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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, September 12, 2014

VOL. 249 NO. 51 September 12, 2014
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Operations

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Carrier Aviators Use Exercises To Catch Up On Lost Training

Sep 12, 2014
ABOARD THE USS RONALD REAGAN — While other navies view the Rim of Pacific (Rimpac) drills as a venue to show off their ships and aircraft, U.S. Navy…
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Russian Air Force Using Digital Cameras For Open Skies Mission

Sep 12, 2014
The Russian air force has become the first signatory to the Open Skies Treaty to use digital cameras on its reconnaissance aircraft. Details of the first wholly digital Open Skies flight missions were revealed in a recent edition of RAF Brize Norton’s station magazine. The air base in Oxfordshire acts as the main operating location for all Open Skies treaty flights undertaken in the U.K. From Aug. 11-15, the base played host to an Antonov An-30 used by the Russian Federation for its Open Skies mission, fitted with a digital camera suite.

Programs

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Curiosity Rover Team Driving Up Mount Sharp

Sep 12, 2014
The science team overseeing operations of NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has found a shorter route into the high ground above the rover’s landing site,…
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System For Locating GPS Jamming Sources Tested

Sep 12, 2014
Exelis Inc. and Chronos Technology Ltd. have successfully tested a new GPS threat-detection system designed to identify and locate sources of jamming. The Signal Sentry 1000 system was deployed in August during GPS-interference trials that took place in Sennybridge, U.K., with the product locating stationary and moving jammers in both open and obstructed environments.
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Safe Soyuz Landing Starts Space Station Crew Exchange

Sep 12, 2014
HOUSTON — International Space Station staffing temporarily dipped to three late Sept. 10 as a trio of U.S. and Russian crewmembers descended safely…

Forecasts/Industry Data

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U.S. Defense Department Major Program Assessments

Sep 12, 2014
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In Brief

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Lockheed Martin Wins IT Contract From Australian Defense Ministry

Sep 12, 2014
COMPUTING IN OZ: Lockheed Martin has received an $800 million award from the Australian defense department’s Chief Information Office Group to…

Funding & Policy

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U.S. Military Seeks Eight F-35s, 21 Apaches

Sep 12, 2014
Even though U.S. missions are shifting with the drawdown in Afghanistan to air strikes in Iraq and Syria, the practice of using wartime funding to pay for long-term projects remains in vogue.
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U.S. Needs Better Amphib Strategy, CSIS Says

Sep 12, 2014
The U.S. should develop a better amphibious-ship strategy to deal with fleet shortfalls, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) says. “The most serious challenge for future U.S. amphibious capabilities is the lack of a common, comprehensive, and systems-based strategy to serve as a guide for difficult choices,” CSIS says in a released earlier this month.
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New U.S. Navsea Directorate Focuses On Expeditionary Operations

Sep 12, 2014
U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command’s (Navsea) new Directorate for Acquisition and Commonality recently created an Expeditionary Missions Operations Cell …