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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, September 9, 2019

VOL. 269 NO. 49 September 09, 2019
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Programs

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Boeing Promotes Combined Team With Northrop For GBSD Contract

Sep 06, 2019
Six weeks after deciding not to submit an independent proposal to the U.S. Air Force, Boeing has opened discussions with Northrop Grumman to create a combined team to win the $85 billion Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) program.
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Boeing Promotes Combined Team With Northrop For GBSD Contract

Sep 06, 2019
Six weeks after deciding not to submit an independent proposal to the U.S. Air Force, Boeing has opened discussions with Northrop Grumman to create a combined team to win the $85 billion Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) program.
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Proposed KC-46A Fix Set To Enter Testing

Sep 06, 2019
The U.S. Air Force plans to start testing within six weeks Boeing’s proposed fix for the flawed Remote Vision System (RVS) on the KC-46A tanker, the service’s acquisition chief says.
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Contact Lost with India’s Chandrayaan-2 Moon Lander

Sep 06, 2019
Communications between the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and the Chandrayaan-2 Vikram lander were lost moments before a scheduled landing at the Moon’s south pole Sept. 6 U.S. time, during the braking phase with the spacecraft and its Pragyan rover about 2.1 km above the lunar surface. The autonomous descent, which got under way at 4:08 p.m. EDT, was considered to be going as planned until that point. The loss of signal was reported by the ISRO control center at Istrac, Bengaluru at 4:24 p.m. EDT.
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U.S. Army Maintains FVL Remains Relevant

Sep 06, 2019
The U.S. Army vehemently maintains that Future Vertical Lift will remain relevant as some say the concept of operations for the effort is obsolete against potential adversaries like Russia.
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USAF Offers Pricing Credits For B-52 Re-Engine Bids

Sep 06, 2019
The U.S. Air Force will offer more than $500 million in pricing credits for bidders on a B-52 re-engining program that can achieve maximum targets for fuel consumption and unscheduled removal rates.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Sep 07, 2019
LEONARDO will study future Eurofighter Typhoon’s “Praetorian” Defensive Aids Sub System (DASS) for BAE SYSTEMS.

In Brief

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India, U.S. Discussing Joint SUAS Development, Production

Sep 07, 2019
India and the U.S. Air Force are discussing co-development and production of a small unmanned air system, a U.S. spokesman says.

Operations

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Israel Ends C-130, 707 Tanker Groundings

Sep 07, 2019
The Israeli Air Force (IAF) chief ended the grounding of C-130 transport aircraft and 707 aerial refueling tankers on July 5.
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Soyuz MS-14 Departs ISS After 11-Day Test Flight

Sep 06, 2019
Russia’s unpiloted Soyuz MS-14 test spacecraft departed the International Space Station on Sept. 6, headed for re-entry and a parachute-assisted landing in south central Kazakhstan.

Funding & Policy

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Safety Panel Encouraged By NASA’s 2024 Moon Plan

Sep 06, 2019
NASA’s long-standing Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP) is encouraged by the agency’s early efforts to speed up a crewed lunar mission to 2024, but cautions that the NASA workforce may be stretched too thin.
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White House Outlines Defense Policy Bill Concerns

Sep 07, 2019
The White House is urging the legislative branch to “explicitly designate” the Space Force as a sixth branch of the armed forces in a letter that includes numerous objections to language that may be included in the fiscal 2020 defense policy bill.

Industry Calendar

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Calendar

Sep 06, 2019
Sept. 9-13—European Space Agency Earth Observation Week 2019, Various locations. For more information go to https://earth.esa.int/web/guest/events/all-events/-/article/esa-earth-observation-week-2019