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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, June 19, 2018

VOL. 264 NO. 56 June 19, 2018
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Funding & Policy

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Trump Calls For Separate Military Space Force

Jun 18, 2018
President Donald Trump on June 18 directed the Pentagon to establish a “Space Force” as a sixth branch of the U.S. armed forces.
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Afghan Transition To Black Hawks Criticized

Jun 18, 2018
A U.S. DOD decision to transition the Afghan Air Force from the Russian-built Mi-17 to U.S.-made Black Hawk helos has been criticized in a congressional report.
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Congress Warms To NASA’s Deep-Space Course

Jun 18, 2018
So far, so good for NASA when it comes to 2019 U.S. congressional appropriations in support of a White House directive to return to the Moon.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Jun 20, 2018
ITALY’s F-35 production on June 15 began work on first European-built F-35 for the Netherlands.

In Brief

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The Week Ahead In Aerospace & Defense

Jun 20, 2018
On Wednesday, China is expected to launch two Beidou navigation satellites aboard a Long March 3B rocket from the Xichang spaceport.

Programs

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Poland Re-Prioritizing Helicopter Buys

Jun 18, 2018
The Polish defense ministry says it is still actively pursuing the purchase of new utility helicopters to replace Soviet-era models, but it says air defense and naval requirements have taken a priority.
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India’s Rustom-2 UAV To Be Ready For Military By 2020

Jun 15, 2018
India’s home-developed Rustom-2, a medium-altitude, long-endurance UAV meant to strengthen homeland security, will be ready for military deployment by 2020.
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Hong Kong Government Flying Service Gets First H175s

Jun 18, 2018
Airbus has handed over the first public service versions of its H175 super-medium twin-engine helicopter to launch customer Hong Kong Government Flying Service.

Operations

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India To Launch Next Space Mission In August

Jun 18, 2018
India’s national space agency is hoping to launch its next mission—an Earth observation satellite and up to 30 small satellite co-passengers—in August.

Contracts

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Selected U.S. military contracts for the week of June 11-15, 2018

Jun 20, 2018
General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems Inc., Williston, Vermont, has been awarded a $17,879,488 firm-fixed-price contract for machine gun barrels.