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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, December 5, 2018

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Funding & Policy

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U.S. Starts 60-Day Notification Period To Exit INF Treaty

Dec 04, 2018
The U.S. State Department has started a 60-day notification period to formally withdraw from the 31-year-old Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty.
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Official: No ‘Devastating Impact’ From Blocking F-35s To Turkey

Dec 04, 2018
Turkey not buying the Lockheed Martin F-35 will not have a “devastating impact” on the JSF enterprise, the head of U.S. Air Force international affairs said.
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USAF Official: UAS Export Controls Still Hinder MQ-9 Sales

Dec 04, 2018
White House policy loosening restrictions on the marketing and sale of armed UAS has not made it easier for the USAF to export the MQ-9, a service official says.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Dec 06, 2018
RUSSIA tested modernized anti-ballistic missile interceptor at Sary-Shagan test site in Kazakhstan.

In Brief

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USAF Official: Weapons Sales To Saudis Not Slowing

Dec 06, 2018
The U.S. Air Force has not seen an increase in pressure from lawmakers to slow weapon sales to Saudi Arabia after the assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

Programs

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Airbus, Lockheed Revive A330 MRTT Bid To USAF

Dec 04, 2018
Airbus and Lockheed Martin have teamed up in the air refueling market to offer services for the USAF and other militaries and “conceptualize” a next-gen tanker.
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Spain To Join France, Germany On Future Fighter

Dec 04, 2018
Spain plans to invest €25 million ($28 million) in a two-year study with France and Germany to define an early concepts for the manned fighter component of a Future Combat Air System.
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Japan Reveals AESA Fighter Radar Demonstrator

Dec 04, 2018
The Japanese Ministry of Defense has unveiled an AESA for a radar it is developing as part of a technology-acquisition effort for its next fighter.
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Germany To Test Volocopter eVTOLs As Doctor Shuttles

Nov 29, 2018
German air rescue organization ADAC Luftrettung is to study the feasibility of using Volocopter eVTOL aircraft as air shuttles for emergency doctors.
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South Korea’s New Radars To Cover Against SLBMs

Dec 03, 2018
A planned South Korean order for two Elta ELM-2080 Green Pine Block C radars will reportedly give the country coverage against prospective North Korean SLBMs.

Technology

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Report: Need For Post-Quantum Cryptography ‘Critical’

Dec 04, 2018
As concerns have grown that the exponential hike in computer power predicted by Moore’s law is slowing, the hype around quantum computing has risen.

Business

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Lockheed Invests In Alt Energy Provider As Offset

Dec 04, 2018
Lockheed Martin has invested $4 million in a small Canadian firm seeking to stand up a first-of-its-kind commercial plant for lipid-to-hydrocarbon tech.

Operations

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NASA, Roscosmos Strive For Sustained Six-Person ISS Ops

Dec 04, 2018
The U.S. and Russia are preparing to restore long-term, six-person operations aboard the International Space Station by the end of February.