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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, October 17, 2017

VOL. 262 NO. 12 October 17, 2017
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Programs

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SLS Debut In Late 2019, Lockheed Orion Manager Says

Oct 16, 2017
The first flight of NASA’s heavy-lift Space Launch System rocket, slated to put an unmanned Orion capsule into orbit around the Moon for Exploration Mission 1, is now targeted for launch in late 2019.
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JSOW Anti-Ship Glide Bomb Fully Operational

Oct 16, 2017
The U.S. Navy says its fighter squadrons have been fully equipped with the service’s first-ever networked-enabled air-to-ground glide bomb, the Raytheon AGM-154C-1 Joint Standoff Weapon.
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U.S. Air Force’s T-X Pilot Trainer Slips

Oct 16, 2017
Despite the urgency of the replacement effort, the T-X contract award is now delayed until after the new year, the U.S. Air Force says.
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Lockheed Nears Delivery Of Latvia’s TPS-77 MRR Radar

Oct 13, 2017
Latvia ordered three of the long-range air surveillance radars in 2015, and the first two are now fully built.
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Flexrotor VTOL UAV Stays Aloft For 32 Hr.

Oct 16, 2017
Aerovel’s Flexrotor long-endurance vertical-takeoff-and-landing unmanned aircraft has completed a 32-hr., 8-min. flight, landing with more than 3 hr. worth of fuel remaining.
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Bangladesh Navy To Buy Two More Dornier 228s

Oct 12, 2017
The Bangladesh Navy has decided to buy two more new Ruag Aviation Dornier 228 aircraft.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Oct 18, 2017
RAYTHEON has $7.8m U.S. Defense Logistics Agency contract for H-60 spare parts.

In Brief

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The Week Ahead In Aerospace & Defense

Oct 18, 2017
The Senate Armed Services Committee will convene Thursday morning to discuss “Roles and Responsibilities for Defending the Nation from Cyber Attack.”

Business

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GKN Aerospace Hits Financial Turbulence

Oct 13, 2017
Mysterious new issues are causing British aerospace and structures manufacturer GKN to warn about financial shortcomings at its Aerospace and automotive-focused Driveline business units.

Technology

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U.S. Funds Regional Biofuel Supply-Chain Projects

Oct 16, 2017
Florida is to establish a biofuel supply chain based around brassica carinata, a non-edible plant that has already been used to produce 100% bio-derived jet fuel.

Operations

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Russian Progress Reaches International Space Station

Oct 16, 2017
Russia’s automated Progress MS-07 successfully docked with the six-person International Space Station early Oct. 16.

Contracts

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Selected U.S. Military Contracts For The Week of Oct. 10- Oct. 13, 2017

Oct 18, 2017
General Dynamics Electric Boat Corp., Groton, Connecticut, is being awarded a $20,596,056 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to a previously awarded contract.