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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, February 2, 2018

VOL. 263 NO. 23 February 02, 2018
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Programs

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Senators Urge White House To Back B-52 Engine Upgrade

Feb 01, 2018
Ahead of the Pentagon’s fiscal 2019 budget release, six senators have thrown their support behind a re-engining of the Boeing B-52H.
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U.S. Air Force Triggers Next Space Launch Competition

Feb 01, 2018
U.S. rocket companies have until April 6 to bid on the next batch of U.S. Air Force and National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) space launch missions.
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Automatic Collision Avoidance Safety System Sped Up For F-35

Feb 01, 2018
Flight testing of the Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System in the F-35 will begin in September after the decision to speed up implementation.
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H160M Helo To Fulfill Gazelle Role For French Army

Feb 01, 2018
The French Army expects the Airbus H160M helicopter to take on the missions currently performed by the Aerospatiale Gazelle when the H160M enters service.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Feb 03, 2018
UKRAINE conducted first flight test of new ground-launched cruise missile.

In Brief

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Singapore Airshow Nears Takeoff

Feb 03, 2018
There will be no lack of new technology to see at next week’s Singapore Airshow, from the Mach 3 SR-72 reconnaissance aircraft in development by Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works to a fully electric VTOL flying car from Paul DeLorean.

Operations

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T-6A Flights Halted As USAF, Navy Team To Tackle Hypoxia

Jan 31, 2018
The U.S. Air Force has suspended indefinitely all solo flights in the T-6A Texan II training aircraft due to Unexplained Physiological Events.
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MDA Withholding Outcome Of Latest SM-3 Interceptor Test

Jan 31, 2018
The MDA and Raytheon Missile Systems are refusing to confirm or deny reports that the latest Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block 2A intercept test has failed.
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SpaceX Delivers Luxembourg’s GovSat 1 Into Orbit

Jan 31, 2018
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket soared off its Cape Canaveral launch pad Jan. 31 to put a communications satellite into orbit for SES and Luxembourg.
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Russian Electronic Forces Complicate NATO War Plans

Jan 30, 2018
The first sign of a Russian invasion of the Baltic states would be widespread disruption of the electromagnetic spectrum, according to a new report.

Funding & Policy

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FAA Grants SpaceX Operators License

Jan 31, 2018
SpaceX has been granted a five-year operators license from the FAA to launch communications satellites from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral.

Fleet Snapshot

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Fleet Snapshot: Worldwide Leonardo Military Helicopter Fleets

Feb 03, 2018
View the Fleet Snapshot: Worldwide Leonardo Military Helicopter Fleets chart in PDF format.