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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, February 7, 2017

VOL. 259 NO. 25 February 07, 2017
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Funding & Policy

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HASC Chairman Urges DOD To Boost Aircraft Modernization

Feb 06, 2017
The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee is urging the Pentagon to prioritize aircraft modernization in a supplemental budget request expected by March 1.
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Trump Bump In Defense Spending May Be Temporary

Feb 06, 2017
An expected boost to U.S. defense spending under President Donald Trump may last only five years, if that long, and the snapback to lower budgets could be harsher than before.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Feb 08, 2017
ORBITAL SCIENCES CORP. has $78.2m U.S. Air Force contract for Space Test Program Satellite-6 (STPSat-6) spacecraft integration and testing.

In Brief

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The Week Ahead In Aerospace & Defense

Feb 08, 2017
This week the vice chiefs of the U.S. military services and the assistant commandant of the Marine Corps visit Capitol Hill.

Programs

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Bull’s-eye: U.S.-Japan’s Burly New Interceptor Hits Mark

Feb 06, 2017
The 21-in.-dia. Standard Missile-3 being cooperatively developed by the U.S. and Japan has intercepted its first ballistic missile target.
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BAE Confirms Advanced Hawk Debut At Aero-India

Feb 06, 2017
BAE Systems has confirmed it will debut a prototype of its Advanced Hawk concept at the Aero-India airshow later this month.
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NanoRacks Teams With Boeing On Commercial ISS Airlock

Feb 06, 2017
Boeing will fabricate the berthing mechanism for the commercial airlock that NanoRacks is developing to attach to the International Space Station.
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U.S. Navy Asks To Buy One Fewer Triton To Pay For Overruns

Feb 06, 2017
The Navy has asked Congress to buy one fewer Triton UAV to pay for cost overruns in development.
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NASA IG Raises Mars 2020 Cost, Launch Concerns

Jan 31, 2017
NASA’s Mars 2020 robotic rover mission faces potential cost and technical challenges that could jeopardize efforts to meet a 20-day, midyear launch window, the agency’s IG says.
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NASA’s Osiris-Rex To Make Trojan Asteroid Search

Feb 06, 2017
NASA’s Osiris-Rex asteroid sample return spacecraft scan two Earth-Sun Lagrange points for the presence of Trojan asteroids this month.

Operations

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Gearbox Focus Of Norway EC225 Crash Probe

Feb 02, 2017
Norwegian air accident investigators probing the loss of a CHC-operated Airbus H225 helicopter last April have begun focusing their attention on the certification aspects of the helicopter’s gearbox.

Contracts

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Selected U.S. Military Contracts for the Week of Jan. 30-Feb. 3, 2017

Feb 08, 2017
St. Michael’s Inc., Woodbridge, Virginia, was awarded a $150,000,000 maximum ceiling, $2,500 minimum guarantee, cost-plus-fixed-fee, single-award, indefinite–delivery/indefinite-quantity contract.

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