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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, November 16, 2018

VOL. 266 NO. 35 November 16, 2018
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Programs

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UK Reaffirms Plan To Buy 17 F-35s In Block Buy Package

Nov 15, 2018
The UK Ministry of Defense has reaffirmed plans to order 17 more Lockheed Martin F-35 fighters as part of a three-year block buy currently being negotiated.
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AFRL To Demo Long-Range Lidar For High-Altitude ISR

Nov 15, 2018
The U.S. Air Force plans to demonstrate a long-range lidar sensor to support the development of requirements for its next generation of ISR systems.
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USAF Downgrades Two KC-46A Deficiencies

Nov 15, 2018
The U.S. Air Force has downgraded two Category-1 deficiencies for the KC-46A Pegasus
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Elbit Providing ISTAR UAS For Asia-Pacific Customer

Nov 15, 2018
Elbit Systems has been awarded a $167 million contract from an undisclosed Asia-Pacific country for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to supply aerial ISTAR.
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China’s SF Express To Use 5-Ton Pilotless Biplanes

Nov 14, 2018
Chinese freight company SF Express plans to use pilotless Avic Y-5B biplanes, based on a 70-year-old Soviet design, in an air delivery setup to be running by 2023.
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Japan Donates Helicopter Parts To Philippines

Nov 14, 2018
The Philippines expects to receive a batch of UH-1 Iroquois helicopter parts donated by Japan in early 2019.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Nov 17, 2018
L3 TECHNOLOGIES VERTEX AEROSPACE LLC has $35m U.S. Air Force contract for contractor logistics support of Air Force C-12 fleet.

In Brief

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Northrop ISS Cargo Mission Reset For Nov. 17 Liftoff

Nov 17, 2018
NASA and Northrop Grumman have delayed for a second day the company’s 10th resupply launch to the International Space Station (ISS).

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Funding & Policy

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Pentagon, USAF Officials At Odds Over Space Force Cost

Nov 15, 2018
Deputy Defense Secretary Pat Shanahan and U.S. Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson disagree over the cost of a U.S. Space Force.
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SpaceX Cleared To Add 7,518 More Satellites To Network

Nov 15, 2018
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission on Nov. 15 granted requests by SpaceX and Canada’s Telesat to expand planned broadband satellite networks.
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Pentagon Will Brief Trump On 5% Budget Cut Mandate

Nov 15, 2018
The Pentagon will present its fiscal 2020 budget request that includes the White House’s mandated 5% spending cut to President Donald Trump the week of Nov. 26.
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Pentagon Fails First Audit

Nov 15, 2018
The Pentagon has failed its first large-scale audit, but a senior official said the department never expected to pass.

Business

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ArianeGroup To Cut Workforce As Ariane 6 Nears Operations

Nov 15, 2018
ArianeGroup will look to cut its workforce by 2,300 workers over the next four years as the European rocket company tries to transition into profitable operations of its new Ariane 6 space launcher.
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Chemring To Sell Some Explosives Units

Nov 15, 2018
British aerospace and defense pyrotechnics provider Chemring said Nov. 15 that it will divest some explosives business lines in Derby, UK, and Florida.
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Astronics Selling Semiconductor Testing Unit To Focus On A&D

Nov 15, 2018
Astronics, an Upstate New York supplier of aircraft passenger seat power and other products to the aerospace and defense (A&D) industry, as well as technologies for the semiconductor sector, said it would move away from the latter to focus more on its growing A&D business.

Operations

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AW169 Accident Probe Focuses On Loss Of Yaw Control

Nov 15, 2018
Investigators probing the first-ever crash of a Leonardo AW169 twin-engine medium helicopter shortly after takeoff from a British football stadium are focusing on the aircraft’s anti-torque control system.

Fleet Snapshot

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Fleet Snapshot: Bangladesh Air Force

Nov 17, 2018
View the Fleet Snapshot: Bangladesh Air Force chart in PDF format.