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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, May 13, 2016

VOL. 256 NO. 31 May 13, 2016

Programs

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Boeing Slips First CST-100 Flight With Astronauts Into 2018

May 12, 2016
Problems with vehicle weight, integration with its Atlas V launch vehicle and new software requirements have pushed the first flight of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner commercial crew vehicle into 2018, the company said Wednesday.
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Denmark Explains F-35 Choice

May 12, 2016
Boeing’s F/A-18 Super Hornet emerging in second place, while the Eurofighter Typhoon came in third, having been judged last in three out of the four criteria, the officials said in Copenhagen on May 12.
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Indonesia May Buy A400M Airlifters

May 12, 2016
Indonesia could be the next export customer for Airbus A400M airlifters, the country’s defense minister says.
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U.S. Navy’s EP-3 Replacement Plan Still Raises Concerns

May 12, 2016
While the U.S. Navy still plans to replace its EP-3 Aries with the MQ-4 Triton UAS, the intelligence community continues to want manned aircraft to fulfill some missions, those familiar with service aerial surveillance programs say.
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SpaceX Dragon Returns ISS Cargo With Pacific Splashdown

May 11, 2016
SpaceX confirmed the parachute-assisted splashdown of the automated Dragon space freighter in Pacific waters about 262 mi. southwest of Long Beach, California, at 2:54 p.m. EDT.
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U.S. Navy Awards F-18 Sustainment Work

May 12, 2016
To help keep its overtaxed fleet of F-18-related aircraft flying, the U.S. Navy earlier this month awarded Boeing about $24.6 million in deals for parts and components.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

May 13, 2016
RAYTHEON has $76m U.S. Navy contract for long-lead material supporting fiscal 2016-2018 Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile Block I production. Work complete May 2018. LOCKHEED MARTIN has $7.7m U.S. Navy contract to complete component requalification, safety testing, IOT&E support analyses and telemetry development tasks for Long Range Land Attack Projectile (LRLAP) for DDG 1000 destroyer’s Mk. 51 gun system.

Funding & Policy

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Thornberry Amendment Would Cap Size Of NSC

May 13, 2016
Responding to criticism of “micromanagement of America’s national security institutions” by the National Security Council, House Armed Services Committee Chair Mac Thornberry (R-TX) has filed an amendment to the fiscal 2017 defense policy bill that would cap the size of the NSC at 100 people; it currently employs about 400. “I believe the traditional role filled by the NSC ... is essential and should continue,” Thornberry says. “History proves that 100 people are enough to get that job done.
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Farnborough Air Show Pilots To Face Tougher Restrictions

May 11, 2016
The show’s airspace has had to be radically re-designed, reducing the amount of airspace available to perform high-energy maneuvers.

Technology

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MAG Offers Turnkey Wide-area Surveillance With Logos Sensor

May 12, 2016
Aerial-surveillance service provider MAG Aerospace is the first customer for Logos Technologies’ Redkite wide-area motion imagery (WAMI) sensor.

Forecast Friday

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C4ISR Aircraft MRO Demand 2016-2025

May 13, 2016
View the C4ISR Aircraft MRO Demand 2016-2025 chart in PDF format.