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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, November 18, 2014

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Programs

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IAI Opens Production Line For F-35 Wings

Nov 19, 2014
TEL AVIV—Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) recently inaugurated its production line for F-35 Joint Strike Fighter wings.
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Philae Mission Winds Down As Rosetta Orbiter Enters New Science Phase

Nov 19, 2014
PARIS—The Rosetta mission’s Philae lander completed its primary science mission on Nov. 15 after nearly 57 hr. on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko,…
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Italy To Fit Foreign Payloads On MQ-9 Reaper

Nov 19, 2014
LONDON—The Italian air force looks set to become the first operator of the General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper to fit a non-U.S. sensor payload to its fleet…
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Airbus Defense And Space Signs Orion Contract With ESA

Nov 19, 2014
PARIS—Airbus Defense and Space has signed a contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) for development and construction of a service module for…

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Nov 19, 2014
NORTHROP GRUMMAN has $306m U.S. DOD contract to provide logistics/sustainment services for R-4 Global Hawk HALE UAV. EPI EUROPROP INTL (MTU, ITP,…

In Brief

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DCAA Needs To Be More Consistent With Audit Oversight, GAO Says

Nov 19, 2014
The U.S. Defense Contract Audit Agency must be more consistent in the way it oversees and enforces internal audits by companies of their Pentagon…

Operations

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First Afghan Watchkeeper Mission Supported U.S. Marines

Nov 19, 2014
LONDON—The first operational sortie by the U.K.’s new Watchkeeper unmanned aerial vehicle in Afghanistan helped the U.S. Marine Corps eliminate…

Funding & Policy

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NASA IG: Fiscal, Political Uncertainties Challenge NASA’s Ambitions

Nov 19, 2014
HOUSTON—NASA faces a funding challenge in every quarter, from its ambitious human spaceflight and science initiatives to the upkeep of its far-flung…
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NASA To Test UAV Capability In Commercial Airspace In 2015

Nov 19, 2014
NASA will bring together all of its technology developments next year for testing the capabilities of unmanned aircraft to fly in commercial airspace…

Contracts

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Contracts: Selected Aerospace and Defense Contracts for the Week of Nov. 10-14, 2014

Nov 19, 2014
Selected aerospace and defense contracts for the week of Nov. 10-14, 2014. Selected aerospace and defense contracts for Nov. 10, 2014 MISSILE DEFENSE…