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Magazine Issue

Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, March 22, 2018

VOL. 263 NO. 56 March 22, 2018

Technology

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Pentagon Official Seeks To Revive Particle-Beam Weapons

Mar 21, 2018
The Pentagon’s under secretary of defense for research and engineering wants to bring particle-beam weapons back into vogue.
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Cargo Aircraft Uses Containers As Structure

Mar 21, 2018
U.S. startup Dorsal Aircraft plans to make intermodal shipping containers an integral part of an aircraft’s structure.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Mar 22, 2018
L3 KEO has $13.4m U.S. Navy contract for universal modular masts for Virginia-class subs.

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Programs

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Correction

Mar 22, 2018
The Program Dossier on the Eurofighter Typhoon that appeared in the March 21 edition inadvertently omitted a section on Austria.
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Raytheon Reduces Weight Of Apache HEL Pod

Mar 20, 2018
As the U.S. Army gets ready to develop another version of the Boeing AH-64 Apache, Raytheon wants to arm the long-serving gunship with a lethal laser.
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Britain Takes New Direction On UCAV

Mar 21, 2018
Britain has begun initial studies for a low-cost unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) demonstrator.
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USAF Providing Payload For Joint ‘HiJENKS’ Experiment

Mar 20, 2018
The U.S. Air Force is the payload provider for a secretive program with the U.S. Navy called High-power Joint Electromagnetic Non-Kinetic Strike, or “HiJENKS.”
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Finns Launch Jassm From Hornet

Mar 21, 2018
The Finnish Air Force has carried out live firings of Lockheed Martin’s Jassm as part of the weapon’s integration onto Helsinki’s F-18 Hornets.
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Germany’s Lange Unveils Fuel-Cell-Powered Surveillance Aircraft

Mar 21, 2018
Germany’s Lange Research Aviation is developing a fuel-cell-powered surveillance aircraft with 40 hr. endurance when flown unmanned.

Funding & Policy

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U.S. Army Underestimating Drone Swarm Threat, Report Says

Mar 21, 2018
The threat from swarms of small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) will emerge much sooner than the military believes, a report for the U.S. Army says.
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China, if Not U.S., Eager To Cooperate In Deep Space

Mar 19, 2018
China’s lunar and deep space exploration program was the focus of a microsymposium ahead of this week's 49th annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference.