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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, March 20, 2017

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Programs

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Trump Seeks Sharp Funding Increase For Next-Gen Fighter

Mar 17, 2017
The proposed investment in the Air Force’s sixth-generation fighter signals the administration’s seriousness about moving quickly to modernize the service’s tactical fighter fleet beyond the stealthy F-35.
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Russian Helicopters Developing Light Helicopter

Mar 16, 2017
Russian Helicopters has begun work on the development of a light helicopter in the 1.6-metric ton (3,500 lb.) class, the company has revealed.
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Darpa Picks Teams For Air-Launched/Recovered UAVs

Mar 17, 2017
Low-cost UAVs that can be launched in volleys to cooperate with each other and with manned aircraft, then be retrieved in midair and reused, have moved a step closer to becoming reality.
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Mass-producing Satellite Factory Breaks Ground In Florida

Mar 16, 2017
OneWeb Satellites on March 16 kicked off construction of its proposed $85 million, high-volume satellite manufacturing factory in Exploration Park, Florida, near NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.
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Boeing Secures $3 Billion, Five-Year AH-64E Apache Deal

Mar 17, 2017
The contract provides $3.3 billion to Boeing in exchange for 244 remanufactured Echo-model aircraft and another 24 new-build AH-64Es for Saudi Arabia.
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Landing Strategy A Priority For Human Mars Exploration

Mar 16, 2017
The Martian surface is within reach of human explorers by the early to mid-2030s, and Martian orbit by 2026-28, provided funding is made available and some key technology decisions are reached soon, a panel says.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Mar 20, 2017
AUSTRALIA’s defense ministry launched A$730m ($560m) Next Generation Technologies Fund to improve Australian defense capability and innovation over a ten-year period. F-35 LIGHTNING II recently conducted first firing trials of MBDA Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missile (Asraam) at NAS Patuxent River, MD, and Edwards AFB, CA, marking first launch of a non-U.S. missile from the stealthy fighter.

Business

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UK, French Investigators Tag-team Airbus on Third-Parties

Mar 20, 2017
British and French criminal investigators are doubling down on an inquiry into Airbus and alleged misuse of third-party agents and European export credit. Last August, Airbus acknowledged the U.K. Serious Fraud Office (SFO) had opened an investigation into allegations of fraud, bribery and corruption in the civil aviation business of Airbus Group relating to irregularities concerning third-party consultants.

Funding & Policy

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Boeing’s Super Hornet, P-8 Win Big In Trump’s Supplemental Request

Mar 16, 2017
Boeing is the big winner in President Trump’s supplemental budget request for fiscal 2017, with the White House requesting more than $3 billion for 24 additional U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornets and six more P-8 maritime patrol aircraft.
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Trump Wants Big Spending On U.S. Army Helicopters, Missiles

Mar 17, 2017
The Trump administration’s fiscal 2017 supplemental budget, known in Washington as the “hard-power” skinny budget, would add billions of dollars to the U.S. Army’s aircraft and missile procurement accounts, providing new money for helicopters, UAVs, missiles and interceptors.

Technology

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Eutelsat Bets On Electric Thrusters, Multiport Amplifiers

Mar 15, 2017
Eutelsat on March 16 will formally receive from Airbus Defense and Space its new Eutelsat 172B telecommunications satellite.

Calendar of Events

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Upcoming Events

Mar 20, 2017
To list an event, send information in calendar format to Donna Thomas at [email protected]. For a complete list of Aviation Week Network’s upcoming events, and to register, visit www.aviationweek.com/events (Bold type indicates new calendar listing.)