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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, December 8, 2017

VOL. 262 NO. 48 December 08, 2017
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Funding & Policy

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Pentagon Aims To Cut Time To Contract New Weapons In Half

Dec 07, 2017
The Pentagon’s top weapons buyer believes the department can reduce the timeline to get new equipment on contract by as much as 50%.
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UK Commits £200,000 To Space Business Incubators

Dec 07, 2017
The UK Space Agency announced Dec. 7 it was committing £200,000 ($269,000) for four new business incubators to try to help grow Britain’s space industry.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Dec 09, 2017
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS VERTEX AEROSPACE LLC has $10.3m U.S. Air Force contract for T-1A logistics support.

In Brief

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Northrop Wins U.S. Army ISR Aircraft Supp

Dec 09, 2017
Northrop Grumman on Dec. 7 formally announced it won a $750 million logistics and support services contract for the U.S. Army’s fleet of 75 intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft.

Business

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Raytheon Grows Middle East Presence With UAE Subsidiary

Dec 07, 2017
Raytheon is forming a formal subsidiary for its work in the United Arab Emirates, executives announced Dec. 7.
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Triumph To Combine Aerostructures, Components Groups

Dec 05, 2017
Triumph Group said Dec. 4 it will combine its Aerospace Structures and Precision Components groups into one business unit come Jan. 1, 2018.
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Space Vets See Sustainable Commercial Space Transition

Dec 06, 2017
Aerospace veterans see it coming: the transition of low Earth orbit activities to a commercially dominated landscape.
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Space Economy Enthusiasm May Be Justified, Expert Says

Dec 05, 2017
Recent predictions of a still-growing $1 trillion global space economy by 2030 may not be out of step, one longtime expert in the field says.

Programs

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Qatar Exercises Option For 12 Dassault Rafales

Dec 07, 2017
Even before Dassault delivers the first Rafale fighter to Qatar in 2018, the country has ordered another 12 aircraft.
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Global Aviation Technologies To Upgrade 19 USAF Learjets

Dec 07, 2017
Global Aviation Technologies will update 19 C-21A jets, the military designation for the Learjet 35A, for the U.S. Air Force.

Operations

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Launch Complex 40 Back In Service

Dec 07, 2017
Cape Canaveral's Launch Complex 40 returned to service on Dec 6 after a 14-month repair and refurbishment following an explosion on the pad.

Airlines

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IATA Pushes For Standards Regulating Drones

Dec 05, 2017
The ICAO sent a state letter to its member countries to protect manned-aircraft operations from drones.