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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, June 13, 2019

VOL. 268 NO. 53 June 13, 2019
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Programs

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GAO Details ATEC Protest Rejection On ITEP Bid

Jun 12, 2019
The GAO released a 30-page decision on June 12 that forcefully rejects the Advanced Turbine Engine Company’s (ATEC) arguments for overturning the U.S. Army’s decision to award a $530 million contract to GE Aviation to develop a new helicopter engine.
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Poland Wants To Fast Track F-35 Buy

Jun 12, 2019
Poland is looking to speed up its purchase of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter following Warsaw’s decision to acquire up to 32 of the combat aircraft.
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UK Mulling Partnership Models For Tempest

Jun 12, 2019
International partners joining Britain’s Tempest next-generation combat aircraft technology initiatives will need to “collaborate on the strength of what they bring to the program,” the UK’s national armament director has suggested.
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Boeing’s PAV eVTOL Prototype Crashes

Jun 12, 2019
Boeing’s full-scale Passenger Air Vehicle eVTOL prototype has crashed during unmanned flight testing at subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences in Manassas, Virginia.
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Pentagon Studies P-8A-Deployed UAV To Hunt Subs

Jun 12, 2019
A deployable UAV equipped with a sensor capable of detecting submarines beneath the surface could be added to the Boeing P-8A under a new prototyping program.
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Cost-saving KC-46 Parts Plan Unrealistic, GAO Says

Jun 12, 2019
Another element of a U.S. Air Force plan to save money during the KC-46 sustainment phase has proven unrealistic, the GAO says in a new report published on June 12.
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Volocopter Lays Out Urban Air Taxi Thinking

Jun 07, 2019
German startup Volocopter says its multicopter eVTOL air taxi can offer the majority of inner city and airport shuttle services needed in more than 90% of its Top 100 target cities.
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Falcon 9 Lifts Off With Canada’s Radarsat Constellation

Jun 12, 2019
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off June 12 with a trio of radar-bearing Earth observation satellites for the Canadian Space Agency.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Jun 14, 2019
U.S. AIR FORCE deployed F-35A Lightning II squadron to Spangdahelm Air Base, Germany, June 11 for exercises and training.

In Brief

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Israel’s Aeronautics Unveils Pegasus 120 UAS

Jun 14, 2019
Israeli company Aeronautics has gone into the multi-rotor drone business.

Funding & Policy

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Lawmakers Aim To Block Arms Sales To UAE, Saudis

Jun 12, 2019
U.S. House members are deepening their opposition to the Trump administration’s use of emergency authority for the export of $8 billion in weapons to Saudi Arabia and the UAE.

Business

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Uber Advances Plans For Urban Aerial Ridesharing With New Partners

Jun 11, 2019
Uber has added a fifth electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) vehicle developer to its Elevate aerial ridesharing program.

Operations

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Missing Indian An-32 Wreckage Discovered

Jun 11, 2019
More than a week after an Indian An-32 transport aircraft went missing, its wreckage was discovered by the country’s air force in the northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh on June 11.