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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, January 29, 2018

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Business

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Northrop Names New Orbital Unit; Unveils Expansion Plan

Jan 26, 2018
The new Northrop Grumman division housing Orbital ATK will be called Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems and will be led by Blake Larson, currently Orbital’s chief operating officer.
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Raytheon Execs Defend Forcepoint, Promise Growth

Jan 25, 2018
Wall Street analysts peppered Raytheon Chairman and CEO Tom Kennedy and CFO Toby O’Brien with questions Jan. 25 after subsidiary Forcepoint reported a loss of $8 million in the fourth quarter of 2017.
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Schweizer Regains Helo Line From Sikorsky

Jan 26, 2018
Schweizer RSG has declared plans to restart production of the Schweizer 300 helicopter after buying rights to the aircraft from Sikorsky.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Jan 30, 2018
RAYTHEON has $92m U.S. Army contract for engineering and technical services to support the Stinger Weapon System for the U.S., Poland and Taiwan.

Technology

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NASA Folds Wing in Flight

Jan 30, 2018
NASA has tested wing folding in flight, a technique that could reduce tail size and therefore drag in subsonic aircraft.

Operations

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Japan Begins Deploying F-35s To An Operational Base

Jan 26, 2018
Japan for the first time deployed a Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning to an operational base on Jan. 26.
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Telemetry Cut, Incorrect Orbit Injection Mar Ariane 5 Launch

Jan 26, 2018
Arianespace suffered from two mishaps Jan. 25 in its first launch of 2018, when the Ariane 5 rocket lost its telemetry link with the ground and placed both of its payload satellites into the wrong orbit.

Programs

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India Rekindles Mid-Air Refueling Aircraft Buy

Jan 26, 2018
India has begun a fresh hunt to acquire mid-air refueling aircraft.
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India Hopes GSAT-11 Will Be Last Foreign Launch

Jan 26, 2018
India hopes the scheduled April launch of its GSAT-11 communication satellite by Arianespace will mark the last time it has to rely on a foreign launcher to orbit a satellite.
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U.S. Navy Signs Orbital ATK To Develop Enlarged AARGM

Jan 24, 2018
The U.S. Navy has tapped Orbital ATK to develop the first anti-radiation missile designed for internal carriage on the carrier-based F-35C Joint Strike Fighter.
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Search For Zuma Unearths Lost NASA Satellite

Jan 26, 2018
An amateur astronomer looking for the lost Zuma satellite instead found a NASA science satellite known as IMAGE, which disappeared from radar tracking on Dec. 18, 2005.
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Russian Military Orders Tu-160 Bombers

Jan 25, 2018
The production of this Cold War-era aircraft was suspended in 2008, but on Jan. 25 the defense ministry placed a new order with United Aircraft Corp. for 10 more airframes.

Industry Data

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U.S. Defense Department Spending: Nuclear Weapons Facilities: FY16-FY18($K)

Jan 29, 2018
View the U.S. Defense Department Spending: Nuclear Weapons Facilities: FY16-FY18($K) chart in PDF format.

Calendar of Events

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Upcoming Events

Jan 29, 2018
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