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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, November 2, 2016

VOL. 258 NO. 23 November 02, 2016

Programs

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Turkey To Buy Two Dozen More F-35s

Nov 01, 2016
Turkey has committed to purchase an additional 24 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, one of the largest single orders for the aircraft placed by a foreign country.
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Russian Helicopters Moving To Strengthen Support In China

Nov 02, 2016
Russian Helicopters is talking to potential partners about expanding maintenance, repair and overhaul services for its products in China.
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J-20 Appears At Zhuhai Air Show

Nov 01, 2016
China presented the Avic J-20 fighter at an air show for the first time on Nov. 1, flying two prototypes at the Zhuhai exhibition.
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Repaired F-35s Return To Flight

Oct 31, 2016
Repaired U.S. Air Force F-35As are beginning to fly again after the discovery of faulty insulation inside the fuel tanks grounded 15 operational jets in September.
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India Postpones Launch Of South Asian Satellite

Nov 02, 2016
India has postponed the launch of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation communications satellite, which had been scheduled for later this year, a space scientist says.
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India Considers Setting Up Lunar Telescope

Nov 01, 2016
India is planning to set up a telescope on the Moon.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Nov 03, 2016
LOCKHEED MARTIN’s F-35B began third shipboard phase of development tests (DT-III) on Oct. 28 from amphibious assault ship USS America.

In Brief

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Alcoa-Spinoff Arconic Begins Life As A&D Provider

Nov 03, 2016
Specialty metals provider Alcoa officially split into two companies Nov. 1, with its aerospace and defense engineering solutions half formally becoming Arconic.

Funding & Policy

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DOD Expects Nuclear Warhead Gap With Russia To Narrow

Nov 01, 2016
The Pentagon expects the number of deployed U.S. nuclear warheads to rise by the next State Department reporting period in March as more of its nuclear delivery vehicles—bombers, submarines and missiles—come out of maintenance.

Technology

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Lockheed, Raytheon Advance Hypersonic Weapons

Nov 01, 2016
Lockheed Martin has won positions on both of the Pentagon hypersonic weapon demonstrations to fly rocket-boosted and scramjet-powered strike missiles.

Business

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Harris Sells CapRock Communications Business

Nov 01, 2016
Harris will sell its CapRock Communications commercial business for $425 million in cash to SpeedCast International, the companies said Nov. 1.

Fleet Snapshot

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Fleet Snapshot: Worldwide Airbus Helicopters Super Puma Fleets

Nov 03, 2016
View the Fleet Snapshot: Worldwide Airbus Helicopters Super Puma Fleets chart in PDF format.