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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, December 5, 2016

VOL. 258 NO. 44 December 05, 2016

Funding & Policy

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Ministerial Council Endorses Most Of ESA’s Budget

Dec 02, 2016
The European Space Agency’s member state have agreed to fund €10.3 billion ($11 billion) of €11 billion requested for programs extending from 2017 out to 2025.
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Mattis Trump’s Pick For Defense Secretary

Dec 02, 2016
Retired U.S. Marine Corps’ Gen. James Mattis is President-Elect Donald Trump’s pick to be Secretary of Defense, Trump announced late Dec. 1.
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Bill Heeds USAF Call For 18 More RD-180 Rocket Engines

Dec 01, 2016
United Launch Alliance will have some breathing room in its ongoing competition against SpaceX for national security space launches if Congress adopts the consolidated fiscal 2017 defense authorization bill.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Dec 03, 2016
LOCKHEED MARTIN/KOREA AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES’ T-50A trainer began flight ops at final assembly and checkout facility in Greenville, S.C., with first…

Intelligence

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Can Donald Trump Reverse The Outsourcing Trend?

Dec 03, 2016
Even before taking office, president-elect Donald Trump is shaking up the business world, taking credit for keeping 1,000 UTC jobs in Indiana that might have gone to Mexico. “Companies are not going to leave the United States anymore without consequences,” Trump says. The parent company of Pratt & Whitney and maker of the F135 engine may have been motivated to keep those jobs stateside to remain in the Trump administration’s good graces. But industry analysts see the company’s decision as a sign that outsourcing is losing its luster.

Programs

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USAF Reaching For Stealthy Surveillance Drones

Dec 02, 2016
The U.S. Air Force wants a long-range, stealthy unmanned surveillance aircraft to go places the Lockheed Martin U-2S and Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk can't.
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China's Big Air-To-Air Missile Likely Targets Support Aircraft

Dec 01, 2016
A new Chinese air-to-air weapon is comparable to a long-range surface-to-air missile in size and appearance and therefore can probably reach well more than 200 km (120 mi.).
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Chandrayaan-2 To Be Launched In 1Q 2018

Dec 01, 2016
India plans to launch its second lunar exploration mission, Chandrayaan-2, in the first quarter of 2018.

Calendar of Events

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Upcoming Events

Dec 03, 2016
To list an event, send information in calendar format to Donna Thomas at [email protected]. For a complete list of Aviation Week Network’s upcoming events, and to register, visit www.aviationweek.com/events (Bold type indicates new calendar listing.) Jan 9-13, 2017—AIAA Modeling and Simulation Technologies Conference, Gaylord, Texas. For more information go to www.aiaa.org/research/