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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, June 12, 2017

VOL. 260 NO. 50 June 12, 2017
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Programs

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Airbus Urges France To Join European Fighter Project

Jun 09, 2017
“We expect France would be involved,” said Airbus’ head of military aircraft, Fernando Alonso, speaking to journalists here June 9. “It is clearly in our European interest to define one single system available to all."
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Portugal Plans KC-390 Buy

Jun 09, 2017
Portugal looks set to become the first customer for Embraer’s KC-390 airlifter.
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U.S. Navy Green-Lights New And Improved Super Hornet

Jun 08, 2017
The U.S. Navy has opted to fund Boeing’s upgraded F/A-18 Super Hornet “Block III” and plans to begin fielding the capability in fiscal 2019.
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UK Takes Delivery Of Last Rivet Joint

Jun 08, 2017
Britain’s Royal Air Force has taken delivery of its third and final RC-135 Rivet Joint signals-intelligence gathering aircraft.
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USAF To Keep AR-1 Work Going Amid BE-4 Setback

Jun 09, 2017
The U.S. Air Force says it will continue investing in the Aerojet Rocketdyne AR-1 engine as a potential replacement for the Russian-made RD-180.
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Bell JetRanger X Receives FAA Certification

Jun 08, 2017
Bell’s Model 505 JetRanger X has been awarded its long-awaited certification by the FAA.
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BAE Flies Advanced Hawk

Jun 07, 2017
The flight is the first in a series of 17 test flights that will prove the Advanced Hawk's new aerodynamic configuration.
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India’s TASL Delivers Chinook Components To Boeing

Jun 09, 2017
India’s Tata Advanced Systems Ltd. has delivered the first crown and tailcone assembly for India's upcoming batch of CH-47F Chinooks.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Jun 12, 2017
LOCKHEED MARTIN has $413.8m U.S. Air Force contract for 360 Joint Air-to -Surface Standoff Missile-Extended Range (JASSM-ER) missiles and tooling and test equipment production. Work complete August 2020. THALES ALENIA SPACE has $130m, 3-year INMARSAT contract for new Global Xpress satellite, targeted for 2019 launch.

Funding & Policy

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U.S. Navy Reorganizes Hypoxia Inquiry Team

Jun 12, 2017
The U.S. Navy has reorganized the team set up to monitor the increasingly frequent “physiological episodes” being experienced by F/A-18 pilots. Now called the PMA-265 Physiological Episode Integrated Protect Team, officials from Boeing, Northrop Grumman and several Naval Air Systems Command units will look at each incident to determine a root cause. But in recent testimony to Congress, Vice Adm.

Operations

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Luke AFB Pauses F-35A Flying After Reports Of Hypoxia

Jun 09, 2017
The U.S. Air Force says flying operations at Luke AFB were canceled on June 9 “to synchronize operations and maintenance efforts toward safe flying.”

Technology

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U.S. Agencies Funded To Study Spectrum Reallocation

Jun 06, 2017
Four U.S. government agencies have received $71.5 million from the Office of Management and Budget to study whether they can auction a minimum of 30 MHz of L-band spectrum used for air traffic control radar and other cross-agency purposes.
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Supersonic X-plane Takes Next Step

Jun 12, 2017
NASA has issued a draft request for proposals for development of its Quiet Supersonic Transport low-boom flight demonstrator, starting the clock ticking toward first flight of the new X-plane in early 2021.

Calendar of Events

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Upcoming Events

Jun 12, 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.)