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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, September 25, 2018

VOL. 265 NO. 60 September 25, 2018
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Programs

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Boeing Wins Lucrative Huey Replacement Competition

Sep 24, 2018
Boeing has received the first installment of $2.38 billion the U.S. Air Force will spend on the Huey replacement effort.
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Japanese Rovers Touch Down on Asteroid Ryugu

Sep 22, 2018
Two Japanese mini-rovers touched down on the near-Earth asteroid Ryugu early Sept. 22 and are in motion and transmitting imagery.
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India Test-Fires Prahaar Missile

Sep 24, 2018
India has test-fired the indigenously developed Prahaar surface-to-surface short-range tactical ballistic missile.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Sep 26, 2018
AEROVIRONMENT has $8.9m U.S. Army contract for RQ-20B Puma AE II for Estonia.

In Brief

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The Week Ahead In Aerospace & Defense

Sep 26, 2018
On Tuesday morning the Senate Armed Services Committee will review the nominations of U.S. Army Gen. Robert Abrams.

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Business

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L3 Continues Investing In Unmanned Systems

Sep 24, 2018
L3 Technologies continues to invest in the unmanned maritime systems space, acquiring ASV Global, LLC, an unmanned surface vessel and autonomous vessel control systems company.

Funding & Policy

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What Could NASA Do With 1% Of The U.S. Budget?

Sep 24, 2018
NASA’s budget represents one half of one percent of the federal budget, Administrator Jim Bridenstine says. “If we had a full 1% of the federal budget you can imagine the impact we would have.”
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Pentagon Innovation Shop Gets New Managing Director

Sep 24, 2018
The Pentagon’s innovation unit has hired Silicon Valley veteran Michael Brown as its new managing director.
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Mattis: S-300 Makes Assad Regime Stronger

Sep 24, 2018
Defense Secretary James Mattis says the S-300 missile system keeps Assad in a position of obstruction.

Operations

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Israel Grapples With Russian Air Defenses In Syria

Sep 24, 2018
The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) will have to use “special tactics” to overcome expected restrictions to be posed by the Russians in Syrian airspace.
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Japanese Cargo Mission En Route to Space Station

Sep 24, 2018
ISS Commander Drew Feustel and astronaut Serena Aunon-Chancellor, both of NASA, are to command the station’s Canadian robot arm to grapple the Japanese cargo capsule upon rendezvous on Thursday, Sept. 27, at about 8 a.m. EDT.
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UK Ends Sea King Operations

Sep 20, 2018
The Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm was the last operator of the Sea King, flying the Mk. 7 version. Two of the helicopters made a farewell flight from their home base at RNAS Culdrose Cornwall on Sept. 19.

Technology

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UK Tests Chemical Agent Detection Drones

Sep 19, 2018
Britain’s Defense Science and Technology Laboratory has been testing unmanned air and ground vehicles that can sniff out chemical contamination.

Contracts

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Selected U.S. Military Contracts For The Week Of Sept. 17-21, 2018

Sep 26, 2018
Support Systems Associates Inc., Melbourne, Florida, has been awarded a $31,195,898 firm-fixed-price contract for RC-26 avionics upgrade.