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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, February 21, 2018

VOL. 263 NO. 35 February 21, 2018
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Programs

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Is Sierra Nevada's ‘Force Hawk’ Getting Under Sikorsky’s Skin?

Feb 20, 2018
Sikorsky’s pre-award protest over the U.S. Air Force’s UH-1N Replacement competition is being interpreted by some as the Lockheed Martin-owned company “freaking out” about Sierra Nevada Corp.’s competing “Force Hawk” proposal.
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Why USAF Is Putting Brakes On F-35 Ramp

Feb 20, 2018
The USAF has decided to buy F-35s more slowly because of snowballing retrofit costs and several critical milestones that have not been completed.
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Boeing, Oerlikon To Work On Standards For Additive In Aerospace

Feb 20, 2018
Boeing and Oerlikon Group have signed a five-year deal to develop standard materials and processes for metal-based additive manufacturing.
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India’s HAL Entices Industry Into Helicopter Production

Feb 20, 2018
India’s state-run military aircraft maker HAL is ready to transfer the tech of its Dhruv helicopter to a local private manufacturer for commercial production.
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India Targets April For Second Moon Probe Launch

Feb 20, 2018
India now is aiming to launch its second mission to the Moon, Chandrayaan-2, in April, after previously targeting a March liftoff.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Feb 21, 2018
ISRAEL AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES, U.S. Missile Defense Agency and Israel Missile Defense Organization completed flight test of the Arrow 3 weapons system Feb. 19 at test site in central Israel.

Operations

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NASA Assessing MRO Voltage Drop

Feb 21, 2018
NASA’s aging Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), which doubles as a communications relay for the Curiosity and Opportunity surface rovers, is undergoing a troubleshooting session following a Feb. 15 low battery voltage event.

Funding & Policy

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Bigelow Calls For Commercial Human Low Earth Orbit Push

Feb 20, 2018
Bigelow Aerospace plans to stand up the Bigelow Space Operations venture and exercise a cooperative agreement with Casis.

Technology

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Leonardo Delays Commercial Tiltrotor Certification

Feb 20, 2018
Leonardo has pushed back the timeline for the certification of its AW609 commercial tiltrotor by another year in a bid to further mature the aircraft.

Contracts

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Selected U.S. Military Contracts For The Week Of Feb. 12-Feb. 16, 2018.

Feb 21, 2018
Leidos, Reston, Virginia (W5J9CQ-18-D-0001); and General Dynamics One Source, Fairfax, Virginia (W5J9CQ-18-D-0002), will share in a $200,000,000 hybrid (cost-plus-fixed-fee and firm-fixed-price) contract for noncommercial technical services to assist in coordination, integration, and synchronization of geospatial information requirements and standards across the U.S. Army