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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, February 6, 2018

VOL. 263 NO. 25 February 06, 2018
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Programs

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Boeing Ponders Bid For Canadian Fighter Program

Feb 05, 2018
Boeing says it still may consider bidding for Canada’s CF-18 replacement, despite the long-running trade dispute that has soured relations between Ottawa and the U.S. manufacturer.
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U.S. Navy To Test F-35 With Aegis At Sea

Feb 05, 2018
The U.S. Navy hopes to further validate the Lockheed Martin F-35’s performance as an airborne sensor for air and missile defense in an upcoming Aegis sea trial.
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Boeing Studies Indian Navy Super Hornet Proposal

Feb 05, 2018
Boeing confirms it is in talks with the Indian Navy over proposing the F/A-18 for the service’s carrier-based multirole combat aircraft requirement.
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Lockheed Test-Fires Improved Low-Cost Interceptor

Feb 02, 2018
Narrowing the cost disparity between missiles and their targets is essential if the threat to ground forces from inexpensive drones and rockets is to be countered.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Feb 07, 2018
RAYTHEON has $1052.m U.S. Air Force contract for Griffin missiles.

In Brief

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The Week Ahead In Aerospace & Defense

Feb 07, 2018
This week the biennial Singapore Airshow is underway at Changi Airport, bringing senior corporate executives and high-level government and military delegations from around the world together.

Funding & Policy

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UK Expanding Drone Collision Work

Feb 05, 2018
Britain’s MAA is expanding ts drone collision investigations with plans to crash a popular consumer UAV system into the canopy and windscreen of a fast jet.
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Missile Threats Drive S. Korea's Defense Budget

Feb 05, 2018
South Korea’s defense ministry wants a hefty increase in spending next year on weapons to face the missile and nuclear threat from North Korea.
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DOD Says Roadmap Raises Threshold For Nuclear Strike

Feb 02, 2018
In unveiling theTrump administration’s latest Nuclear Posture Review, officials stressed that the roadmap serves to raise the threshold for nuclear attacks, and not lower it, as some critics maintain.

Operations

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Flap Hinge Crack Concerns Ground Swiss Hornets

Feb 05, 2018
Switzerland has temporarily grounded its fleet of F/A-18 Hornet fighters following the discovery of a crack in an aircraft’s landing flap hinge.
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Space Station Research Manager Answers Criticism

Jan 30, 2018
Leadership of Casis, which manages the U.S. National Laboratory assets of the ISS, is defending the nonprofit’s potential to nurture a growing LEO economy.

Contracts

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Selected U.S. Military Contracts For The Week of Jan. 29-Feb. 2, 2018

Feb 07, 2018
Raytheon Missiles Systems, Tucson, Arizona, has been awarded a $105,220,215 firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite quantity modification (P00002).