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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, October 9, 2018

VOL. 266 NO. 7 October 09, 2018
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Business

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Airbus Names Faury New CEO

Oct 08, 2018
Airbus is completing its ongoing leadership transition by naming Guillaume Faury its new CEO.
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Boeing Signs With UAS MRO Shop

Oct 08, 2018
Boeing has teamed with Robotic Skies, a brokered global network of more than 160 independently-owned and operated repair stations providing MRO on commercial UAVs, including to offer supply chain management and analytics.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Oct 09, 2018
FRENCH AIR FORCE marked formal service introduction of PILATUS PC-21 trainer Oct. 2.

In Brief

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The Week Ahead In Aerospace & Defense

Oct 09, 2018
This week the Association of the U.S. Army’s annual symposium is underway near Washington.

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Programs

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German STH Helo Competition May Face One-Year Delay

Oct 08, 2018
The competition is between the Boeing CH-47 Chinook and Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion.
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Lockheed, Raytheon Vie For Patriot Radar Replacement

Oct 08, 2018
The U.S. Army’s selection eliminates rival bids by Northrop Grumman and newcomer Technovative Applications to develop a significantly improved radar system for Patriot.
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Extended Range Gray Eagle Cleared For Initial Fielding

Oct 08, 2018
The General Atomics MQ-1C Gray Eagle Extended Range UAV has completed operational testing and evaluation.
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China To Test Methane Expander Rocket Engine

Oct 08, 2018
Chinese state space industrial group Casc will begin testing a demonstrator methane-burning rocket engine using the expander configuration in November.
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BAE Reveals New ‘Smart D2’ Countermeasures System

Oct 08, 2018
BAE Systems has unveiled a next-generation threat management technology that can work with fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft to dispense countermeasures.
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South African Telescope Array Joins Hunt For ET

Oct 02, 2018
South Africa’s MeerKAT radio telescope array will join the privately funded Breakthrough Listen initiative to scan 1 million nearby stars for signs of a technically advanced civilization beyond Earth.

Funding & Policy

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Analysts See U.S. Army Helos Favored In Next Budget

Oct 08, 2018
Investors see rotorcraft prevailing over legacy ground vehicles in long-term Pentagon planning.
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Pentagon Promises Selective Industry Investments to Bolster Industrial Base

Oct 05, 2018
The Pentagon will make “selective” investments and promises a new era of close cooperation with defense contractors as part of an emerging response to President Donald Trump’s executive order to study ways to bolster the defense industrial base.

Operations

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SpaceX Achieves First West Coast Falcon 9 Landing

Oct 08, 2018
SpaceX completed a picture-perfect nighttime recovery of the first Falcon 9 booster stage on the U.S. West Coast after launching the SAOCOM 1A radar-imaging satellite for CONEA, Argentina’s national space agency, from Vandenberg AB, California on Oct. 7.

Technology

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LIFT Boosts Lightweight Manufacturing Tech For Aerospace

Oct 08, 2018
Aerospace features high on the list of potential applications for technologies to be developed under the latest round of tech projects announced by the LIFT manufacturing institute.

Contracts

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Selected U.S. Military Contracts For The Week Of Oct. 1-5, 2018

Oct 09, 2018
Onvoi LLC, De Funiak Springs, Florida, has been awarded a $39,951,581 contract for base operating services at March Air Reserve Base, California.