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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, February 6, 2017

VOL. 259 NO. 24 February 06, 2017
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Programs

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F-35A Drops Below $100M For First Time In Latest Deal

Feb 03, 2017
In the latest F-35 contract agreement, covering 90 aircraft, the price of all three variants is down significantly.
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Return of Javelin? Stavatti To Enter T-X Competition

Feb 03, 2017
As Northrop and Raytheon’s T-X ambitions fall apart, a new candidate has emerged: the Stavatti Aerospace Javelin.
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Bell V-280 Tiltrotor Being Prepared For Ground Testing

Feb 03, 2017
Bell is preparing its prototype V-280 Valor next-generation tiltrotor for ground-vibration testing as it pushes to achieve first flight by September of this year.
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Super Bowl Partners With NASA’s Journey To Mars

Feb 02, 2017
With Houston hosting the Super Bowl for the third time, NASA’s Johnson Space Center is taking the opportunity to showcase the agency’s Mars exploration ambitions to visiting football fans.
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Juno Dips Over Jupiter’s Cloud Tops For Fourth Time

Feb 03, 2017
NASA’s Juno mission spacecraft swooped close to Jupiter’s swirling cloud tops for a fourth time early Feb. 2.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Feb 07, 2017
FINLAND, NORWAY and SWEDEN’s air forces will host multinational Arctic Challenge Exercise 2017 in the airspace over the northern areas of the host countries May 22 to June 2.

In Brief

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Republicans Seek To Exempt Military Acquisition From Hiring Freeze

Feb 07, 2017
Nineteen Republicans in Congress are appealing to President Donald Trump to exempt military acquisition from the current hiring freeze for all federal civilian workers.

Funding & Policy

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USAF Chief Urges Trump To ‘Get This Force Sized Right’

Feb 03, 2017
In his first meeting with President Donald Trump, the U.S. Air Force chief told the new commander-in-chief that the service needs more people and resources to fulfill its missions at home and abroad.

Technology

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Russian Ground-Effect Transport Concept Tested

Feb 02, 2017
Russia’s TsAGI central aerohydrodynamic institute has conducted low-speed wind tunnel testing of an integrated wing/body concept for a heavy transport aircraft.

Business

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Hexcel Ups Investment In 3D Printing Supplier For CST-100

Feb 03, 2017
Advanced composites provider Hexcel has invested $10 million more in additive manufacturer Oxford Performance Materials, which is making 3D printed parts for Boeing's CST-100 Starliner.
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L3 Makes Leadership Changes For Strategy, Electronics

Jan 30, 2017
L3 Technologies said Jan. 25 that its executives in charge of strategy and development and the company’s Electronic Systems business unit will be changing, and that the latter will be reorganized.

Calendar of Events

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Calendar

Feb 07, 2017
Feb. 6-8—Second Annual SmallSat Symposium, Silicon Valley 2017, Mountain View, California. For more information go to http://smallsatshow.com/

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