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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, January 9, 2018

VOL. 263 NO. 6 January 09, 2018

Programs

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L3 Forges Ahead On Compass Call After Protest Delay

Jan 08, 2018
L3 Technologies is charging ahead with replacing the USAF’s fleet of EC-130H Compass Call electronic attack aircraft with a new business jet-based platform.
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Blue Origin Continues BE-4 Engine Tests

Jan 08, 2018
Blue Origin is continuing tests of a full-scale BE-4 rocket engine in West Texas, the company said Jan. 8.
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Babcock, Elbit Compete For UK ASDOT Requirement

Jan 08, 2018
UK defense contractor Babcock and Elbit Systems have partnered to bid for the UK’s Air Support to Defense Operational Training live-air training requirement.
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Pioneering Astronaut John Young Dies At 87

Jan 08, 2018
Young launched to space for the first time on March 23, 1965, aboard a Gemini capsule nicknamed “Molly Brown."
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Afghan Air Force To Receive Seven Orbital ATK AC-208s

Jan 05, 2018
The “pseudo-foreign military sale" is funded through the Pentagon’s Afghan security forces account.
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Raytheon To Support UK Shadows Under £250 Million Deal

Jan 03, 2019
Raytheon has signed a $313.5 million contract with the UK defense ministry to support the Royal Air Force’s fleet of Beechcraft Shadow ISR aircraft.

Funding & Policy

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Japan Moves To Shift Armed Services' Rigid Budget Shares

Jan 08, 2018
Officials reportedly are pushing for the acquisition of Boeing EA-18G Growler electronic attack aircraft.

Operations

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Russian Forces Repel Mass UAV Attack In Syria

Jan 08, 2018
Russia’s defense ministry says its forces thwarted a mass UAV attack in Syria.
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Dozens Of A-10s Grounded Last Year After Hypoxia Reports

Jan 08, 2018
The USAF temporarily grounded more than 24 A-10 Warthogs at an Arizona service base late last year after multiple pilots reported hypoxia-like symptoms in flight.
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SpaceX Falcon Sends Classified Zuma Payload into Orbit

Jan 08, 2018
SpaceX lofted the classified U.S. government spacecraft known as "Zuma" into low-Earth orbit on Jan. 7.

Business

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Textron Stretches Restructuring Into Bell, Other Units

Jan 08, 2018
Textron is stretching an ongoing corporate restructuring to include consolidation within the Bell, Textron Systems and Industrial segments.
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Safran Exec To Direct Zodiac Takeover

Jan 08, 2018
In a further step toward making the takeover of Zodiac Aerospace a reality, Safran has appointed Hélène Moreau-Leroy director of the Zodiac integration project, the Paris-based company announced Jan. 8.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Jan 10, 2018
RAYTHEON has $10.2m U.S. Navy contract for incorporation of Block II plus engineering change proposal into 100 Lot 17 AIM-9X missiles.

In Brief

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The Week Ahead In Aerospace & Defense

Jan 10, 2018
This week Congress continues working to avert a government shutdown on Jan. 19 when the current stopgap spending measure expires.

Contracts

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Selected U.S. Military Contracts For The Week Of Jan. 2-Jan. 5, 2018

Jan 10, 2018
Melwood Inc., Upper Marlboro, Maryland, was awarded an $18,552,775 firm-fixed-price contract for base operations at Fort Meade, Maryland.

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