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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, February 26, 2015

VOL. 251 NO. 36 February 26, 2015
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Programs

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Russia To Quit ISS In 2024, Build Space Base In LEO

Feb 25, 2015
Russia plans to end its participation in the International Space Station after 2024, and develop its own national space station in low Earth orbit.
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U.S. Army Secretary Backs USAF A-10 Retirement Plans

Feb 25, 2015
U.S. Army Secretary John McHugh says he has no plans to make a play to take over the service’s A-10 fleet.
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BAE To Use Hawk For T-X Risk Reduction Flights

Feb 25, 2015
BAE’s company-owned Hawk, ZJ951, will begin flying with some of these technologies in September, a senior BAE Systems executive told Aviation Week at the IDEX show in Abu Dhabi.
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India Freezes AMCA Fighter Design

Feb 24, 2015
Indian defense ministry aircraft designers have frozen the configuration of a proposed medium-weight Indian fighter that they expect to fly early in the 2020s.
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BAE Systems Tests Night-Vision Fighter Helmet

Feb 25, 2015
BAE Systems expects to start tests of a helmet-mounted display (HMD) with an integrated night-vision camera in April, the company said.
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Thailand Orders Six EC145 VIP Helicopters

Feb 25, 2015
The order will not add a new type to the army’s fleet, because the army has also ordered six EC145s in the type’s military utility version, the UH-72A Lakota.
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NASA Faces New Spacesuit Water Leak Concerns

Feb 25, 2015
A small quantity of water detected in the spacesuit helmet worn by U.S. astronaut Terry Virts following his nearly 7-hr. spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Feb. 25 once again raised concerns over the shuttle-era garments.
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ISS Spacewalkers Complete Utility Connections

Feb 25, 2015
They also made other preparations for changes to the station’s U.S. segment this year that will clear the way for the arrival of Boeing and SpaceX-launched capsules carrying astronauts.
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U.S. Navy Tests Aegis BMD Prowess

Feb 25, 2015
Three short-range ballistic missile targets were launched earlier this month almost simultaneously from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
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LCS 3 Continues To Prove Value In Pacific

Feb 20, 2015
Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) 3 USS Fort Worth has reported a readiness availability thus far during its initial Western Pacific deployment of about 80%.
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SES To Launch Two New Satellites On Falcon 9 Rockets

Feb 25, 2015
The new spacecraft, both of which are to be launched atop Falcon 9 rockets in 2017, include the SES-14 hybrid propulsion satellite to be built by Airbus Defense and Space, and the SES-16/GovSat spacecraft contracted to Orbital/ATK.
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Ultra-Compact Submarine Proposed For Coastal Patrol

Feb 25, 2015
MSubs, a specialist small-submersible company with U.K. and U.S. facilities, is proposing a coastal-patrol submarine with a displacement of 275 tons and has shown the design at the IDEX defense show in Abu Dhabi. Named Dreadnought, the submarine would be an order of magnitude larger than typical special operations submersibles and several times smaller and less costly than full-sized diesel-electric submarines now on the market.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Feb 25, 2015
UTVA AVIO INDUSTRIJA, Serbia, was selected by PIAGGIO AEROSPACE to supply two marry-up jigs for its final assembly line at Villanova d’Albenga, Italy for installation by mid-2015; one jig will be dedicated for military aircraft and one for business aircraft. VICTREX plans to build major Polymer Innovation Center in northern England after securing $2m grant from U.K. Govt for project.

Funding & Policy

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Sen. Cruz Says He Will Follow 2010 Space Compromise

Feb 25, 2015
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) apparently will leave his tea party activism to other venues as he takes up the helm of the subcommittee that oversees the U.S. civil space program, opting instead to keep NASA focused on the ongoing public and private spacecraft-development programs hammered out between Congress and the White House.
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U.S. Looks To Strengthen AP Ties

Feb 23, 2015
The U.S. is making moves to bolster its relationships with allies and partners in the Asia-Pacific region.