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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, March 28, 2018

VOL. 263 NO. 60 March 28, 2018
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Programs

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James Webb Space Telescope Launch Delayed Until 2020

Mar 27, 2018
NASA has been forced to confront another delay in the launching of its planned $8.83 billion, 5- to 10-year James Webb Space Telescope mission.
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U.S. Air Force To Kick Off Competition For New A-10 Wings

Mar 27, 2018
President Trump’s signature on the $1.3 trillion spending bill last week gave the USAF the green light to move forward with re-winging the A-10 Warthog.
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Philippines Takes Delivery Of Three More King Air Patrollers

Mar 27, 2018
Philippines maritime surveillance capabilities have been further boosted with the delivery of three Beechcraft C-90 King Airs, gifts from Japan.
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China’s J-20 Ready For Combat, Chief Designer Says

Mar 27, 2018
The Avic Chengdu J-20, in service with Chinese military combat forces, is ready to go to war at any time, says its chief designer, Yang Wei.
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UK Signs Off On Brimstone Upgrade Deal

Mar 27, 2018
An upgraded version of MBDA’s Brimstone 2 air-to-ground missile will equip Britain’s Eurofighter Typhoon fighters from 2022, Britain’s defense ministry says.
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Poland Orders Additional M-346s

Mar 27, 2018
Poland has ordered four more Leonardo M-346 advanced jet trainers, a move that will boost its fleet to 12 aircraft.
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Philippines Takes Delivery of First Air Defense Radar

Mar 26, 2018
The Philippines is preparing to reintroduce ground-based air defense radar coverage.
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AeroVironment Launches Puma 3 Small UAS

Mar 27, 2018
AeroVironment has introduced an improved version of its RQ-20 Puma as the Pentagon rekindles its procurement of small unmanned aircraft systems.
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Turkey Test Fires Indigenous Air-to-Air Missiles

Mar 26, 2018
Turkey has carried out the first test firings of its indigenous family of air-to-air missiles with the aim of bringing the weapons into operation by 2020.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Mar 29, 2018
FRANCE kicked off 25-month, €2m ($2.5m) “Dominno” study to improve military helicopter engine maintenance through the use of “big data.”

In Brief

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Soyuz Docking Restores Six-Person ISS Operations

Mar 29, 2018
Russia’s Soyuz MS-08 capsule docked with the International Space Station March 23, restoring the orbital lab to six-person operations.

Technology

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Thales, NASA To Collaborate On Drone Traffic Management

Mar 27, 2018
Thales has entered into a Space Act Agreement (SAA) with NASA to support its development of an unmanned aircraft systems traffic management (UTM) system.
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Skunk Works Takes Wraps Off Tailless X-44A UAV

Mar 26, 2018
Lockheed Martin Skunk Works unveiled a never-before-seen tailless UAV dubbed the X-44A at the Los Angeles County Air Show in California on March 24.
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Darpa Enabling Drone Swarms For Urban Operations

Mar 28, 2018
Darpa is developing ways for humans to work with large numbers of small autonomous air and ground vehicles to perform complex tasks.

Business

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Ultra Electronics Taps Former BBA CEO As Chief

Mar 22, 2018
British defense supplier Ultra Electronics has named former BBA Aviation chief executive Simon Pryce as its new CEO beginning June 18.