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  • Feb 14, 2018
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    USAF’s Light Attack Aircraft Could Take Years To Field  

    The U.S. Air Force is moving forward with plans to field a force of low-cost, light attack aircraft, but it will take years to come to fruition....More
  • Feb 13, 2018
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    Trump Cuts Obama’s Planned F-35 Purchases  

    Despite a windfall of defense spending, President Donald Trump’s Pentagon has cut planned purchases of Lockheed Martin’s F-35 fighter in the short term....More
  • Feb 13, 2018
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    Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

    Military Requests $20.7 Billion for Missile, Munition Buys  

    Ongoing operations in the Middle East by the U.S. and its allies are prompting spending hikes on a number of missile programs by the Pentagon....More
  • Feb 13, 2018
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    Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

    U.S. Navy Boosts Super Hornet Buy, Invests In Lasers  

    The U.S. Navy in its fiscal 2019 budget is seeking to significantly boost the number of Boeing F/A-18 E/F Super Hornets it is buying over the next five years....More
  • Feb 13, 2018
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    USAF Funds Modernization, Rethinks Battle Management  

    The U.S. Air Force is seeking $156.3 billion in fiscal 2019, a 6.6% boost from last year....More
  • Feb 13, 2018
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    Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

    Pentagon Boosts Spending On Key Nuclear Platforms  

    The Pentagon’s fiscal 2019 budget boosts spending across the board for a sweeping modernization of the U.S.’s nuclear submarine, bomber and missile forces....More
  • Feb 12, 2018
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    Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

    WFIRST Is 2019 NASA Budget Casualty  

    The Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) is a designated casualty in the Trump administration’s proposed 2019 NASA budget....More
  • Feb 12, 2018
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    Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

    NASA Funds Low-Boom X-Plane, Trims Aero Budget  

    NASA’s fiscal 2019 budget request fully funds plans to fly a low-boom supersonic X-plane in 2021....More
  • Feb 12, 2018
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    Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

    MDA Seeks Funds For Two New Pacific Radar Sites  

    The U.S. Missile Defense Agency’s $9.9 billion budget request for fiscal 2019 would install two new long-range discrimination radars in the Pacific....More
  • Feb 12, 2018
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    Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

    U.S. Army Rallies Behind ‘Top Six’ Priorities  

    The U.S. Army’s budget request for fiscal 2019 realigns modernization spending toward six new priorities, a list that includes next-generation rotorcraft....More
  • Feb 12, 2018
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    Trump’s NASA Budget Seeks To Grow Commercial LEO  

    The Trump administration wants to boost NASA’s budget for fiscal year 2019 to $19.9 billion....More
  • Feb 11, 2018
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    Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

    USAF Plans To Retire B-2s, B-1s As B-21 Comes Online  

    As Northrop’s next-generation B-21 “Raider” comes online later this decade, the Air Force wants to phase out the nuclear-capable B-2 and conventional B-1, according to two sources with knowledge of the budget discussions....More
  • Feb 1, 2018
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    Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

    Pentagon Weapons Buying Office Splits In Two  

    The Pentagon’s arms-buying operation has been split into two new groups: the undersecretaries of defense for acquisition and sustainment (A&S) and research and engineering (R&E)....More
  • Jan 22, 2018
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    Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

    Acting Administrator Takes Reins Of NNSA Amid Shutdown  

    The head of the U.S. NNSA has stepped down the same day the semi-autonomous branch of the DOE braced for a partial government shutdown....More
  • Jan 20, 2018
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    Congress Fails To Avert Government Shutdown  

    As the blame game begins, government agencies including the U.S. Defense Department, FAA and NASA will begin furloughing staff and shutting down facilities....More
  • Jan 19, 2018
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    Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

    U.S. Military Prepares For Government Shutdown  

    Defense Secretary James Mattis says if the federal government shuts down maintenance on critical equipment, training for the reserve force, and intelligence operations around the world will cease, and over half of the Department of Defense’s civilian workforce will be furloughed....More
  • Jan 18, 2018
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    Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

    U.S. Government Shutdown Won’t Impact ISS Operations  

    The NASA-led, 15-nation International Space Station’s operations will continue as usual even if there is a U.S. government shutdown Jan. 20....More
  • Jan 18, 2018
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    Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

    Ryan: ‘Defense Budget Being Held Hostage’  

    House Speaker Paul Ryan has appealed for passage of a stopgap spending measure to avert a government shutdown, or risk further harming a strained military....More
  • Jan 18, 2018
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    Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

    Budget Gridlock May Delay Northrop’s B-21 Bomber  

    The U.S. Air Force’s number two civilian is warning that continued budget gridlock could delay the fielding of Northrop Grumman’s B-21 stealth bomber....More
  • Jan 16, 2018
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    Trump Hopes To Rearm U.S. Navy With Nuclear Cruise Missiles   1

    The U.S. Navy would be with re-equipped with nuclear-tipped cruise missiles under the Trump administration’s new nuclear strategy....More
  • Jun 2, 2017
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    USAF’s $10.7B Wish List: 14 F-35s, Three KC-46s, Next-Gen Fighter  

    In a $10.7 billion wish list of items submitted to Congress June 2, the U.S. Air Force is asking for 14 Lockheed Martin F-35As and three Boeing KC-46As....More
  • May 26, 2017
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    Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

    USAF Reveals Air-to-Air Weapon For F-22 Successor  

    The U.S. Air Force is asking for $1 million to stand up the project in its fiscal 2018 budget request—the first time the new capability has appeared on paper....More
  • May 25, 2017
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    Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

    USAF To Replace E-4B, E-6B With One ‘Doomsday’ Fleet   1

    The U.S. Air Force is kick-starting a potentially multibillion-dollar program to replace the E-4B “Doomsday Plane” and the U.S. Navy’s E-6B Mercury fleet with a single fleet....More
  • May 24, 2017
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    Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

    MDA Speeds Up Multi-Object Kill Vehicle  

    The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has accelerated development of the warhead-killing Multi-Object Kill Vehicle (MOKV) by five years in response to emerging threats....More
  • May 23, 2017
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    Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

    NASA’s Aero Budget Keeps X-Plane Plans Alive  

    NASA’s fiscal 2108 budget request for aeronautics research keeps the agency’s New Aviation Horizons (NAH) X-plane program alive, but with a slower pace of new flight demonstration programs....More
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