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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, November 29, 2016

VOL. 258 NO. 41 November 29, 2016

Programs

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Lockheed Gets $1.3B F-35 Down Payment

Nov 28, 2016
The Pentagon has awarded Lockheed Martin $1.3 billion to continue production of the next batch of F-35s.
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Israel To Buy 17 More F-35s

Nov 28, 2016
Israel’s security cabinet has unanimously approved the purchase of an additional 17 F-35s.
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India To Build Nine More Rustom UAVs

Nov 23, 2016
India has announced plans to build nine more long-endurance UAVs following the successful flight of the Rustom-II, meant to boost the country’s homeland security.
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Orbital’s Cygnus Ends Successful Post-ISS Solo Run

Nov 28, 2016
Orbital ATK’s sixth NASA-contracted Cygnus resupply mission to the International Space Station came to its anticipated end late Nov. 27.
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Airbus Helicopters Delivers Three Panthers To Indonesia

Nov 23, 2016
Airbus has delivered the first three of 11 AS565 MBe Panther helicopters to Indonesia.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Nov 30, 2016
XCOR AEROSPACE and IMMORTAL DATA INC. entered licensing agreement to commercialize ShipsLog data acquisition software developed for XCOR Lynx space plane.

In Brief

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The Week Ahead In Aerospace & Defense

Nov 30, 2016
Congressional hearings resume in Washington this week.

Technology

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USAF Eyes Robotic Repair To F-22 Stealth Coating

Nov 28, 2016
F-22 fighter maintainers are already tackling an issue with the fleet’s stealth coating that, if left untreated, could cause the radar-evading material to peel off the aircraft.
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U.S. Space Vet Touts Human Venus/Mars Flyby

Nov 21, 2016
Astronomer and former NASA Ames Research Center Director Pete Warden is floating a proposed commercially and internationally backed near-term human flyby of Venus and Mars.
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NASA’s Mars Orbiter Points To New Martian Subsurface Ice Deposit

Nov 23, 2016
Researchers using radar data from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have observed a subsurface ice deposit on the Red Planet that rivals the size of Lake Superior, the largest of the U.S. Great Lakes.
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Laser-based Satellite Data Relay System Enters Service

Nov 28, 2016
The European Data Relay System (EDRS), also known as SpaceDataHighway, entered into service last week.

Operations

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Spirit CEO Demurs On Turnaround Talk

Nov 29, 2016
Spirit AeroSystems CEO and President Tom Gentile will not cop to a turnaround for the leading aerostructures provider, but the relatively new chief executive is happy to point out his Wichita company has entered a new moneymaking era.

Contracts

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Selected U.S. Military Contracts for the Week of Nov. 21- Nov. 25, 2016

Nov 30, 2016
General Atomics - Aeronautical Systems Inc., Poway, California, has been awarded a $39,777,423 modification (0009) to previously awarded contract FA8620-15-G-4040.