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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, April 6, 2017

VOL. 260 NO. 4 April 06, 2017
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Business

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Facing Competition, ULA Slashes Atlas V Price

Apr 05, 2017
United Launch Alliance has dropped the price of its workhorse Atlas V rocket by about one-third and will continue to drive down costs amid mounting competition from SpaceX.
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Boeing Innovation Arm HorizonX Launches With Venture Bets

Apr 05, 2017
Boeing has created an “innovation cell” to seek out potentially disruptive technologies and business models, both externally and internally.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Apr 06, 2017
LOCKHEED MARTIN has $581.8m U.S. Navy contract for air vehicle initial spares, including F-35 common spares; F-35A, F-35B and F-35C unique spares, and aloft spares packages/deployment spares packages and reprogramming lab spares required to support the fighter’s delivery schedule through April 2021. SEEMANN COMPOSITES INC. has $9.1m U.S. Navy contract for materials and manufacturing technologies for unmanned underwater vehicles through Sept. 15, 2020.

Funding & Policy

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Trump’s Air Force Secretary Nominee Advances

Apr 06, 2017
On April 5 the Senate Armed Services Committee met in executive session and favorably reported the nomination of Heather Wilson to be the next Secretary of the U.S. Air Force by a vote of 22-5. The nomination now goes to the floor of the Senate for a full vote. A former Air Force officer, Wilson also served in Congress as a Republican representing New Mexico’s 1st Congressional District from 1998 to 2009.
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U.S. Air Force Shakes Up Space Enterprise

Apr 04, 2017
The new three-star deputy chief of staff for space will serve as an advocate for space on the Air Staff, which the Air Force hopes will speed decision making and increase responsiveness to emerging threats.
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Kourou Strikes Go On Despite French Government Plan

Apr 05, 2017
France's $1.2 billion plan to invest in French Guiana has been deemed insufficient by the protesters whose strikes have brought Arianespace launches at Kourou’s spaceport to a halt.
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Executives Push For 21st Century Mandate In FAA Bill

Apr 04, 2017
Several representatives of leading-edge aviation and commercial space companies marched to Capitol Hill on April 4 to try to catch up lawmakers on what is needed in the next FAA reauthorization measure—assuming Congress can provide it.

Programs

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Orbital ATK’s Next-Gen Rocket To Compete With ULA, SpaceX

Apr 05, 2017
Orbital ATK is stepping out of the shadows with a next-generation rocket booster.
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China Planning Long-Term Deep-space Robotic Missions

Apr 05, 2017
China’s space organizations are beginning to plan science missions beyond Mars, even as its engineers prepare to return samples from the Moon to Earth this year, and from Mars by 2030.
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Aero Vodochody Ready To Restart L-159 Production

Apr 04, 2017
Czech aerospace firm Aero Vodochody has declared itself ready to return the L-159 light attack aircraft to production.
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CH-53K King Stallion Cleared For Production, Deployment

Apr 04, 2017
The milestone was 11 years in the making.
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ISRO Calls On Private Player To Build Navsat Spares

Apr 05, 2017
India’s state-run space agency has partnered with a local defense equipment maker to develop two spare Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System spacecraft.
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Malaysia Finally Pursuing Maritime Patrol Requirement

Apr 05, 2017
Malaysia appears to be finally making serious moves toward fulfilling a long-standing requirement for maritime patrollers.

Technology

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Saab Performs Fast Jet Flight With Biofuel

Apr 04, 2017
Swedish aerospace and defense firm Saab has carried out a successful flight test of its JAS-39 Gripen fighter run on rapeseed oil-based biofuel.

Operations

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‘Capital Guardian’ F-16C Crashes Near Washington

Apr 05, 2017
A single-seat Lockheed Martin F-16C assigned to the U.S.