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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, July 12, 2016

VOL. 257 NO. 7 July 12, 2016
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Programs

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Rolls-Royce Snags Work On U.K. F-35 Engines

Jul 11, 2016
Rolls-Royce will soon get to work at RAF Marham supporting not just the lift fan the company built for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, but also the Pratt & Whitney F135 engine that powers the fifth-generation fighter jet.
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Successful Tests For Indo-Israeli Air Defense

Jul 11, 2016
The Indian Air Force, India’s Defense Research and Development Organization and Israel Aerospace Industries have recently tested the latest medium-range surface-air missile air and missile defense system, a member of the Barak 8 air defense weapon system.
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DOD Sees Progress On OCX As Termination Threat Looms

Jul 11, 2016
The Defense Department’s top acquisitions official is cautiously optimistic after his latest review of Raytheon’s next-generation GPS ground-control system, even as the Pentagon considers terminating the program in the face of a critical cost breach.
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AirTanker Flies First VIP Mission

Jul 11, 2016
AirTanker, the private company established to operate the RAF’s fleet of aerial refueling jets, has performed its first VIP mission.
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DOD Encouraged By Early Testing Of KC-46 Fix

Jul 11, 2016
The tide may be turning for Boeing’s KC-46 tanker program, with Pentagon and industry leaders showing signs they are encouraged by early testing of the company’s fix to a major hardware problem.
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Advanced Russian Soyuz MS Crew Capsule Reaches Space Station

Jul 11, 2016
Russia’s Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft carried out a successful automated docking with the International Space Station early July 9.
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Bell Unveils Next-Gen V-280 Tiltrotor

Jul 12, 2016
As part of an effort to market its new tiltrotor technology to potential foreign customers, Bell Helicopter unveiled a full-size mockup of its V-280 Valor on the first day of the Farnborough International Airshow July 11.
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Sweden Declares IOC With Meteor Missile

Jul 11, 2016
The Swedish air force has declared an initial operating capability with the MBDA Meteor air-breathing air-to-air missile on its Gripen fighters, making it the first air arm to introduce the weapon.
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Air Force Chief ‘Concerned And Disappointed’ By Boeing’s KC-46 Slip

Jul 08, 2016
The new chief of the U.S. Air Force admonished Boeing for the latest KC-46 tanker schedule slip, telling reporters in his first press conference that he is “concerned and disappointed” about the delay in delivering a sorely needed capability to the fleet.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Jul 12, 2016
SIERRA NEVADA CORP. completed ISS Integration Certification Milestone 1 for Dream Chaser Cargo System under NASA’s Commercial Resupply Services 2 contract, securing agency approval of plan for six space station cargo deliveries during 2019-2024. RAYTHEON has $1.1m grant from U.S. Army Research Laboratory to develop Scalable, Agile, Multimode, Front End Technology (SAMFET) for Next Generation Radar program. THALES and ELETTRONICA signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore joint initiatives and pursue business opportunities in electronic warfare.

Funding & Policy

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The Week Ahead In Washington

Jul 12, 2016
This week all eyes are on the U.K. as the Farnborough International Airshow unfolds. Also this week, the International Space Station R&D conference gets underway in San Diego. Meanwhile in Washington, the House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) tacair subcommittee on Wednesday afternoon will discuss “Air Dominance and the Critical Role of Fifth Generation Fighters” with Gen. Herbert Carlisle, head of Air Combat Command. At the same time, the HASC oversight subcommittee will review the European Reassurance Initiative with witnesses including Maj. Gen.

Business

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Lockheed CEO: ‘No Regrets’ On Sikorsky, Confident On T-X

Jul 12, 2016
A collapse in oil and gas prices that has choked off demand for commercial helicopters has been harsher than anticipated, says Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson, but she stands behind the company’s $9 billion acquisition of Sikorsky last year from United Technologies Corp.
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Cameron Hails Strength of U.K. Aerospace Industry

Jul 11, 2016
British Prime Minister David Cameron has described the country’s aerospace industry as one of its greatest strengths and one that needs to be exercised following the country’s so-called Brexit decision to leave the European Union.

Contracts

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Selected U.S. military contracts for the week of July 5 - 8, 2016

Jul 12, 2016
Selected U.S. military contracts for July 5, 2016. U.S. ARMY Camgian Microsystems Corp., Starkville, Mississippi, was awarded a $7,737,765 cost-plus-fixed-fee, incrementally funded contract for the Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict radar demonstration, integration, and advancement project. Army Contracting Command, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, is the contracting activity (W911NF-16-C-0086).