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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, December 11, 2018

VOL. 266 NO. 50 December 11, 2018
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Programs

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USAF Issues Launch Services Draft Solicitation

Dec 10, 2018
The U.S. Air Force has released a draft solicitation for the second phase of a next-generation rocket competition to deliver National Security Space payloads.
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Voyager 2 Enters Interstellar Space

Dec 10, 2018
Voyager 2 has joined its Voyager 1 twin in interstellar space, scientists announced Dec. 10 at the American Geophysical Union meeting in Washington.
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Chang’e 4 Course Corrects On Way To Moon’s Far Side

Dec 10, 2018
China’s Chang’e 4 lunar probe has conducted a second course correction following its launch from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China.
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Meteor Missile Declared Operational On Eurofighter

Dec 10, 2018
The British Royal Air Force (RAF) has declared MBDA’s Meteor ramjet-powered beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile operational on the Eurofighter Typhoon.
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India’s LUH Reaches 6 KM Altitude

Dec 10, 2018
India’s indigenous Light Utility Helicopter reached an altitude of 6 km in recent testing, a critical requirement for the certification of the 3-ton aircraft.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Dec 12, 2018
AUSTRALIA welcomed the first two F-35As to be permanently based in the country during ceremony at RAAF Base Williamtown.

In Brief

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The Week Ahead In Washington

Dec 12, 2018
This week sees China’s Chang’e 4 probe approaching the Moon to make humanity’s first attempt at a soft landing on the lunar far side in January.

Operations

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ULA Delta IV Heavy Launch Aborted 7.5 Seconds Before Liftoff

Dec 10, 2018
The abort was the first unplanned shutdown during a terminal count of a Delta IV Heavy, which has flown 10 times since its debut in 2004.
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SpaceX Cargo Mission Reaches ISS After Comms Glitch

Dec 08, 2018
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) overcame an unexpected satellite communications interruption early Dec. 8 to proceed with the berthing of SpaceX’s 16th NASA-contracted Dragon resupply capsule.

Funding & Policy

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Think Tank: German Typhoon/F-35 Buy Could Replace Tornado

Dec 10, 2018
A German think tank has suggested Berlin could go down the route of a split buy of Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighters and Eurofighters.
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Pentagon Won’t Confirm $750B Budget Top Line Reports

Dec 10, 2018
The Pentagon will not confirm the fiscal 2020 top line budget numbers until Feb. 4.

Contracts

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Selected U.S. Military Contracts For Week Of Dec. 3-7, 2018

Dec 12, 2018
NetCentrics Corp., Herndon, Virginia, was awarded an $8,156,810 time and material, labor-hours, and firm-fixed-price contract modification.