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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, October 4, 2018

VOL. 266 NO. 4 October 04, 2018
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Programs

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Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft Competition Begins

Oct 03, 2018
Under the FARA competitive prototype program, also dubbed FVL Light or Capability Set 1, the U.S. Army anticipates awarding four to six initial contracts in June 2019
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Britain Starts Talks On Possible E-7 Purchase

Oct 03, 2018
The UK has finally confirmed that it has begun talks with Boeing over the potential purchase of the E-7 aircraft to replace the E-3 Sentry fleet.
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Long-Delayed Orion Service Module To Ship Oct. 29

Oct 03, 2018
The European-built power and propulsion module for NASA’s Exploration Mission-1 is scheduled to leave the Airbus Defense and Space manufacturing facility in Bremen, Germany, on Oct. 29 for Kennedy Space Center.
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NASA SLS In Step With Orion For 2020 Inaugural Launch

Oct 03, 2018
Boeing’s efforts to develop the core stage of the SLS are in step with efforts to prepare the Orion crew module for an unpiloted multiweek test launch around the Moon by mid-2020.
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S-97 Raider Passes 200 Kt. As Sikorsky Prepares FARA Bid

Oct 03, 2018
Sikorsky’s industry-funded S-97 Raider has exceeded 200 kt. in flight testing as the company prepares to offer the high-speed helicopter for the U.S. Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA).
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Bell Touts Tiltrotor Experience In MUX Bid

Oct 02, 2018
Bell’s experience with V-22 Osprey and V-280 Valor tiltrotor aircraft position the company well for the U.S. Marine Corps’ Group 5 UAS competition.
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JAXA, MHI H3 Main Engine Testing Advances

Oct 04, 2018
Verification of the LE-9 main engine of Japan’s forthcoming H3 space launcher will move into so-called battleship testing in December.
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Bell Picks Garmin For Autonomous Air Taxi Avionics

Oct 03, 2018
Bell has teamed with Garmin International to develop the autonomous vehicle management computer for its on-demand mobility vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.
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Japan’s Hayabusa 2 Dispatches Third Lander To Asteroid Ryugu

Oct 03, 2018
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has done it for a third time—successfully delivering a small lander spacecraft to the surface of an asteroid.
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Chinese L-Band Comms Constellation To Be Complete In 2022

Oct 03, 2018
Chinese state company Leobit plans to have all 80 satellites of its planned L-band communications constellation in orbit by about 2022.
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Israel Likely To Resume Counter-Rocket Laser Development

Oct 02, 2018
Fears of rocket attacks and use of incendiary, explosive-carrying balloons is prompting new interest in laser defense systems by the Israeli defense ministry.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Oct 05, 2018
RAYTHEON has $183.5m U.S. Navy contract for Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band (NGJ-MB) engineering and manufacturing development.

In Brief

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Russia’s Techmash Developing Self-Guided Artillery Projectile

Oct 05, 2018
State-owned Rostec’s Techmash Concern is creating a 152mm artillery projectile that can correct its trajectory mid-flight.

Funding & Policy

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Industry Victorious In Killing Pentagon Payment Plan

Oct 02, 2018
Industry may have won this round of defense acquisition reform for now after the Pentagon on Oct. 1 shelved a pay-for-performance scheme.
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FAA Planning Phased Evaluation Of Space-Based ADS-B

Oct 02, 2018
The FAA next year will begin a phased evaluation of satellite-aided surveillance of aircraft flying over oceanic spaces, including use of the Aireon space-based automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) system scheduled to begin operating in 2019.

Operations

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SpaceX Backs Off 2018 Crew Dragon Flight Commitment

Oct 03, 2018
“We’re working hard to get this done this year," a SpaceX official says. "At this time the Falcon might be ready, but we might still have some paperwork on the certification side."