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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, May 1, 2015

VOL. 252 NO. 23 May 01, 2015
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Funding & Policy

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House Republicans Take Shot At NASA’s Earth-Science Programs

Apr 30, 2015
Lawmakers on the House Science Committee took a deep divot out of NASA’s Earth-science budget request April 30 in what Democratic members of the Republican-controlled panel called an “ideological” attempt to thwart research into the human causes of climate change.
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Qatar’s Rafale Order Helps Boost French Defense Budget

Apr 30, 2015
France has garnered its third export order for the Rafale combat jet in as many months with a commitment from Qatar to purchase at least 24 of the Dassault Aviation aircraft, an agreement that eases pressure on French defense spending.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

May 02, 2015
AIRBUS DEFENSE & SPACE earned €133m ($149m) on €2.6b revenues in 1Q15 vs. €85m on €2.7b in 1Q14. ALL METAL MS delivered custom Pitch Adjustment Tool…

In Brief

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Lawmakers Vote To Block Air Force From Retiring A-10s

May 02, 2015
The U.S. Air Force’s attempts to retire the A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft may again be thwarted. The House Armed Services Committee has approved a…

Business

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Airbus Helicopters’ Transformation Makes Progress

Apr 30, 2015
Airbus Helicopters’ effort to improve efficiencies and help its bottom line is making good progress, the company’s first-quarter 2015 figures suggest.

Programs

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Saab Completes Initial A26 Submarine Design

Apr 30, 2015
Saab considers the design of the new A26 submarine to be “mature” after four years of work, and is in the final stages of selecting suppliers for the boat’s major subsystems.
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Blue Origin Notches Partial Success In First Flight Of New Shepard

Apr 30, 2015
The suborbital human spacecraft rose to an altitude of 307,000 ft. over West Texas on April 29, with a “perfect” first developmental flight of the crew capsule, but loss of the reusable cryogenic booster to a hydraulic system failure.
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Messenger Mission Ends With Mercury Crash

Apr 30, 2015
NASA’s out-of-fuel Messenger mission spacecraft crashed into the cratered far-side terrain of the planet Mercury late April 30, as predicted, carving a new depression estimated at 50 ft. in length in a region also marked by past lava flows.
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Uncontrolled Progress Re-entry Expected In Two Weeks

Apr 30, 2015
Russia’s unsuccessful Progress 59 International Space Station resupply mission spacecraft is expected to make an uncontrolled re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere within two weeks, according to April 30 NASA estimates.

Technology

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K-Max, Ground Vehicle, Demo Unmanned Medevac

Apr 30, 2015
A Lockheed Martin/Kaman K-Max helicopter has airlifted a simulated casualty in a demonstration of unmanned air and ground vehicles collaborating to enable medical evacuation.
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European Consortium Completes UAV Detect-And-Avoid Test Campaign

Apr 30, 2015
The European Defense Agency says it has flown fully automatic coupled avoidance maneuvers using a UAV equipped with detect-and-avoid sensors.
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Hall-Thruster Experiment Set For Next X-37B Mission

Apr 29, 2015
Set to launch on an Atlas V from Cape Canaveral on May 20, the fourth flight of the mysterious X-37B testbed will include a Hall-thruster experiment designed to test modifications to the AEHF satellite thrusters that are designed to improve performance.