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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, June 4, 2019

VOL. 268 NO. 46 June 04, 2019
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Funding & Policy

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B-52 Re-engining Faces Hiccup On Capitol Hill

Jun 03, 2019
House Armed Services lawmakers are concerned the U.S. Air Force is not doing due diligence in setting requirements.
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House Lawmakers OK F-35 Economic Order Quantity Buy

Jun 03, 2019
A key House panel is authorizing economic order quantity for the Lockheed Martin F-35 in the hope of promoting cost savings for the fifth-generation fighter while requesting cost transparency for Block 4.
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U.S. Supplies Vietnam With ScanEagles

Jun 03, 2019
The U.S. is permitting Vietnam to buy six Insitu ScanEagle drones worth $9.7 million, a sign of strengthening security ties with Washington.
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Aegis Ashore Vastly Cheaper Than Destroyers, Japan Says

Jun 03, 2019
Two Aegis Ashore batteries will give ballistic-missile defense to Japan at 16% of the cost of destroyers performing the mission, figures from the Ministry of Defense show.
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House Republicans Disagree With Strategic Forces Mark

Jun 03, 2019
Republican members “fundamentally disagree” with policy decisions made in the House Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee mark and view it as a departure from bipartisan tradition.
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Israeli Political Crisis Threatens Aircraft Contracts

May 31, 2019
The unprecedented political crisis in Israel that has caused the country’s parliament to disperse only one month after being elected may delay billions of dollars in planned purchases of U.S. aircraft.

SpeedNews

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Jun 04, 2019
PRATT & WHITNEY has $3.2b U.S. Navy contract for 56 F135-PW-100 engines for the Air Force, 10 for the Navy, 125 for non-DOD/FMS customers; 24 F135-PW-600 engines for the Marine Corps, and 18 for non-DOD/FMS customers.

In Brief

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The Week Ahead In Aerospace & Defense

Jun 04, 2019
This week the U.S. Congress resumes its work on appropriations, while House authorizers will mark up their version of the fiscal 2020 defense policy bill.

Programs

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Russia’s Minoga Maritime Helo In Advanced Stage Of Construction

Jun 03, 2019
A photo being circulated on the Russian internet reveals the design of a new Russian Minoga maritime helicopter.
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Long-range Naval Mines Demonstrated On B-52

Jun 03, 2019
The U.S. Air Force on May 31 completed the last and largest demonstration of a two-year program to integrate a long-range naval mine on a Boeing B-52H.

Operations

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SpaceX Cargo Mission Departs ISS For Earth

Jun 03, 2019
SpaceX’s 17th NASA-contracted cargo mission to the International Space Station departed the six-person orbiting science laboratory at midday June 3.

Contracts

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Selected Aerospace And Defense Contracts For The Week Of May 28-31, 2019

Jun 04, 2019
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., San Diego, has been awarded $66,274,215 for modification P00007 to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N00019-18-C-1009) to exercise an option for operation and maintenance services in support of the Broad Area Maritime Surveillance-Demonstrator Program,