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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, March 25, 2015

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Programs

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Long Road Ahead For Possible A-10 Follow-On

Mar 24, 2015
The U.S. Air Force’s interest in a possible new close air support (CAS) platform to replace the A-10 Thunderbolt II is about “capacity,” says Air Combat Command chief Gen. Herbert “Hawk” Carlisle.
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Army’s First Apache/Shadow Armed Reconnaissance Squadron Forms

Mar 24, 2015
As the U.S. Army retires its Bell OH-58B Kiowa Warriors to save money, the first unit to take over the armed scout role using a combination of Boeing AH-64E Apache attack helicopters and Textron Systems RQ-7Bv2 Shadow tactical unmanned aircraft has been formed.
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Pentagon Reports Nunn-McCurdy Unit Cost Breaches For JSOW, WIN-T

Mar 24, 2015
The Defense Department’s most recent Selection Acquisition Report (SAR) shows two Nunn-McCurdy unit cost breaches to their current or original Acquisition Program Baseline (APB).

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Mar 26, 2015
ORBITAL ATK has $253m NASA contract to build second Joint Polar Satellite System spacecraft (JPSS-2), to be operated by the National Oceanic and…

In Brief

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Lawmakers Continues Push For Transformation At FAA

Mar 26, 2015
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-Pa.) is continuing his push for a “transformational” FAA reauthorization…

Business

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Amazon’s FAA-certified UAS ‘Already Obsolete’

Mar 24, 2015
The package-delivery unmanned aircraft for which Amazon received FAA experimental certification on March 19 is already obsolete and no longer being flown, the online retail giant says, lamenting the time required to gain approval for outdoor testing in the U.S.
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Airbus Finds Buyer For Rostock System Technik

Mar 24, 2015
Airbus Defense and Space has taken the next step in selling off its non-core activities with the sale of German airliner equipment manufacturer Rostock System Technik (RST).

Funding & Policy

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FAA Moves To Speed Startup Of Approved UAS Flying

Mar 24, 2015
Operators receiving exemptions from airworthiness requirements to enable low-risk civil unmanned aircraft flights are to receive blanket authorization to fly below 200 ft. altitude under an interim FAA policy to speed the startup of commercial operations.

Technology

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Support For Deep-Space CubeSats Emerging

Mar 23, 2015
The cost-saving CubeSat movement could begin a deep-space migration by looking to a pair of planetary science and astronomy missions based in cislunar space and exploiting low-energy transfers from Earth along weak stability boundaries, according to two commercial advocates.

Industry Data

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Selected U.S. Military Acquisition Reports

Mar 26, 2015
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