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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, June 5, 2015

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Programs

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NATO AGS Could Open Door To Wider Global Hawk Business

Jun 04, 2015
Northrop Grumman has unveiled the first of five Block 40-standard RQ-4B Global Hawk unmanned air vehicles for NATO’s Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) program amid growing company hopes of additional sales to individual member nations.
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GAO: Pentagon Test Disputes Rarely Affect Program Cost And Schedule

Jun 04, 2015
While concerns raised by the Pentagon Director, Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E) continue to dog certain major shipbuilding and aircraft programs, most testing and evaluation disputes do not make the involved programs lose schedule or go over budget, a recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report says.
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Hubble Images Show Pluto Probe Flying Into ‘Chaos’

Jun 03, 2015
Hubble Telescope images have revealed that Pluto and its five moons orbit in a complex choreography unlike anything else in the Solar System, which could be bad news for NASA’s New Horizons probe.
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ISRO To Launch Communication Satellite For Strategic Purposes

Jun 04, 2015
India is targeting July/August to launch the GSAT-6 communications satellite to provide strategic application-based services to mobile phone users and vehicles as well as to help with scientific experiments.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Jun 05, 2015
GENERAL DYNAMICS LAND SYSTEMS has $28.2m U.S. Army contract to develop design concepts for Future Fighting Vehicle (FFV) Phase 1. Work to be…

In Brief

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Former Exelis CEO Melcher Taking The Reins At AIA

Jun 05, 2015
U.S. Army (ret.) Lt. Gen. David Melcher has a new job. Melcher was the president and CEO of Exelis, which in May merged with Harris Corp., but on…

Funding & Policy

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U.K. Cuts 2015 Defense Spending By 1.5%

Jun 04, 2015
The U.K. government has made a 1.5% cut in its 2015 defense spending as part of measures to reduce its public spending deficit.
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House-passed NASA Funding Bill Set For Rewrite

Jun 04, 2015
NASA faces more funding uncertainty this summer as the Republican-drafted spending bill for the agency heads for the Senate in the face of a White House veto threat.
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U.S., India Strengthen Ties During Carter Visit

Jun 04, 2015
U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter and Indian Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar reaffirmed their commitment to expand and deepen their countries’ bilateral defense relationship earlier this month in a meeting in India during Carter’s swing through the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.

Operations

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NASA’s Mission Control Center Prepares For Deep-Space Challenges

Jun 04, 2015
NASA says it is pleased with how various hardware and software changes being implemented at the Christopher C. Kraft Jr. Mission Control Center debuted during Exploration Flight Test-1, the first unpiloted orbital test flight of the Orion crew exploration capsule in late 2014.

Technology

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Program Seeks To Enhance Maritime Lasers

Jun 04, 2015
As the U.S. Navy continues to pursue an operational shipboard laser, interest is growing in ensuring the systems will work reliably and effectively in the demanding maritime environment.