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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, March 15, 2018

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Programs

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B-52 Engine Competition May Begin In 2019, USAF Says

Mar 14, 2018
The competition to replace the Boeing B-52 bomber’s outdated Pratt & Whitney TF33-103 engine could get underway in early 2019, the U.S. Air Force says.
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Exchange Rates Nudge F-35 Price Down For Denmark

Mar 14, 2018
Favorable foreign exchange rates are helping push down the price of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter for Denmark, the Danish government has said.
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Qatar Signs NH90 Helicopter Order

Mar 14, 2018
Qatar has signed a long-awaited order for naval and troop transport versions of the European NH90 twin-engine fly-by-wire helicopter.
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Russian Military To Continue Sarmat ICBM Tests

Mar 14, 2018
The Russian military has confirmed that the launch of the new Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile was a silo ejection test.
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GlobalEye Makes First Flight

Mar 14, 2018
Swedish aerospace and defense company Saab has performed the first flight of its GlobalEye multi-sensor surveillance aircraft.
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Kitty Hawk Flying Full-Size eVTOL Air Taxi In New Zealand

Mar 13, 2018
Early leaders in the rapidly evolving electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) market are emerging.
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Electron’s Commercial Debut To Include Two Spire Satellites

Mar 14, 2018
Rocket Lab’s first commercial flight of its Electron launcher will include two spacecraft for Spire, a company that operates a constellation of cubesats.
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Airbus Produces First Two OneWeb Test Satellites

Mar 13, 2018
Airbus has produced the first two test assets of OneWeb’s constellation of 900 low Earth orbit communications satellites.
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Japan To Seek U.S. Advice In Aegis Ashore Radar Choice

Mar 14, 2018
Japan has begun a program to choose a radar type for its two planned Aegis Ashore batteries, with U.S. government advice featuring prominently in the process.
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India In Fresh Hunt For Fighter Aircraft

Mar 12, 2018
Years after abandoning its MMRCA program, India is likely to start a fresh competition to replenish the depleting squadron of the Indian Air Force.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Mar 16, 2018
HINDUSTAN AERONAUTICS LTD. (HAL) flew latest Tejas Light Combat Aircraft, SP-8, March 13 for 33 min. at HAL Airport in Bengaluru.

In Brief

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Adaptive Flight Control Moves Closer To Reality

Mar 16, 2018
An adaptive flight-control system designed to increase safety in extreme conditions is entering its third round of flight tests.

Operations

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USAF Still Not Sure Why T-6 Pilots Can’t Breathe

Mar 14, 2018
The USAF's T-6 trainers are starting to fly again after a series of hypoxia-like cockpit events caused the service to temporarily ground the fleet.

DMIN

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Defense Market Intelligence Notes

Mar 16, 2018
View the Defense Market Intelligence Notes in PDF format.