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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, September 12, 2017

VOL. 261 NO. 49 September 12, 2017

Programs

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Sikorsky S-97 To Resume Flight Testing In 2018

Sep 11, 2017
Sikorsky has begun prepping its second S-97 Raider prototype for flight in 2018, taking over from aircraft No. 1 that was badly damaged in a hard landing on Aug. 2.
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Ariane 6 Gets First Prospective Launch Customer

Sep 11, 2017
Eumetsat has placed an option to launch a Metop-SG weather satellite aboard an Ariane 6.
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UK Considers Buying Chinooks From U.S.

Sep 11, 2017
Britain is in talks with the U.S. government about the potential purchase of MH-47G special operations Chinook helicopters as part of a drive to build closer fleet commonality with the U.S. Army.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Sep 12, 2017
LOCKHEED MARTIN has $25.9m U.S. Air Force contract for F-22 sustainment activities.

In Brief

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The Week Ahead In Aerospace & Defense

Sep 12, 2017
On Friday NASA’s Cassini probe will bring its 13-year exploration of Saturn to a fiery close.

Operations

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Fatal Nevada Crash Involved Foreign Aircraft Type

Sep 11, 2017
A Sept. 5 accident at the Nevada Test and Training Range that killed a U.S. Air Force test pilot appears to have involved a foreign aircraft type operated by the service’s secretive Red Hat unit.
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Hurricane Keeps KSC Shuttered Until Sept. 13

Sep 11, 2017
Kennedy Space Center (KSC) will remain closed until at least Sept. 13, pending damage assessments from Hurricane Irma, which sideswiped the oceanside spaceport from Sept. 10 through early Sept. 11.

Business

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Bombardier Sharpens Focus On Special Mission Aircraft

Sep 11, 2017
Bombardier has moved its Specialized Aircraft segment under the company’s business aircraft division.

Funding & Policy

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Turkish Pilots Compelled To Return to Military Service

Sep 08, 2017
Former Turkish military pilots who refuse to return and complete their compulsory military service could find their commercial pilot licenses canceled because of a new decree issued by the country’s government.
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U.S. Private Sector Seeks NASA Push To Lunar Surface

Sep 08, 2017
The U.S. private sector is poised to partner with NASA, academia and others to unleash lunar resources capable of expanding the global economic sphere on par with the Industrial Revolution, top executives told a House Space panel.

Contracts

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Selected U.S. Military Contracts for the Week of Sept. 5- Sept 8, 2017

Sep 12, 2017
Huntington Ingalls Inc., Newport News, Virginia, is being awarded a $104,955,829 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to a previously awarded contract.