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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, June 18, 2019

VOL. 268 NO. 56 June 18, 2019
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Funding & Policy

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Pentagon ‘Very Concerned’ About EU Joint Defense Programs

Jun 17, 2019
The DOD's chief weapons buyer is using her time at the Paris Air Show to speak with European industry and government officials on the unintended consequences of not providing U.S. defense contractors access to joint European Union programs.
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Defense Export Disputes Cloud FCAS Future

Jun 17, 2019
Disagreements between France and Germany over exports of jointly manufactured defense equipment could halt plans to jointly develop a new combat aircraft before they even begin, a senior Airbus official has warned.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Jun 19, 2019
NORWAY to invest NOK8b ($920m) in military air surveillance radars to monitor Norwegian airspace.

In Brief

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The Week Ahead In Aerospace & Defense

Jun 19, 2019
This week the Paris Air Show is underway in Le Bourget, with Aerospace DAILY on site bringing you the latest news and analysis from the year’s biggest aviation event.

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Programs

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MQ-25 First Flight Slated This Summer

Jun 17, 2019
Boeing has revealed that the U.S. Navy MQ-25A Stingray carrier-based unmanned refueling tanker company-funded prototype will achieve first flight later this summer.
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Lockheed Doubles Down On F-35 Sustainment Cost

Jun 17, 2019
Lockheed Martin’s top F-35 executive doubled down on a commitment to reduce the cost to operate the stealth aircraft each hour by 43% within six years.
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Spain Joins European FCAS Program

Jun 17, 2019
France, Germany and Spain have taken the next tentative steps toward the development of a pan-European Future Combat Air System (FCAS).
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Lockheed Proposes F-35A Fuel Upgrade

Jun 17, 2019
The company wants to resurrect a long-abandoned plan to install external fuel tanks under the wings of the conventional takeoff-and-landing variant.
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France Begins Training On PC-21s

Jun 17, 2019
The French Air Force carried out their first training sorties on its new fleet of Pilatus PC-21 advanced turboprop trainers June 4.
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Two New Squadrons For Indonesian Air Force

Jun 17, 2019
The Indonesian Air Force has introduced two new transport squadrons to the country’s most eastern provinces.
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Lockheed Unveils Revamped C-130 Option For Maritime Patrol

Jun 17, 2019
Lockheed Martin has revamped a seven-year-old concept for a maritime patrol variant of the C-130 to refocus it as a mission kit that can be retrofitted on existing or new-build aircraft.
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Raytheon Demos Block II Sidewinder For NASAMS

Jun 17, 2019
Raytheon has demoed the AIM-9X Block II Sidewinder in the surface-to-air missile role, launching the interceptor successfully during a test on May 9 in Norway.
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M-345 Prototype Makes Paris Debut

Jun 17, 2019
Six years since Finmeccanica (now Leonardo) first touted its M-345 High Efficiency Trainer proposal in Paris, the company has finally brought the first prototype to the Paris Air Show.
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Pipistrel Unveils eVTOL Air Taxi Designed For Uber

Jun 14, 2019
Slovenia’s Pipistrel has unveiled the eVTOL design it is developing under its partnership with Uber’s Elevate aerial-ridesharing initiative.
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NASA’s Osiris-Rex Moves Closer To Asteroid Bennu

Jun 17, 2019
As Osiris-Rex travels closer towards Bennu, the spacecraft’s suite of scientific instruments will gather imagery to generate global maps, contributing to an ongoing evaluation of where best to touch down briefly to gather a sample of soil and rock.
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Raytheon Completes StormBreaker Operational Testing

Jun 17, 2019
Raytheon completed a nearly yearlong series of operational test drops of the all-weather StormBreaker glide bomb from the Boeing F-15E in May, the company said.

Technology

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Falcon Heavy Launch To Feature Far-Reaching NASA Tech Demos

Jun 11, 2019
Four NASA tech initiatives intended to improve the design and performance of spacecraft assigned to a range of future missions are among 24 small sat ride shares set to launch later this month.

Contracts

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Selected U.S. Military Contracts For The Week Of June 10-14, 2019

Jun 19, 2019
LinQuest Corp., Los Angeles, has been awarded a $562,302,987 cost-plus-incentive-fee base plus six option years contract for systems engineering, integration and test (SEIT) support.