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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, June 22, 2018

VOL. 264 NO. 57 June 22, 2018
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Programs

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Falcon Heavy Certified For U.S. Air Force Flights

Jun 21, 2018
SpaceX has won its first U.S. Air Force Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) heavy-lift launch service contract, work previously awarded solely to United Launch Alliance.
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Payloads Wanted For Darpa’s Responsive Launch Challenge

Jun 21, 2018
Darpa is seeking payloads to be launched by competitors in its Launch Challenge, which is offering $10 million for launching small sats into LEO on short notice.
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Mi-26 Heavy Helicopter To Get Russian Engines

Jun 20, 2018
The re-engined version of the world’s heaviest helicopter—the Russian Mil Mi-26—will take off in 2023.
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Japan’s Hayabusa2 Closing In On Asteroid

Jun 21, 2018
Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft is on track for a June 27 rendezvous with Ryugu, a half-mile-wide, carbon-rich asteroid that is a potentially hazardous NEO.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Jun 22, 2018
KONGSBERG has NOK220m ($27m) contract from Norwegian Defense Materiel Agency to adapt Naval Strike Missile (NSM) for Germany.

Business

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Elbit To Buy Weapons Maker IMI

Jun 22, 2018
Elbit Systems will buy state-owned IMI Systems, the weapons maker once known as Israel Military Industries, for about $495 million up front, confirming a long-expected consolidation of Israeli defense companies.
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Don Fink, Pilot And Aviation Week Editor, Dies

Jun 21, 2018
Donald E. Fink, Jr., a globe-trotting aerospace reporter, pilot and editor who led Aviation Week & Space Technology’s evolution from an engineering journal into a more modern industry publication, died June 21.

Funding & Policy

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Drone Advisory Committee Loses Chairman As Intel CEO Resigns

Jun 21, 2018
The FAA’s Drone Advisory Committee apparently lost its industry chairman after Intel Corp. CEO Brian Krzanich resigned over an improper relationship.
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Coalition Lobbies Senators To Preserve Model Aircraft Carve-out

Jun 21, 2018
A coalition of manned and unmanned aviation groups is lobbying U.S. senators to retain protections for model aircraft hobbyists.

Technology

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Revolutionary Heavy-Fuel Engine For UAS Gets Darpa Boost

Jun 21, 2018
Development of a new type of rotary diesel engine for smaller UAVs and other applications has been boosted by a $2.5 million Darpa contract.

Aviation Week Forecasts

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Top Western Transport Helicopter Deliveries-Retirements 2018-2027

Jun 22, 2018
AVIATION WEEK NETWORK forecasts that over the next 10 years, 2,230 newly built, Western-designed helicopters performing transport missions will be delivered and 1,692 will be retired. At the same time, 847 transport helicopters will be remanufactured into new types.