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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, October 24, 2014

VOL. 250 NO. 15 October 24, 2014
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Programs

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Reaper, MTS-C Key In Aegis BMD Test

Oct 25, 2014
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency’s most recent trial for the Aegis ballistic missile defense system is another stop toward proving that airborne…
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Argentina Could Buy Brazilian-Built Gripens

Oct 25, 2014
SAO PAOLO, Brazil — The Brazilian and Argentine governments have signed bilateral agreements that could lead to Argentina buying Brazilian-made…
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USS Peleliu To Be Inspected For Decommissioning

Oct 25, 2014
The crew of the now-deployed amphibious assault ship LHA 5 USS Peleliu is preparing for the Board of Inspection and Survey (Insurv), scheduled later…
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Orbital Eyes Oct. 27 For Third ISS Commercial Resupply Mission Launch

Oct 25, 2014
HOUSTON — NASA and Orbital Sciences Corp. have set a late Oct. 27 liftoff of the Dulles, Virginia-based company’s third resupply mission to the six…
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Aurora Plans Cargo UAS Aimed At Emergency Response

Oct 25, 2014
Aurora Flight Sciences is to demonstrate a civil precision-delivery unmanned aircraft system (UAS) based on its ducted-fan, vertical-takeoff-and…
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China Launches Spacecraft To Test Lunar Re-entry

Oct 25, 2014
A spacecraft designed to test re-entry techniques for a future lunar-sample return mission lifted off from the Xichang launch facility on a Long March 3C on Oct. 23 (Oct. 24 local time) on a week-long mission that will take it around the Moon. Citing a spokesman for the China National Space Administration, China Daily’s English-language edition said the testbed will return to Earth after a swing around the Moon to test a “skip” re-entry technique pioneered by the Soviet Union to bleed off velocity before a parachute touchdown in the Gobi Desert.
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Google Identifies Challenges To UAS Package Delivery

Oct 25, 2014
The man who launched and led Google’s Project Wing for its first two years thinks package delivery by unmanned aircraft “absolutely is going to…

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Oct 25, 2014
UNIVERSAL ENGINEERING (Bland Group) has acquired U.K.-based PHOENIX CNC ENGINEERING (component machining). DRONE AVIATION, FL has USAF contract to…

Forecasts/Industry Data

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Rafale C/B Specifications

Oct 25, 2014
/site-files/aviationweek.com/files/uploads/2014/10/asd_10_24_2014_rafale1.pdf Rafale C/B Specifications (See p. 7-9 for full Rafale Program Dossier)…

Funding & Policy

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House Science Chairs Demand NASA Briefings

Oct 25, 2014
Republican leaders of the House Science Committee are warning NASA that its “lack of cooperation” in answering lawmakers’ questions “could lead to…

Business

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Aerospace & Defense M&A Acivity Slows, Report Says

Oct 25, 2014
Industry and analysts have sensed it since the summer, and now a new report confirms the suspicion: merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in U.S…

Program Dossier

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Program Dossier: Rafale

Oct 25, 2014
/site-files/aviationweek.com/files/uploads/2014/10/asd_10_24_2014_dossier1.pdf Program Dossier: Rafale Definition: The Dassault Rafale is a French,…