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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, August 9, 2018

VOL. 265 NO. 28 August 09, 2018
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Business

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Aerojet Rocketdyne Leader Offers Upbeat Outlook

Aug 08, 2018
Aerojet Rocketdyne expects to win its “fair share” of a potentially $5-6 billion amount of propulsion work for the DOD's GBSD program, a top executive says.
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DOD Seeks Feedback For Auto Industry Review

Aug 09, 2018
Pentagon officials are trying to gather feedback from the aerospace and defense industry for the Trump administration’s review of the U.S. automotive industry.
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Short-seller Spruce Point Targets Maxar Technologies

Aug 07, 2018
Maxar Technologies has now landed in the bull’s-eye of short-seller Spruce Point Capital Management, an activist investor.
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Raytheon Radar Production Capacity Booms With Latest Additions

Aug 07, 2018
Raytheon has opened a facility on its Massachusetts-based campus that includes advanced automation technology to support complex radar testing and integration.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Aug 09, 2018
NORTHROP GRUMMAN has $29.9m U.S. Navy contract for procurement/delivery of 45 end items of Peculiar Support Equipment (PSE) for E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft.

In Brief

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Northrop Wins U.S. Navy Hawkeye Contract

Aug 09, 2018
The U.S. Navy has awarded Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Aerospace Systems, Melbourne, Florida, a $29,914,475 firm-fixed-price order providing for the procurement and delivery of 45 end items of Peculiar Support Equipment (PSE).

Technology

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Pentagon Assesses How F-35 Can Assist With Boost Phase Intercept

Aug 08, 2018
The Pentagon is assessing how Lockheed Martin’s F-35 can be used to deliver kinetic weapons to aid with boost phase intercept.
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Boeing HorizonX Invests In Faster 3D Printing Startup

Aug 07, 2018
Boeing has made its second investment in metal additive manufacturing through its HorizonX ventures unit.

Contracts

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TransDigm Signs PFS Master Deal With Boeing

Aug 08, 2018
TransDigm has signed a new master contract agreement with leading customer Boeing.
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Maxar Helping MDA Devise Space Sensor Layer

Aug 09, 2018
Maxar Technologies has won one of nine contracts to help the Missile Defense Agency build a prototype missile tracking system.

Funding & Policy

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Mattis Backs New Space Combatant Command

Aug 07, 2018
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Aug. 7 he supports creating a combatant command for space.
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U.S. Navy Forms Naval Agility Campaign Task Force

Aug 07, 2018
U.S. Navy acquisition executive Hondo Geurts has established a Naval Agility Campaign Task Force to elevate and scale policies, tools, practices and training.
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Panel Urges New Small, Medium NASA Planetary Missions

Aug 07, 2018
A National Academies assessment of NASA’s Planetary Science Program urges the space agency to pick up the pace of small and medium-priced missions.