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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, February 16, 2018

VOL. 263 NO. 33 February 16, 2018
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Business

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Lockheed Touts Hiring As Workforce May be Bottoming Out

Feb 16, 2018
Lockheed Martin on Feb. 14 said it broke ground on a new, $50 million, 255,000-sq.-ft. research office facility in Orlando, Florida, and announced plans to hire there and elsewhere.
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Adamczyk Completes Takeover Of Honeywell, Becomes Chair

Feb 16, 2018
Major aerospace and defense supplier Honeywell said President and CEO Darius Adamczyk also will become chairman when current Chairman Dave Cote retires at the end of April. &

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Feb 16, 2018
JAPAN’s first F-35 pilot flew first solo mission Feb. 7 at Luke AFB, AZ.

In Brief

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Blakey To Leave Rolls-Royce As It Revamps A&D Leadership

Feb 16, 2018
Rolls-Royce North America President and CEO Marion Blakey will leave her position at the end of June.

Programs

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SpaceX Delays Launch Of NASA TESS Telescope

Feb 16, 2018
Launch from here is now targeted for no earlier than April 16, pending clearance from the Eastern Range, NASA said Feb. 15.
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Philippines Looking For New Medium-Lift Helicopters

Feb 13, 2018
After canceling an order for 16 Canadian Bell 412EPIs, the Philippines is in the market for new medium-lift helicopters.
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Canada Rejoining NATO Early Warning Force

Feb 16, 2018
Canada is rejoining NATO’s Airborne Early Warning Force, four years after it left the program in a bid to save money.
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U.S. Army Delays Start Of Future Vertical Lift-Medium

Feb 16, 2018
The service had hoped to kick off the competitive technology maturation and risk-reduction phase in the second quarter of fiscal 2019, but instead the “Milestone A” acquisition decision has shifted into the second half of fiscal 2021.
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Final Bids Submitted In Belgian Fighter Contest

Feb 15, 2018
British and U.S. bid teams have submitted their final proposals to Belgium as the country considers its replacement for the F-16.
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A400M Costs Airbus Another €1.3 Billion

Feb 15, 2018
The company already had warned of another round of hefty charges associated with the late delivery of the aircraft and its tactical capabilities.
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UTAS To Offer MS-110, TacSAR Reconnaissance Pods

Feb 09, 2018
UTC Aerospace Systems is taking tactical recon multispectral, claiming development of an “MS-110” variant of its DB-110 electro-optical/infrared sensor.
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India To Launch Five Satellites In Next Five Months

Feb 15, 2018
“At the moment we have our hands full, with five missions planned in the first half of 2018,” says K. Sivan, chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization.

Funding & Policy

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NASA To Focus On Electric Propulsion, Urban Air Mobility

Feb 16, 2018
NASA is to continue its development of aircraft electric propulsion and step up work on urban air mobility despite cutting its budget request for aeronautics research by 3.3% for fiscal 2019, to $634 million. &
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SpaceX Wins FCC Chief’s Nod For Global Websat Network

Feb 15, 2018
FCC supports SpaceX’s application to provide broadband services via a constellation of thousands of small satellites.

Operations

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USAF T-6 Grounding Has Cost 82 New Pilots So Far

Feb 16, 2018
The fleetwide stand-down of the U.S. Air Force’s T-6 Texan II trainers across six operating locations due to a spike in unexplained physiological events has cost the service 82 new pilots and counting, a top official says.

Aviation Week Forecasts

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Western Fighter Deliveries By Family 2018-2027

Feb 16, 2018