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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, January 4, 2017

VOL. 259 NO. 2 January 04, 2017

Programs

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Flight Testing Of B61-12 Nuke Enters New Phase

Jan 03, 2017
The U.S. Air Force’s six-year development of a guidance kit for the 1968-vintage B61 thermonuclear bomb has entered the final stretch, with qualification flight testing due to begin in March followed by a developmental test and an evaluation series in August.
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U.S. Air Force Launches $7 Billion Jstars Competition

Dec 28, 2016
The U.S. Air Force has launched another multi-billion dollar aircraft competition, this time to replace its fleet of second-hand Boeing 707-300-based Northrop Grumman E-8C Jstars tank hunters that first deployed as part of Operation Desert Storm in 1991.
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U.S. Air Force Launches $16 Billion T-X Competition

Dec 30, 2016
The U.S. Air Force has launched its highly-anticipated T-X next-generation trainer competition, issuing a request for proposals on Dec. 30 that will likely be answered by five or six industry team already vying for the $16.3 billion contract opportunity.
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FAA Reviewing SpaceX Results Before Clearing Return to Flight

Jan 03, 2017
SpaceX hopes to return its Falcon 9 to flight this month but must await final FAA action before scheduling a launch.
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Franco-Chinese Satellite To Detect Gamma-ray Bursts

Jan 03, 2017
The board of French space agency CNES earlier this month green-lighted its contribution to the Franco-Chinese Space-based Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM) mission to study gamma-ray bursts.
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China To Research Heavy Launchers

Jan 02, 2017
China is researching heavy-lift launchers and plans to send a probe to Mars in 2020, according to a new government white paper.
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India In Talks To Buy More Hawk Trainers

Dec 23, 2016
The new deal for 30 of the advanced jet trainers would follow previous orders for 66 aircraft in 2004 and 57 in 2010.
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Indonesia Cancels Mysterious AW101 Buy

Jan 03, 2017
Indonesia has canceled a mysterious order for a Leonardo AW101 helicopter, with President Joko Widodo raising the possibility that the contract’s signing was improper.
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Leonardo’s M345 HET Conducts First Flight

Jan 03, 2017
Leonardo-Finmeccanica has completed the first flight of its M345 High Efficiency Trainer (HET).

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Jan 05, 2017
RAYTHEON has $303.7m U.S. Navy contract for 214 Tomahawk Block IV All-Up-Round vertical launch system missiles and spares for the U.S. Navy and UK.

In Brief

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Astronaut Piers Sellers Dies Of Cancer

Jan 05, 2017
British-born NASA climate researcher and astronaut Piers Sellers died in Houston Dec. 23 of pancreatic cancer.

Technology

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Boeing Wins Work On Laser Pod For Fighters

Dec 23, 2016
The Pentagon has selected Boeing to develop a tactical pod for a laser weapon system planned to one day equip the U.S. Air Force’s fighter aircraft.

Business

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Acquisition Bolsters Leonardo’s Unmanned Rotary-Wing Offerings

Dec 29, 2016
Leonardo acquires full control of Sistemi Dinamici in a bid to widen its unmanned helicopter portfolio and consolidate its capabilities as a systems integrator.

Contracts

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Selected U.S. Military Contracts for the Week of Dec. 27- Dec. 30, 2016

Jan 05, 2017
Bechtel Plant Machinery Inc., Monroeville, Pennsylvania, is being awarded a $303,080,064 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for Naval nuclear propulsion components.