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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, May 28, 2015

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Electric Boat Corp. To Upgrade USS Montpelier

May 27, 2015
Electric Boat Corp. of Groton, Connecticut, has been awarded a $46.4 million cost-plus-fixed-fee, delivery-incentive-fee contract to perform planning efforts needed to conduct maintenance, upgrades and modernization efforts on the USS Montpelier (SSN 765) submarine during its interim dry docking period, the U.S. Navy announced May 27. The work encompasses planning efforts necessary to maintain full unrestricted operation of the submarine, as well as upgrades and modernization efforts required to ensure the sub is operating at full technical capability.
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With USAF Certification In Hand, SpaceX Readies For Duel

May 27, 2015
The United Launch Alliance is no longer the only rocket manufacturer capable of winning national security missions in the U.S.
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Catapult Covers Installed On Lincoln For RCOH

May 27, 2015
The covers for catapult one were installed on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier CVN 72 USS Abraham Lincoln earlier this month, marking another milestone in the completion of the refueling and complex overhaul (RCOH).
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ISS Prepares For U.S. Commercial Crew Vehicle Dockings

May 27, 2015
NASA’s Mission Control team moved ahead with external changes to the U.S. segment of the International Space Station to accommodate the anticipated dockings of Boeing- and SpaceX-launched crew transportation vehicles by 2017 with the May 27 relocation of the Permanent Multipurpose Module.
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Warner Sub Completes Sea Trials

May 27, 2015
Virginia-class submarine SSN 785 John Warner successfully completed its initial sea trials earlier this month, Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) says.
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Australia To Field JDAM-ER Glide Bomb In 2016

May 27, 2015
A JDAM glide bomb developed by the Australian Defense Department and Boeing will be operational starting in March 2016, equipping Royal Australian Air Force F/A-18A/B Hornet fighters.
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U.S. Navy Drafts Plans For New FF Design, Acquisition

May 27, 2015
As directed, the U.S. Navy this month detailed its draft strategy to develop, build and buy its new frigate (FF) fleet – the successor to its Littoral Combat Ships.
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Textron Touts Aerosonde’s Reliability Ahead Of SOC UAS Contest

May 27, 2015
With its contract to provide intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) services to U.S. Special Operations Command (Socom) up for recompetition, Textron Systems is touting the improved reliability of its Aerosonde Mk4.7G small medium-endurance unmanned aircraft.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

May 27, 2015
NASA scheduled second flight test of Low Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) for window opening June 2 at U.S. Navy Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF) in Kauai, HI; LDSD is aimed at nurturing tech for future human/robotic planetary landings. NORTHROP GRUMMAN completed critical design review of Flexible Strike Phase 1 B-2 weapons upgrade program Feb. 3. USAF GLOBAL STRIKE COMMAND test launched unarmed Minuteman III ICBM re-entry vehicle from Vandenberg AFB, CA, May 20.

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Instruments To Sniff Europa Plumes, But Not For Evidence Of Life

May 27, 2015
A suite of nine state-of-the-art remote-sensing instruments that NASA has selected for its planned mission to Europa will sample the plumes of water ice believed to be erupting from the Jovian moon’s subsurface ocean to see if it is habitable, but not to look for evidence of life.