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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, February 10, 2015

VOL. 251 NO. 25 February 10, 2015
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Programs

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French DGA Confirms Rafale Talks With Egypt, Defends Stance On India

Feb 09, 2015
"We have a big smile on our face," said French arms procurement chief Laurent Collet-Billon during an annual media address here Feb. 9, one day after Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian confirmed press reports that Paris and Cairo are in talks over a state-backed arms package for Egypt.
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Germany Grounds NH90s Due To Cockpit Switches

Feb 09, 2015
The manufacturer had been studying the causes of an incident involving an NH90 in Termez, Uzbekistan, last June when it found that some technical improvements to the overhead panel were needed.
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GE Dowty Assessing Fire Impact On C-130J, Q400 Programs

Feb 07, 2015
Bombardier and Lockheed Martin are bracing for delivery disruptions to their respective Q400 and C-130J assembly lines after a massive fire destroyed around 80% of General Electric’s Dowty production site in the U.K. that makes propellers for both models. The fire, which broke out at the Staverton facility around midnight on Feb. 5, gutted the main manufacturing plant at the heart of the Dowty Propellers site that employs around 250 workers. All 29 of the employees who were in the building at the time escaped without injury.
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Indian Navy’s Second LCA Makes First Flight

Feb 09, 2015
The event marks the growth of India’s indigenous navy LCA program, aimed at achieving an aircraft carrier compatibility technology demonstration.
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U.S. State Department Approves Reaper Sale To Netherlands

Feb 09, 2015
The U.S. State Department has approved the sale of four General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to the Netherlands.
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Third AW609 Tiltrotor To Fly This Summer

Feb 09, 2015
Engineers are currently assembling the aircraft in Italy, where shakedown flights will be conducted before it is dismantled and sent to Philadelphia in preparation for testing of the aircraft’s deicing system in Minnesota toward year’s end.
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U.S. Navy Defends MK 54 Torpedo In Wake of DOT&E Report

Feb 09, 2015
“DOT&E assessed that the Mk 54 torpedo is not operationally effective as an offensive ASW weapon,” Pentagon testers say.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Feb 11, 2015
IAI introduced ELI-3360 Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA), a modified Global 5000 with advanced ELTA ELM-2022 radar, electro-optical sensor, ESM/ELINT…

In Brief

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House Lawmakers Begin Boning Up On Pentagon Reques

Feb 11, 2015
Although Obama administration witnesses are not yet scheduled to appear publicly on Capitol Hill to defend their sequestration-ignoring fiscal 2016…

Contracts

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Selected U.S. military contracts for the week of Feb. 2-6, 2015.

Feb 11, 2015
Selected U.S. military contracts for Feb. 2, 2015 U.S. NAVY John Bean Technologies Corp., Ogden, Utah, is being awarded a $20,903,104 ceiling-priced,…

Funding & Policy

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House Could Vote On NASA Authorization As Early As Tuesday

Feb 09, 2015
The new bill follows the $18 billion topline for the agency included in the fiscal 2015 spending bill already adopted.
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Pentagon Prioritizes Challenges To Technology Superiority

Feb 09, 2015
To help counter the erosion of military superiority, the Defense Department plans to make increased use of modeling, simulation and prototyping, as well as modularity to enable technology insertion in existing systems.

Operations

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Arctic Climatic Warnings Continue With ONR-Backed Studies

Feb 09, 2015
Summer Arctic sea ice levels could potentially fall to zero before the end of this century, scientists warn.