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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, April 14, 2015

VOL. 252 NO. 10 April 14, 2015
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Programs

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India Rethinking Rafale Fighter Deal

Apr 13, 2015
India is rethinking its long-delayed 126-aircraft Medium-Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) deal, and may opt to scrap the fighter purchase in favor of government-to-government sales.
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Rosoboronexport Official Confirms S-400 Sales To China

Apr 13, 2015
China became the first export customer for Russia’s new S-400 long range air defense missile system, says Anatoly Isaikin, the head of government arms trade agency Rosoboronexport.
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NASA Solar Mission To Fly On SES Satellite In 2017

Apr 13, 2015
Known as Global-Scale Observations of the Limb and Disk (GOLD), the heliophysics payload will fly aboard the SES-14 spacecraft under a five-year contract with the University of Colorado.
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U.S. State Department Clears Possible AH-1Z Viper Sale to Pakistan

Apr 09, 2015
The $925 million deal, revealed this week by the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), covers 15 AH-1Zs and also includes the purchase of 1,000 Hellfire missiles to arm them.
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F-35 Will Drive USMC Push For Data Proficiency

Apr 13, 2015
The full-spectrum cyber potential of F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) operations will drive the U.S. Marine Corps’ efforts to understand and leverage how to best collect, distribute and disseminate all of the data and information processing now being made available with modern sensors and computers, says Gen. Joseph Dunford, Corps commandant.
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Competition Keeps F-35 Engine Contractor Quiet On Price

Apr 10, 2015
When it comes to the cost of the engine for the world’s most-expensive fighter, contractor Pratt & Whitney is still not providing a dollar figure.
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BAE, Australia Test APKWS Guided Rocket From Tiger Helo

Apr 13, 2015
BAE Systems and the Australian defense ministry have completed trials of BAE’s Advanced Precision Kill Weapons System (APKWS) guided rocket from an Airbus Tiger attack helicopter.
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Lightning Threat Halts SpaceX Launch Attempt

Apr 13, 2015
SpaceX and NASA planned a second attempt to launch the sixth Falcon9/Dragon commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station on April 14, a 24-hr. delay, after a lightning threat late in the first countdown on April 13 forced a postponement.
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Russian Air Force Confirms MiG-35 Purchase Plans

Apr 10, 2015
The Russian air force will upgrade its fleet of Fulcrum fighters with a MiG-35 variant, Deputy Defense Minister Yury Borisov has confirmed.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Apr 15, 2015
BELL HELICOPTER has CAN$155m ($123m) contract for seven Bell 412EPI helicopters for Canadian Coast Guard (CCG). First delivery in June 2016, followed…

In Brief

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Space Symposium, Navy League Underway

Apr 15, 2015
The 31st Space Symposium is underway this week in Colorado Springs, with a host of government and industry space speakers from around the world including NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, European Space Agency Director-General Jean-Jacques Dordain and U.S. Air Force Space Command chief Gen. John Hyten. Also this week is the Navy League’s annual Sea-Air-Space symposium near Washington. Meanwhile, inside the capital beltway U.S.

Business

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Airbus To Increase Co-Production With India

Apr 13, 2015
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited France’s aerospace center in Toulouse on April 11, where Airbus Group said it is ready to increase co-production in the south Asian nation as part of New Delhi’s “Make in India” program.

Operations

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Russia, U.S. At Loggerheads Over RC-135 Intercept

Apr 13, 2015
The U.S. says it has raised concerns with Russia about the behavior of its fighter pilots after a U.S. Air Force RC-135 intelligence-gathering aircraft was intercepted over the Baltic Sea in what it called an “unsafe and unprofessional manner.”

Contracts

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Contracts: Selected U.S.Military Contracts for the Week of April 6-10, 2015

Apr 15, 2015
Selected U.S. military contracts for April 6, 2015 U.S. AIR FORCE Data Path Inc., Duluth, Georgia, has been awarded a $6,791,930 firm-fixed-price…