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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, January 8, 2018

VOL. 263 NO. 4 January 08, 2018

Funding & Policy

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L3 CEO Filling Out International Expansion

Jan 05, 2018
New L3 Technologies CEO Chris Kubasik is wasting little time trying to grow the New York-based aerospace and defense company’s international work, announcing Jan. 4 that L3 is setting up advisory boards staffed with local industry experts in Australia, Canada and the UK.
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Scientists Map Out Next Decade Of Earth Observations

Jan 05, 2018
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida—The U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine on Jan. 5 unveiled a 700-p.

Programs

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SureFly eVTOL Set To Fly

Jan 08, 2018
‘Electric truck manufacturer Workhorse Group has received FAA experimental certification for its SureFly electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) prototype ahead of a first flight planned for Jan. 8, as the CES consumer electronics show opens in Las Vegas.
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India To Launch 31 Satellites In Single Mission

Jan 05, 2018
India’s space agency will kick off the new year on Jan. 10 by launching its Earth observation satellite Cartosat-2 series along with 30 other foreign sats.
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USAF, Orbital ATK Sign Pact For NGL Rocket Certification

Jan 05, 2018
Orbital ATK’s NGL received another boost this week, with the rocket manufacturer entering into a Crada with the USAF.
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U.S. Air Force Backs Aurora’s Certifiable Orion UAV

Jan 04, 2018
Aurora Flight Sciences is flying high after securing a $48 million contract from the USAF to develop a certifiable version of its long-endurance Orion UAV.
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NASA Finds Geosynchronous ‘Ride Share’

Jan 05, 2018
NASA’s GOLD mission is poised to demonstrate a new kind of agency “ride share” science strategy as it lifts off atop an Ariane 5 rocket in late January.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Jan 08, 2018
NORTHROP GRUMMAN has $11.7m U.S. Navy contract for procurement of Advanced Radar Processor (ARP) hardware sets for the E-2D to support the ARP operational test phase and counter electronic attack development test phase between 2019 and 2020.

Operations

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Is Russia Spying On U.S. Stealth Fighters In Syria?

Jan 05, 2018
As Russian pilots leverage the close quarters of the air campaign in Iraq and Syria to gather intel on U.S. operations, one U.S. aircraft could be vulnerable to prying eyes—the F-22 Raptor.

Business

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Defense Contractors Expected To Boost Pension Payments

Jan 05, 2018
Legacy U.S. defense contractors are expected to make significant cash infusions into their pension funds under the new tax law in the U.S.

Calendar of Events

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Upcoming Events

Jan 08, 2018
To list an event, send information in calendar format to Donna Thomas at [email protected].