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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, February 18, 2015

VOL. 251 NO. 30 February 18, 2015
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Programs

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New Rocket, White Tails In ULA’s Long-Term Strategy

Feb 17, 2015
United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) plan to field a new rocket engine with Blue Origin called the BE-4 is only step one of a larger strategic plan to take the company from a sole-source benefactor mentality to competing in a burgeoning commercial market.
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Russian Cargo Capsule Docks With Space Station

Feb 17, 2015
The automated docking unfolded at 11:57 a.m. EST, as the unpiloted Russian freighter and the six-person ISS orbited 257 mi. above the Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Puerto Rico.
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Darpa Contractor Marketing Payload-Hosting With ‘Satlets’

Feb 17, 2015
NovaWurks has already booked a Sun-synchronous mission on a Spaceflight Inc. Sherpa rideshare platform for the third quarter of this year to demonstrate its Hyper-Integrated Satlet (HISat) concept for the Phoenix program.
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Marand Aims To Deliver Four F-35 Fin Sets in 2015, 10 In 2016

Feb 16, 2015
Australian manufacturer Marand, the second source for the twin tail fins of the Lockheed Martin F-35, is ramping up to build 10 sets of the aerostructures in 2016, following its first delivery a year ago. Under contract to BAE Systems, Australian industry is due to make 722 sets of fins. The prime source is the BAE’s plant at Samlesbury, England.
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With ATV-5, Europe Ends An Era

Feb 14, 2015
PARIS – Europe's fifth and final Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) Feb. 14, marking the end of a seven-year era in European spaceflight.
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Profits, Revenues Down After Challenging Year For Rolls-Royce

Feb 17, 2015
Revenues at engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce have fallen for the first time in a decade after a bumpy 2014, and the company is expecting more pain in 2015.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Feb 18, 2015
GENERAL DYNAMICS has $49.7m U.S. Army contract to upgrade M1A1 tanks to M1A2 Systems Enhancement Package (SEP) V2 configuration, which adds color displays, day/night thermal sights, Thermal Management System (TMS), and tank-infantry phone. MBDA test fired the MMP missile Feb. 12 at the French Procurement Agency DGA Techniques Terrestres site in Bourges central France, against a steel target at intermediate range, in “fire and forget” mode using missile seeker’s color TV channel.

Funding & Policy

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FAA Urged To Act Fast On Small UAS Rule

Feb 17, 2015
More than six years in the making, the FAA’s proposed rules for small unmanned aircraft cannot be finalized fast enough for those on either side of the argument over UAS in civil airspace.
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Think Tank Proposes Air-Launched Deterrent For U.K.

Feb 16, 2015
The U.K. should abandon its plans to replace its Vanguard-class nuclear submarines and look to an air-dropped system using the F-35, according to a London-based think tank.
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Taiwan ‘Strong Enough’ To Resist Unification With China, Minister Says

Feb 12, 2015
“The fear is there in the younger generation,” says John Chen-Chung Deng, Taiwan's minister of economic affairs.