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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, October 18, 2018

VOL. 266 NO. 14 October 18, 2018
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Programs

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Saab Concerned Over Lack Of UK Airborne Early Warning Competition

Oct 17, 2018
Saab has waded into the political spat surrounding the British government’s decision to enter sole-source negotiations with Boeing to buy AEW radar aircraft.
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Sikorsky/Rheinmetall To Offer MH-60 To Germany

Oct 17, 2018
Sikorsky and Rheinmetall have signed accords to offer the MH-60R Seahawk maritime helo to Germany as a replacement for the Westland Lynx shipborne helicopters.
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Miysis Tackles Manpads In Live-Fire Trials

Oct 15, 2018
A series of live fire trials have pitted Leonardo’s Miysis directed infrared countermeasures system against potential man-portable surface-to-air missiles.
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Rocket Lab Picks Wallops For 1st U.S. Launch Site

Oct 17, 2018
Being able to build and fly as quickly as possible was a key factor in the company’s selection of Wallops, also the home spaceport for Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems’ Antares rocket.
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Atlas V Lifts Off With Advanced Military Comm Sat

Oct 17, 2018
After a five-year hiatus, the next member of the USAF's AEHF satellite system was launched into orbit on Oct.17 aboard a ULA Atlas V.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Oct 19, 2018
ELECTRIC BOAT CORP. has $14.7m U.S. Navy contract for Next Generation Submarine Science and Technology Research.

In Brief

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French Army Tests MBDA Weapon Ahead Of Deployment In Sahel

Oct 19, 2018
The French Army completed an operational evaluation of the MMP 5th Generation Land Combat Missile System in Dijibouti.

Funding & Policy

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Democrats Disagree On Military’s Role In Space

Oct 17, 2018
House and Senate Democrats differ on how the U.S. military should operate in space, and an influential Senate lawmaker is advocating for a combatant command similar to U.S. Cyber Command.

Technology

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UAVOS Tests Solar-Powered Stratospheric UAV

Oct 17, 2018
U.S. unmanned-aircraft developer UAVOS has completed initial tests of a 33-ft.-span prototype of its solar-powered ApusDuo high-altitude pseudo satellite.
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Boeing Targets AI, Quantum With ‘Disruptive Computing’ Organization

Oct 17, 2018
Boeing has formed a new Disruptive Computing and Networks (DC&N) organization.

Operations

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NASA Astronaut Shakes Off Soyuz Abort Drama

Oct 16, 2018
NASA astronaut Nick Hague, who survived a recent Russian Soyuz rocket launch abort, has expressed confidence in the agency’s ISS partners.