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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, October 18, 2017

VOL. 262 NO. 13 October 18, 2017
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Operations

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USAF Steadily Ramping Up Smart Bomb Production

Oct 17, 2017
The U.S. Air Force is steadily ramping up production of precision-guided weapons.
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Spanish Air Force EF-18 Hornet Crashes During Takeoff

Oct 17, 2017
Spain will bury another combat pilot after Lt. Fernando Pérez Serrano died in a Spanish Air Force EF-18 Hornet crash at Torrejón Air Base.
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Canada Confirms Drone Collided With SkyJet Flight

Oct 16, 2017
Transport Canada has confirmed that a SkyJet Beechcraft King Air A100 collided with a drone on Oct. 12 while on approach to Quebec City’s Jean Lesage International Airport.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Oct 18, 2017
NORTHROP GRUMMAN has $15.2m U.S. Navy contract to integrate ZPY-8A/N radar into MQ-8C Fire Scout.

In Brief

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Dubai’s Digi Robotics Unveils Firefighting Tiltrotor

Oct 18, 2017
The United Arab Emirates’ Digi Robotics says it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Dubai Civil Defense to develop a hybrid rotary/fixed-wing unmanned aircraft to fight fires in high-rise buildings.

Business

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Airbus Agreement Boosts Bombardier And C Series

Oct 17, 2017
Airbus’s unparalleled agreement to acquire a majority stake in the C Series airliner without paying anything is both the deal of the century for the European giant and a lifeline for Bombardier.
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Aurora Exec To Lead Boeing’s Phantom Works

Oct 17, 2017
Mark Cherry, Aurora Flight Sciences' president and COO, is joining Boeing as leader of the Phantom Works advanced technology organization.

Programs

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U.S. Approves $2.4B Sale Of F-16 Upgrades To Greece

Oct 17, 2017
The U.S. State Department has OK'd a potential Foreign Military Sale of an estimated $2.4 billion program to upgrade 123 Greek F-16s to the Lockheed Martin Block V configuration.
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U.S. Army Takes Next Steps In Unmanned Medevac Research

Oct 16, 2017
The U.S. Army plans to instrument a tandem-rotor Dragonfly Pictures DP-14 to assess whether a UAV can be built to support human life while airborne.
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BAE Systems Sees Bright Future For Its Seeker Tech

Oct 16, 2017
BAE Systems says it has a “robust roadmap” for its distributed aperture semi-active laser seeker (Dasals) technology beyond the widely used Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System guided rocket.
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Proposed Lynx Upgrade Likely To Involve S. Korean Industry

Oct 17, 2017
A local partner is likely to be heavily involved in a proposed upgrade of half of the Lynx helicopters in service with the Republic of Korea Navy.