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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, May 24, 2018

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Business

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United Technologies Spotlights U.S. Hiring, Investments

May 23, 2018
United Technologies has unveiled plans to fill 35,000 job positions and spend more than $15 billion in R&D and CapEx in the U.S. over the next five years.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

May 25, 2018
LOCKHEED MARTIN has $46.6m U.S. Army contract for post-deployment build-8.1 Patriot Advanced Capability-3 system ground and flight test support.

In Brief

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Fifth AEHF Satellite Clears Launch Simulation Tests

May 25, 2018
Lockheed Martin has successfully simulated the launch of its fifth Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF-5) satellite.

Operations

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Hammerhead Completes BLOS Flight Tests

May 23, 2018
Piaggio Aerospace’s P.1HH Hammerhead unmanned air system (UAS) has completed flight tests using a beyond-line-of-sight communication system.

Programs

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Boeing, U.S. Navy To Add F/A-18 Collision Avoidance System

May 23, 2018
Boeing and the U.S. Navy are working to add an automatic ground collision avoidance system to the F/A-18 strike fighter in the hope of saving pilot lives.
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Pilots Safe After T-38 Crash In Mississippi

May 23, 2018
Both pilots are safe after a U.S. Air Force T-38C Talon II crashed May 23 in Mississippi, the service confirmed.
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Sikorsky Readies Raider For Return To Flight

May 23, 2018
Sikorsky’s second S-97 Raider has completed ground testing and is planned to fly in June.
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Thales Alenia Advances Spacebus Neo

May 22, 2018
Thales Alenia Space’s Spacebus Neo satellite platform has passed its critical design review.
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Lockheed Loses UH-1N Huey Replacement Protest

May 23, 2018
Sikorsky is “reviewing its options” after the U.S. GAO rejected its pre-contract protest of the U.S. Air Force’s UH-1N Huey replacement program.
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Iridium, BeiDou Could Compete With Inmarsat for Maritime Safety System

May 23, 2018
Iridium Communications and possibly China’s BeiDou Navigation Satellite System will have the chance to offer satellite-based safety services to mariners.
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Saab Radars For Philippines Coast Guard Cutters

May 23, 2018
The U.S. Navy has ordered Saab Sea Giraffe naval radars for the Philippines Navy under Foreign Military Sales arrangements.

Funding & Policy

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Bridenstine Promises To See JWST to Finish Line

May 23, 2018
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine told a U.S. Senate CJS subcommittee that he intends to work through lingering cost and schedule obstacles facing the JWST.