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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, February 6, 2015

VOL. 251 NO. 23 February 06, 2015
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Funding & Policy

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Manned-Unmanned Team Concepts High On Darpa’s 2016 List

Feb 05, 2015
Development of unmanned systems to help manned platforms survive in high-threat environments is a key feature of new programs previewed by the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa) in its fiscal 2016 budget request.
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Japan Aims At Defense Exports To Indonesia

Feb 05, 2015
Japan is moving to make Indonesia a potential arms customer, with an agreement on defense cooperation due to be signed this year.
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Budget Request Includes Bump In U.S. Navy R&D

Feb 03, 2015
The U.S. Navy's fiscal 2016 R&D budget request of $17.9 billion is being buoyed by investments in the Air And Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) program, small surface combatant force and executive helicopter program.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Feb 06, 2015
AEDC, TN, reopened 4T wind tunnel (operates at Mach .05-Mach 2.5) following $33m upgrade for >1000 psf store separation testing. MARSHALL AEROSPACE & DEFENSE appointed David Jurkowski as Vice President Government and Industry Relations, based in Vancouver, BC. BOEING has USAF contract to supply CONECT digital communication system kits for installation on 10 more B-52s.

Intelligence

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FAA Official: No Property Rights On The Moon Yet

Feb 06, 2015
A commercial lunar base proposed by Bigelow Aerospace “looked like a really good idea” after a yearlong interagency review led by the FAA. But the U…

Defense Market Intelligence Notes

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Defense Market Intelligence Notes

Feb 06, 2015
/site-files/aviationweek.com/files/uploads/2015/02/asd_02_06_2015_dmin.pdf North America Northrop Grumman, Boeing and Lockheed Martin each have formed teams to plan for the yet-to-be-defined air superiority fighter competitions that would replace the U.S. Navy’s F/A-18E/F and U.S. Air Force’s (USAF) F-22. However, developments and significant funding are not expected for several years.

Programs

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Guimbal Cabri Achieves FAA Certification

Feb 05, 2015
The Guimbal Cabri G2, a piston-engine light helicopter designed by former Airbus Helicopters engineer Bruno Guimbal, was awarded certification on Feb. 3 after a 16-month program.
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Saudi Arabia First Export Customer For Meteor

Feb 04, 2015
Saudi Arabia is the first export customer for the MBDA Meteor missile, having signed a contract worth more than $1 billion for the weapon, according to French media.
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HAL To Supply 14 Dornier Aircraft To Indian Air Force

Feb 05, 2015
India’s state-run aircraft maker Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. has won a $176 million contract to supply 14 Dornier-228 aircraft to the Indian air force.
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Space Station Astronauts Deploy Brazilian CubeSat

Feb 05, 2015
The small spacecraft was developed by graduate and undergraduate engineering students at the Technology Institute of Aeronautics near Sao Paulo.
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U.S. Navy Budget Request Resurrects Seahawk Buy

Feb 04, 2015
The U.S. Navy’s fiscal 2016 budget request includes money to buy Seahawk helicopters that the Navy had cut from last year’s request when the carrier program was uncertain.

Operations

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Ground Collision Avoidance System ‘Saves’ First F-16 In Syria

Feb 05, 2015
Details of the incident, believed to have involved an Air Force F-16 operating from Jordan during a air-to-surface attack last Nov. 10, remain unconfirmed.

Technology

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U.S. Navy Looks To Own Electromagnetic Domain

Feb 06, 2015
With electronic warfare becoming increasingly important for U.S. Navy platforms and conceptual operations, the service is looking to control the domain just as it would in the undersea, surface and air realms. Indeed, the service wants, in the words of Adm. Jonathan Greenert, chief of naval operations, “to figure out how we can beat things electronically first.” To that end, the Navy wants to develop expertise in what it calls Electromagnetic Maneuver Warfare (EMW).