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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, May 24, 2017

VOL. 260 NO. 38 May 24, 2017

Funding & Policy

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USAF Aircraft Modernization Steady In Trump’s Budget

May 23, 2017
President Donald Trump’s first proposed budget for the U.S. Air Force keeps the service’s top modernization priorities on track, but does not include the major boost to procurement programs that many defense hawks had hoped for.
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Pentagon Offers Placeholder Budget, Promises More To Come

May 23, 2017
The Trump administration’s request for the fiscal year that starts Oct. 1 was not accompanied by the regular five-year defense spending plan, leaving even suggested guidance for major defense acquisition programs officially unknown.
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NASA Budget Trims Satellite-Servicing, Earth Science

May 23, 2017
President Donald Trump’s $19.1 billion fiscal 2018 spending request for NASA achieves a 0.8% decrease from current levels by terminating a robotic satellite-servicing demonstration mission and, as expected, trimming Earth-science missions.
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U.S. Navy Gets Fewer Ships, Aircraft Than Planned Under Obama

May 23, 2017
President Donald Trump's first budget blueprint for the U.S. Navy prioritizes readiness over buying new equipment.
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U.S. Army Aviation Takes Hit But Protects ITEP, FVL

May 23, 2017
The U.S. Army continues to back the Improved Turbine Engine Program (ITEP) and Future Vertical Lift (FVL) in its fiscal 2018 budget request, despite reducing spending on aviation accounts overall.
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NASA’s Aero Budget Keeps X-Plane Plans Alive

May 24, 2017
NASA’s fiscal 2108 budget request for aeronautics research keeps the agency’s New Aviation Horizons (NAH) X-plane program alive, but with a slower pace of new flight demonstration programs.
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U.S. Army Budget Prioritizes Ops Over New Procurement

May 23, 2017
The Trump administration's 2018 budget submission, released May 23, would increase readiness spending and protect weapons modernization programs, but there is little joy in the budget proposal for helicopter makers.
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MDA Launches Hypersonic Defense Program

May 23, 2017
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency's (MDA) $7.9 billion budget plan for fiscal 2018 includes almost $600 million over five years to finally begin addressing the hypersonic missile threat from Russia and China.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

May 24, 2017
AIRBUS HELICOPTERS launched AIRBUS CORPORATE HELICOPTERS (ACH) brand at EBACE 2017 show in Geneva.

In Brief

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Trump Budget Calls For FAA Split

May 24, 2017
The Trump administration’s fiscal year 2018 budget proposes shifting the FAA’s air traffic control functions to a non-profit, non-governmental corporation by 2021.

Programs

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USAF Scraps Plans To Retire U-2

May 23, 2017
The news that the Dragon Lady will continue patrolling the skies indefinitely, revealed May 23 in President Donald Trump's budget request for fiscal 2018, is a reversal of the Air Force's previous plans.
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Poland Declares Need For Fifth-Generation Fighters

May 23, 2017
Poland has declared a need for a fleet of fifth-generation fighter aircraft equipped with long-range precision weapons to act as a deterrent against an increasingly aggressive Russia.

Operations

Forecasts/Industry Data

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U.S. Defense Department Fiscal 2018 Budget Request

May 24, 2017
View the U.S. Defense Department Fiscal 2018 Budget Request chart in PDF format.