendar listing.) May 31—MRO Network—ap&m Summit, London, U.K. For more information go to www.aviationweek.com/events June 1-2—MRO Network, ap&m Europe, London, U.K. For more information go to www.aviationweek.com/events