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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, December 7, 2017

VOL. 262 NO. 47 December 07, 2017
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Programs

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F-35: 1, Super Hornet: 0 In Boeing’s Rift With Canada

Dec 06, 2017
Lockheed Martin’s F-35 appears to have emerged the real winner from Boeing’s rift with Canada over Bombardier’s C Series passenger jetliner.
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India Successfully Test-fires Akash Surface-to-Air Missile

Dec 06, 2017
India has successfully test-launched the newest version of its homegrown Akash supersonic surface-to-air missile.
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Northrop Tests Air-dropped UAV For EA-18G Growler

Dec 06, 2017
Northrop Grumman has been performing flight demonstrations with a new foldout UAV that could someday drop from the Boeing EA-18G Growler.
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Lindbergh Dives Into Electric VTOL Air Taxi Market

Dec 06, 2017
Adding to the scores of similar projects already in the works, Erik Lindbergh—grandson of Charles Lindbergh and long-time advocate for electric flight—has formed a company to develop an electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) air taxi.
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Chinook To Fly With CH-53K Engine

Dec 06, 2017
Boeing, General Electric and the U.S. Army are planning to fly a CH-47 Chinook fitted with the T408 turboshaft from the Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion.
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Israel Wants More Homegrown Systems On Its F-35

Dec 06, 2017
Israel wants more Israeli-developed weapon and electronic warfare systems on its Lockheed Martin F-35 Adir stealth fighters.
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Russia’s T-50 Prototype Flies With New Engine

Dec 06, 2017
Russia’s Sukhoi Su-57 fifth-generation fighter took off with a new engine for the first time, according to United Aircraft Corp.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Dec 08, 2017
BELL BOEING JPO has $18m U.S. Navy contract for technical analysis, engineering and integration services in support of V-22 aircraft.

In Brief

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ULA Postpones Launch Of NROL-47

Dec 08, 2017
United Launch Alliance (ULA) has postponed the launch of the National Reconnaissance Office’s classified NROL-47 spacecraft from its previous target of this month to no earlier than Jan. 10, 2018.

Business

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Israel Aerospace Industries Pursues New U.S. Strategy

Dec 05, 2017
Israel Aerospace Industries is changing its strategy in the U.S. market to better deal with changing conditions.
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Spirit AeroSystems To Add 1,000 Jobs, Invest $1 Billion In Wichita

Dec 06, 2017
Spirit AeroSystems plans to add 1,000 jobs and invest $1 billion over the next five years at its Wichita headquarters.

Fleet Snapshot

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Fleet Snapshot: Worldwide Dassault Aviation Fleets

Dec 08, 2017
View the Fleet Snapshot: Worldwide Dassault Aviation Fleets chart in PDF format.