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Shelby vs. McCain continues. NASA gains $1 billion. And international travelers to U.S. face new restrictions.

The U.S. export credit agency is back but needs a board of directors. Meanwhile, the fight continues over Russian RD-180 rocket engines.

Pentagon girding for reductions to modernization plans in 2017.

Aerospace suppliers would be wise to tune into the “Delta Effect” and the other factors currently impeding aftermarket growth.

MRO demand will grow a paltry 1-2% in this year while global air transport capacity will increase a healthy 5-6%. Why the divergence?

From no-fly zones in Syria to the potential return of F-22 production, presidential candidates are talking tougher about defense.

Ashton Carter’s Defense Innovation Unit, Experimental, is quite small and has no budget to speak of.

Bomber lobby lays the groundwork for the kind of attack on its budget now threatening the F-35; new space bill allows citizens to mine the Moon for its water ice.

Commercial space bill nears final passage; Middle East nations seek precision weapons; DHS pledges new security enhancements; and Ex-Im Bank reauthorization takes another step forward.

NASA delays its CRS-2 contract, again. Italy is in line to become the next nation with armed Reapers. The FAA scrambles to create a UAV registration system. And the Ex-Im bank bill nears final passage.

The situation with Bombardier’s C Series could have been far worse.

This has nothing to do with market access and everything to do with sidestepping strong labor laws.

Boehner departure allows budget deal, new Speaker Ryan brings hope of end to fiscal cliffhangers; Ex-Im Bank reauthorization awaits Senate action.

There has been no methodical effort to assess the actual risks UAS present to other air traffic.

F-35 official hints Canada’s suppliers could lose work if it opts out of the program; FCC proposes rules that could enable 5G wireless service; foreign investment in aerospace is rising.

House to vote on Ex-Im Bank at last. Army studies Russian UAV ops in Ukraine. NASA plans for a return to the Moon in the long run. And the State Department prepares to sell Black Hawks to Saudi Arabia.

ICAO responded with a task force, which created a website — hardly a determined effort.

U.S. experts on Russian actions in Syria; FAA prepares big penalty for wayward UAV; over-cost defense programs face fines.

Failing to reauthorize the U.S. Ex-Im Bank amounts to unilateral disarmament.

A two-year budget agreement that would fund the Pentagon, FAA and NASA and reauthorize the Export-Import Bank.

Without a new spending bill by Sept. 30, the U.S. government could be forced to shut down.

What is a ‘real’ operational test, anyway; NASA doubts Orbital can meet its schedule for returning Antares to flight and Japan may lift restrictions on daytime flights to the U.S.