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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, May 21, 2019

VOL. 268 NO. 37 May 21, 2019
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Business

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IHI Seeks Foreign Partner As Japan Industry Mulls Fighter Co.

May 20, 2019
IHI Corp. said it is aiming for international joint development of a combat-aircraft engine.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

May 21, 2019
U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT approved $317m Foreign Military Sale to Japan of 160 AIM-120C-7 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles and support.

Funding & Policy

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Saab Calling For Cooperative Role On UK’s Tempest

May 20, 2019
Saab is looking for a high level of cooperation with British industry should Sweden decide to join the UK’s Tempest next-generation combat aircraft program.
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House Appropriators Slash NGAD By $500M

May 20, 2019
The Democrat-led House Appropriations defense subcommittee has proposed slashing the U.S. Air Force’s Next-Generation Air Dominance by 50% or $500 million.
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Commercial Visionaries Eager For 2024 Human Lunar Return

May 16, 2019
NASA’s scheduled return to the lunar surface by 2024 promises to expand the Earth’s economic sphere, according to a small but diverse panel of experts.

Technology

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Israel Formally Requests Two KC-46A Tankers

May 20, 2019
The Israeli defense ministry on May 16 issued a formal letter of request (LOR) to the U.S. for the purchase of two Boeing KC-46As.
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U.S. Army/NASA Tests Could Lead To Faster Tiltrotors

May 20, 2019
In an effort to improve tiltrotor stability and safely achieve higher speeds, U.S. Army researchers are installing a new tiltrotor model in a wind tunnel.

Operations

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Bad Weather Forces French Rafales To Land In Indonesia

May 20, 2019
Bad weather over the Indian Ocean forced seven Dassault Rafales of the French Navy to divert to an airbase in Indonesia on May 18.

Programs

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Russian Military To Quadruple Su-57 Order

May 17, 2019
The Russian Aerospace Forces will increase its order for Sukhoi Su-57 fifth-generation fighters by more than four times.
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Airbus Slips Hybrid-Electric E-Fan X, Ends Siemens Collaboration

May 17, 2019
First flight of the Airbus E-Fan X hybrid-electric hybrid-regional aircraft demonstrator has slipped into 2021, from 2020.
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Sikorsky Aims For CH-53K Exhaust Gas Fix By July

May 20, 2019
Sikorsky is working to identify a solution to the engine gas reingestion problem on the CH-53K by July.

Contracts

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Selected U.S. Military Contracts For The Week Of May 13 - 17, 2019

May 21, 2019
The Boeing Co., St. Louis, has been awarded $139,808,430 for modification P00009 to a previously awarded, fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N00019-16-D-1002).