Aerospace & Defense Roundup: Sept, 25
DHS Pledges Compliance With ADS-B Regulation
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security, operator of the largest non-Defense Department fleet of government aircraft, says it intends to comply with the FAA’s automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) Out regulation “through equipage or other relief options” by the January deadline.
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Boeing Replaces AH-6i Supplier For Revived Sales Push
AH-6Boeing has selected a new airframe supplier for the AH-6i helicopter to offer to potential international buyers, including Thailand, a company spokesman says.
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U.S., Russian, Arab Crew Launches To Space Station
ISS: NASARussia’s Soyuz MS-15, whose three-person crew includes the first Emeriti to fly in space, launched to and docked with the International Space Station on Sept. 25.
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Megawatt-Class Inverter For Electric Propulsion
TriFan 600: XTI AircraftGeneral Electric is to develop a lightweight, flight-ready, megawatt-class inverter for NASA that meets the size, power, efficiency and altitude requirements for use in an electrified aircraft propulsion system.
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Leonardo Plans Customer Support Center If Selected For U.S. Navy Trainer
Leonardo says it will build a customer support center near Naval Air Station Whiting Field, Florida, if the company’s TH-119 helicopter is selected as the U.S. Navy’s future rotary-wing trainer.
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Warhead Overruns Could Be Offset Within NNSA Budget
B61-12 test release: Sandia National LaboratoriesThe plan suggests the NNSA would have to divert early development funding intended to support future warheads for the Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent intercontinental ballistic missile and Long Range Standoff cruise missile programs.
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More Countries Operating Military Unmanned Aircraft, Study Shows
ScanEagle: USNA yearlong study of 101 countries around the world concludes that 95 of them have an active inventory of military unmanned air vehicles, up 58% from a decade ago.
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U.S. Sending 1,000 More Troops To Poland
MQ-9: USAFThe U.S. will send up to 1,000 more personnel to Poland as the two nations negotiate on the permanent basing of U.S. personnel in the Eastern European country.
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Combat Rescue Helicopter OK’d For Production
HH-60W: USMCThe HH-60W search-and-rescue helicopter is now cleared to enter low-rate initial production (LRIP) following a successful meeting between the U.S. Air Force and Sikorsky.
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Singapore Renews U.S. Base Access Deal
Singapore and the U.S. on Sept. 23 renewed a defense pact that allows U.S. forces use of the Southeast Asian country’s air and naval bases, extending it by 15 years.
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NASA, JAXA Sign Lunar Exploration Agreement
NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), partners in the International Space Station (ISS), signed an agreement Sept. 24 to cooperate in U.S.-led efforts to establish a sustainable human presence at the Moon in preparation for expeditions to Mars.
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Little Bird, LAIRCM FMS Sales OK’d To Thailand, Qatar
Little Bird: USMCThe State Department has OK'd a possible foreign military sale to Thailand of eight AH-6i Little Bird light attack reconnaissance helos and two AN/AAQ-24(V)N Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures systems to Qatar.
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