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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, May 15, 2015

VOL. 252 NO. 33 May 15, 2015
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Programs

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ULA Against Sharing Rights For Atlas V

May 14, 2015
United Launch Alliance (ULA) CEO Tory Bruno says he has no plans to let anyone else build the Atlas V rocket, despite the company’s stated plans to retire the vehicle early in the next decade.
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India’s Avro Replacement Proposal Gets DAC Nod

May 14, 2015
Sixteen C295s would be provided in flyaway condition by a Tata/Airbus team and 40 more from a new Indian production line. The proposals will now be considered by India’s defense cabinet committee for final approval.
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NASA’s Nicer/Sextant Team Eyes 2016 Launch

May 13, 2015
NASA’s Nicer/Sextant team is preparing for a fall 2016 launch to the International Space Station of a first-of-its-kind external observatory.
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Prospective Space Tourist Withdraws From September ISS Launch

May 14, 2015
Citing personal reasons involving her family, British soprano and prospective space tourist Sarah Brightman has withdrawn from a 10-day Russian Soyuz taxi mission to the International Space Station planned for a Sept. 1 launch with two Russian and European professional astronauts.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

May 14, 2015
TEXTRON hosted student pilots from the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School at Textron Aviation’s Wichita facilities to evaluate Scorpion ISR/strike jet and Beechcraft AT-6 light attack aircraft as part of school’s Capstone Project.

Funding & Policy

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HASC Wants DOT&E To Back Off

May 14, 2015
For the second year, the House Armed Services Committee has called for the Pentagon’s Director of Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E) to ensure that testing does not “unnecessarily impede program schedules or increase program costs.” And for the second year, the watchdog Project on Government Oversight (POGO) is opposing the provision. Last year, POGO asked Senate defense authorizers to keep it out of the final version of the defense policy bill.
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NASA Commercial Crew Risk Seen Higher Than Constellation

May 13, 2015
After briefings by NASA’s commercial crew program office and top Human Exploration and Operations managers, the independent Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP) reported May 13 the agency current estimates a 1-in-200 chance a crew and vehicle will be lost on any given mission.

Operations

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Fort Worth Patrols South China Sea, Practices Cues With Chinese Ships

May 14, 2015
Littoral Combat Ship LCS 3 USS Fort Worth arrived in Subic Bay, Philippines, earlier this month following a routine patrol in international waters and airspace of the South China Sea near the Spratly Islands.
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USS Carl Vinson Strike Group Trains With Malaysian Air, Sea Forces

May 14, 2015
The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17, and Destroyer Squadron (Desron) 1 participated in various bi-lateral training events earlier this month in the South China Sea with Malaysian air and surface units.

Business

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Next U.S. Chief Of Naval Operations Nominated

May 14, 2015
Adm. John Richardson, currently serving as director, Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program, has been nominated to replace Adm. Jonathan Greenert as the country’s chief of naval operations (CNO).