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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, October 16, 2018

VOL. 266 NO. 12 October 16, 2018
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Business

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L3 And Harris Announce Largest Defense Merger

Oct 14, 2018
The combined company would be named L3 Harris Technologies and would be the sixth largest defense company in the U.S. and a top 10 defense company globally.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Oct 17, 2018
AVIC of China’s “export-oriented” Z-19E armed light helicopter ready for batch production, Xinhua news agency says

In Brief

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The Week Ahead in Aerospace & Defense

Oct 17, 2018
Late Tuesday evening or early Wednesday morning should see the launch of a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 from Cape Canaveral.

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Programs

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Orbital UAV Expands Engine Agreement With Insitu

Oct 15, 2018
Australian engine manufacturer Orbital UAV has signed a long-term agreement with Insitu to provide propulsion systems for use across its range of UAS.
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Chandra Briefly Joins Hubble In Gyro Intensive Care

Oct 15, 2018
While a NASA anomaly review board continues to troubleshoot a gyroscope issue with the 28-year-old Hubble Space Telescope, a second case of the mechanical pointing system malady also appears to be responsible for sending the Chandra X-ray Observatory into “safe mode.”
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India Test-Fires Quick Reaction Missile

Oct 11, 2018
India has test-launched a short-range Quick Reaction Surface-to-Air Missile, giving another boost to the country’s evolving ballistic missile defense system.
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Tern UAV Transitions To ONR, But No Flights?

Oct 15, 2018
DARPA has fully transitioned Northrop Grumman’s Tern program to its partner, the ONR, but it appears there are no longer firm plans to fly the ship-based VTOL unmanned aircraft demo.
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Belgium Selling Alpha Jet Fleet

Oct 15, 2018
Belgium is to sell its Dassault Alpha Jet jet trainer fleet as it transitions its pilot training over to the U.S.

Operations

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Majority Of Operational F-35s Return To Flight

Oct 15, 2018
More than 80% of operational F-35s are cleared to fly again following engine inspections and all of the U.S. services and international partners have resumed flying, the joint program office says.
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F-35’s First Shipborne Rolling Vertical Landing

Oct 15, 2018
A British F-35 test pilot has performed a ship-borne rolling vertical landing (SRVL) onto the new Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier for the first time.

Technology

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DARPA Subterranean Challenge To Test Unmanned Ground/Air Teams

Oct 09, 2018
DARPA wants to take robotics underground with a challenge to autonomously search tunnel systems and cave networks for foes in combat or victims of natural disasters.

Funding & Policy

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Western Suppliers Too Embedded In Chinese Aviation: Experts

Oct 15, 2018
Will rising trade tariffs between China and the U.S., or the recent indictment of an alleged Chinese spy misappropriating GE Aviation knowhow, damage the Western aerospace industry’s access and opportunities inside the world’s soon-to-be largest aviation sector?

Contracts

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Selected U.S. Military Contracts For The Week Of Oct. 9-12, 2018

Oct 17, 2018
United Launch Services, Centennial, Colorado, has been awarded a $967,000,000 other-transaction agreement for the development of a Launch System Prototype for the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program.