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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, May 20, 2015

VOL. 252 NO. 36 May 20, 2015
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Programs

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JAXA Releases First 30-Meter Resolution Data from Daichi Mission

May 19, 2015
The House Appropriations Committee will consider a fiscal 2016 defense spending bill May 20 that would provide $578.6 billion for the military, including $88.4 billion for war efforts. The use of war accounts for additional defense spending is part of a budget deal that Congress has agreed on, but that agreement sets up a budget showdown with President Barack Obama, who has threatened to veto the defense authorization bill unless Congress also increases funding for other federal agencies.
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Software Cut Off Fuel Supply In Stricken A400M

May 19, 2015
The crash of an Airbus A400M airlifter that killed four people on May 9 may have been caused by new software that cut off the engine-fuel supply, industry sources have said.
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Orion Heat Shield Getting Detailed Post-flight Analysis

May 19, 2015
NASA engineers have pared down the ablative Avcoat material that protected the unmanned EFT-1 Orion test article on its high-speed reentry, isolating samples that are being shipped to Ames Research Center in California for close analysis.
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Boeing Sees International Demand For High-Performance T-X

May 19, 2015
“Customers are clear that they want to move high-end training into the T-X,” says Tom Conard, business development director for the company’ training and government services unit.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

May 19, 2015
U.S. MARINE CORPS F-35B began first shipboard operational test phase (OT-1) aboard USS Wasp; testing to last two weeks. RCEVS (Elbit Systems of America/Rockwell Collins) has U.S. Navy contract to integrate Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System II on AC-130W. SAAB has SEK114m ($13.6m) Swiss contract for explosive training artillery ammunition to be delivered in 2015-16.

Funding & Policy

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House Approps To Consider Fiscal 2016 Defense Bill

May 19, 2015
The House Appropriations Committee will consider a fiscal 2016 defense spending bill May 20 that would provide $578.6 billion for the military, including $88.4 billion for war efforts. The use of war accounts for additional defense spending is part of a budget deal that Congress has agreed on, but that agreement sets up a budget showdown with President Barack Obama, who has threatened to veto the defense authorization bill unless Congress also increases funding for other federal agencies.
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Pentagon IG Wants Improvements In Navair Waiver-Request Management

May 19, 2015
U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (Navair) program managers failed to fully implement U.S. Navy policy to request waivers and to certify program readiness for initial operational test and evaluation (IOT&E) on the P-8A Poseidon aircraft, Distributed Targeting System, and E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft programs, according to the Pentagon Inspector General.
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U.S. ‘Very Interested’ In DE For Missile Defense, Winnefeld Says

May 19, 2015
Winnefeld notes the Navy is developing programs for directed energy, rail gun weapons and similar technology that could apply to ballistic missile defense (BMD).

Technology

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JAXA Plans Low-Boom Supersonic Test In June

May 19, 2015
Japan will make another attempt to drop-test a low-boom supersonic aircraft model beginning on June 29, at the Esrange Space Center in Sweden, following on the August 2013 attempt that ended when the aircraft lost control and was destroyed.

Operations

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Another Indian Air Force Sukhoi Fighter Crashes

May 19, 2015
Both pilots ejected safely. According to a defense ministry spokesman, the twin-seater aircraft “was on a routine sortie when a technical problem forced the two pilots to abandon the fighter.”

Industry Data

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U.S. Coast Guard Fixed-Wing Aircraft Plans

May 19, 2015
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