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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, October 26, 2017

VOL. 262 NO. 19 October 26, 2017

Programs

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Northrop Withdraws From U.S. Navy MQ-25 Competition

Oct 25, 2017
Northrop CEO Wes Bush says the company doesn’t see the business case to compete for the Navy’s aerial tanking drone.
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South Korean Engineers Take On KF-X Systems Challenge

Oct 25, 2017
South Korean engineers are, at least nominally, taking the lead in developing onboard systems for the KF-X. Whether they are always in fact leading is not so certain, since many foreign companies have been hired to assist.
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Boeing’s KC-46 Tanker Sees $329M In Further Cost Growth

Oct 25, 2017
Boeing Chairman, President and CEO Dennis Muilenburg concedes more work on the tanker remains, but insists the biggest problems are behind the company.
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TF-X Engine Decisions Expected in January

Oct 25, 2017
Meetings in January will decide “on the way to handle the [fighter] engine business," TAI's CEO says.
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Proposed Compact Taurus Likely Would Fit In F-35 Bays

Oct 25, 2017
The consortium of MBDA and Saab that builds the Taurus KEPD 350 bunker-busting missile thinks a proposed compact version probably could fit in the weapon bays of Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightnings.
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Vanilla UAS Exceeds Five Days in Flight

Oct 24, 2017
The aircraft was launched from the Virginia Space UAS runway at Wallops on Oct. 18 on a planned seven-day flight, but with thunderstorms looming was recovered early, landing with 64 hr. of fuel remaining.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Oct 25, 2017
LONGBOW LLC has $7.53m U.S. Army contract for Hellfire engineering services.

In Brief

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Boeing: No Changes to ‘Game Plan’ Despite Airbus-Bombardier Pact

Oct 25, 2017
Apparently undaunted by last week’s unprecedented announcement of a tie-up between Airbus and Canada’s Bombardier over the C Series airliner, Boeing Chairman, President And CEO Dennis Muilenburg says these are “not actions that change our game plan.

Operations

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Kestrel Eye Satellite Deployed From Space Station

Oct 25, 2017
Astronauts on Oct. 24 deployed the 50-kg. (110-lb.) Kestrel Eye IIM satellite on a demonstration mission from the International Space Station (ISS).

Technology

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Aurora To Review NASA’s STARC-ABL Turboelectric Airliner

Oct 24, 2017
A fuel-efficient airliner concept developed within NASA that shows promise as an early application of turboelectric propulsion is to undergo a comprehensive external evaluation by Aurora Flight Sciences.

DMIN

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Defense Market Intelligence Notes

Oct 25, 2017
View the Defense Market Intelligence Notes in PDF format.