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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, January 30, 2018

VOL. 263 NO. 20 January 30, 2018
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Business

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Lockheed Looks To Investments With More Cash

Jan 29, 2018
The Pentagon’s leading contractor by sales plans to spend more on venture capital investments and workforce development, among other priorities.

Intelligence

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The Week Ahead In Aerospace & Defense

Jan 30, 2018
This week sees a flurry of international launch activity­—On Tuesday a SpaceX Falcon 9 carrying SES-16/GovSat 1 is due to lift off from Cape Canaveral, Florida.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Jan 30, 2018
LOCKHEED MARTIN has $459.2m U.S. Missile Defense Agency contract for additional Lot 10 Terminal High Altitude Area Defense interceptors (one-shot devices) and associated production support efforts.

Operations

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U.S. Air Force To Get Second Female F-35 Pilot

Jan 29, 2018
The U.S. Air Force finally is ready to welcome its second female F-35 pilot, now that enough aircraft have been upgraded with a new ejection seat designed to accommodate lightweight aircrew.
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RAAF Growler Damaged In Red Flag Exercise

Jan 29, 2018
An Australian Boeing EA-18G Growler suffered serious damage during an exercise at the U.S. Nellis Air Force Base on Jan. 27 and may have to be replaced.
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NASA Postpones Jan. 29 Space Station Spacewalk

Jan 29, 2018
A scheduled Jan. 29 spacewalk outside the International Space Station (ISS) originally scheduled by NASA to complete a complex series of upgrades to the station’s crucial robot arm has been postponed.

Programs

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Grand Finale: Three B-2s Drop Three 30,000-lb. Bombs

Jan 26, 2018
Last May, the U.S. Air Force loaded up three Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit stealth bombers with 30,000-lb. earth-penetrating bombs and sent them on a test mission against a single target at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico.
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Lebanese A-29s To Receive Laser-Guided APKWS Rockets

Jan 29, 2018
The small fleet of fixed-wing light attack aircraft is being provided to Beirut as U.S. military aid to support counterterrorism missions.
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Thai T-50s Finally Delivered

Jan 26, 2018
The aircraft arrived at the RTAF’s Takhli base in Nakhon Sawan province, 240 km (140 mi) northwest of Bangkok on Jan. 25, 17 days after they left South Korea for the ferry flight.
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Boeing F-15C Flies With Legion Pod

Jan 29, 2018
Boeing recently finished two weeks of flight testing as part of its wide-ranging modernization program for the fourth-generation aerial combat jet.