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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, December 20, 2016

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Programs

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ESA, Thales Alenia Space Sign Exomars 2020 Contract

Dec 19, 2016
The European Space Agency and Thales Alenia Space last week signed a contract that secures the European portion of the ExoMars 2020 mission.
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Anglo-French UCAS Demo Development To Begin In 2017

Dec 16, 2016
Britain and France are to begin work on the development of a joint Unmanned Combat Air System demonstrator in late 2017.
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U.S. OKs Sale Of Air Search Radars For Philippine Navy

Dec 16, 2016
The U.S. State Department has approved the possible sale of two Saab Sea Giraffe 3D air search radars for the Philippine navy.
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OneWeb Gets $1.2 Billion To Mass-Produce Spacecraft

Dec 19, 2016
Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp. is set to provide $1 billion of a $1.2 billion capital fund for OneWeb Ltd. to use in developing technology and building a constellation of at least 720 low Earth orbit communications smallsats to extend Internet connectivity worldwide.
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First G550 CAEW Surveillance Aircraft Delivered To Italy

Dec 19, 2016
The first of two Gulfstream G550 Conformal Airborne Early Warning aircraft have been delivered to Italy as part of a reciprocal bilateral deal that saw Israel purchase 30 M346 jet trainers.
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ULA Uses An Atlas V To Launch EchoStar XIX

Dec 19, 2016
Controllers are moving the EchoStar XIX broadband satellite to its geostationary operating position at 97.1 West Long. following its Sunday launch.

In Brief

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Lockheed Martin Ventures Leads Investment into IQ-Analog

Dec 21, 2016
Lockheed Martin Ventures said Dec. 19 it led a series-B investment round in San Diego-based IQ-Analog.

Operations

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MV-22s Return To Flight In Japan After Safety Review

Dec 19, 2016
Bell-Boeing MV-22 Ospreys assigned to the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing in Okinawa, Japan, have returned to flight less than a week after one of the aircraft clipped the refueling hose of an Air Force C-130 during a routine refueling and crashed.
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Bad Weather Factor In Indonesian Hercules Crash

Dec 19, 2016
Bad weather appears to have been a factor in the fatal crash of an Indonesian Lockheed Martin C-130H Hercules on Dec. 18, air force Chief of Staff Agus Supriatna says.

Funding & Policy

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Brazil, Embraer Push Ahead On WTO Dispute With Bombardier

Dec 20, 2016
Embraer’s home government of Brazil is ramping up for another World Trade Organization fight against Canada’s Bombardier.

Contracts

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Selected U.S. Military Contracts for the Week of Dec. 12- Dec. 16, 2016

Dec 21, 2016
Raytheon Southwest Asia System Co., Andover, Massachusetts, was awarded a $7,891,848 modification (P00008) to foreign military sales (Kuwait) contract W31P4Q-16-C-0022.

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