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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, January 25, 2017

VOL. 259 NO. 16 January 25, 2017

Business

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Lockheed Leaders Say Trump’s Interest In F-35 Not A Risk

Jan 24, 2017
Lockheed Martin Chairman, President, and CEO Marillyn Hewson said Jan. 24 that she has used her meetings with new U.S. President Donald Trump to explain what the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter prime contractor already is doing to help lower costs on the Pentagon’s largest-ever acquisition effort.
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Airbus Safran Launchers CEO Calls For Buy European Act

Jan 24, 2017
Airbus Safran Launchers CEO Alain Charmeau has fleshed out a call to coordinate and guarantee an annual number of satellite launches using the Ariane 6 and Vega C.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Jan 26, 2017
U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT approved potential $418m Foreign Military Sale of Air Tractor aircraft with weapons and related support to Kenya.

In Brief

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Cernan Remembered In Houston Service

Jan 26, 2017
Family, friends, co-workers and admirers by the dozens gathered at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church on Jan. 24 to pay tribute to NASA astronaut and Apollo 17 commander Eugene Cernan.

Funding & Policy

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Trump Defense Plan Seen As Chance To Signal U.S. Strength

Jan 24, 2017
The Trump administration’s first long-range defense spending plan is a “critical opportunity” to signal U.S. strength, members of three leading Washington think tanks say.
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Don’t Expect Too Much From Defense Budget, Experts Warn

Jan 24, 2017
Analysts are seeking to temper any expectations of increased defense spending fueled by Sen. John McCain’s (R-Ariz.) white paper that would add billions. “It’s not Christmas in July,” one panelist said.

Programs

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Five Teams Have Launch Contracts For Google Lunar X Prize

Jan 24, 2017
An international array of teams remain in the running for top money in the race to the Moon’s surface in the $30 million Google Lunar X-Prize competition.
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U.S. Navy Orders Raytheon SM-6s With Anti-Ship Mod

Jan 24, 2017
Raytheon’s Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) plant in Huntsville, Alabama, has secured its fourth full-rate production contract after an eventful 2016.
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Ex-Hubble Repair Specialist Wins National Space Trophy

Jan 24, 2017
John Grunsfeld—NASA’s former associate administrator for science, Hubble Space Telescope astronaut repair specialist and astrophysicist—has been selected as the 2017 recipient of the National Space Trophy.