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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, June 22, 2016

VOL. 256 NO. 58 June 22, 2016
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Programs

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Japan Requests Information For Next Fighter

Jun 21, 2016
Japan’s defense ministry is requesting information for its next fighter program, taking an early step toward an acquisition that will shape the country’s air force in the middle of the century and perhaps result in a domestic development effort.
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Air Launch Carrier Stratolaunch Closing On Completion

Jun 22, 2016
Assembly of the Stratolaunch, the enormous air launch carrier aircraft venture backed by billionaire Paul Allen, is 76% complete.
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Large Close-in Planets May Shape Young Solar Systems

Jun 21, 2016
Discoveries of two very large planets close to their distant young stars are informing still-maturing theories about how and when planetary bodies in solar systems like ours arrange themselves.
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Russia Signs Agreement With Aireon For Space-Based ADS-B

Jun 22, 2016
Russian air navigation and aviation information service providers have signed an agreement with U.S.-based Aireon.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Jun 22, 2016
THALES ALENIA SPACE signed contract with RSCC to supply ...

In Brief

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Blue Angels Cancel Performance In Florida Air Show

Jun 22, 2016
The U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels flight demonstration squadron has canceled its scheduled performance at the ...

Business

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Viking Takes Over 415 Water Bomber From Bombardier

Jun 21, 2016
Bombardier has agreed to sell its Amphibious Aircraft operations to Victoria, British Columbia-based Viking Air, which in 2005 took over ownership and support of former all de Havilland Canada (DHC) types from the Canadian aircraft manufacturer.

Technology

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Raytheon Pushes Microwave Weapon To Kill UAV Swarms

Jun 20, 2016
Raytheon says it has developed a formidable weapon for countering UAV swarms based around a high-power magnetron that can emit enough microwave energy to clear an area in the sky the size of a football field with one pulse.

Funding & Policy

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Carter Touts U.S. Alliances As Trump Ruffles Feathers

Jun 21, 2016
As U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter touts America's relationships with its allies, pundits wonder how the upcoming presidential election could change those relationships.
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Mobile Missile Defense Seen Shifting Asia-Pacific Strategy

Jun 21, 2016
Treating land-based missile defense in a completely different way could alter the character of military strategy in the Asia-Pacific and certain other important global theaters, according to recent studies by the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA).