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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, June 9, 2015

VOL. 252 NO. 49 June 09, 2015
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Programs

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Upgraded T56 Exceeds Fuel Reduction Targets On First Full P-3 Test

Jun 08, 2015
Rolls-Royce is increasingly optimistic it will receive funding for retrofit of upgraded T56 engines for the U.S. Air Force and Reserve/National Guard C-130H fleets following better-than-expected results from recently completed flight tests of a P-3 powered by a full shipset of the same modified turboprops.
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Rolls-Royce Nears Final F-35B Lift Fan Deliveries To Support Marine IOC

Jun 08, 2015
“We are more than 90% there,” says Tom Hartmann, Rolls-Royce Defense senior vice president for customer business. “We have just a handful of lift fans ready to deliver and those are just spare modules to support IOC."
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India’s Mars Mission Enters Comms Blackout Phase

Jun 08, 2015
India’s Mangalyaan Mars probe has entered the “blackout” phase of its mission, in which all communications between the satellite and Earth will be blocked for about two weeks.
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South Korea Shows New Version Of Hyunmu 2 Missile

Jun 08, 2015
South Korea has publicly test fired a version of its Hyunmu 2 tactical ballistic missile, revealing a version with a longer first stage than previously shown, while one news service says the weapon can fly farther than earlier revealed.
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LightSail-A Deploys, According To Spacecraft Data

Jun 08, 2015
After a suspenseful 17 days in Earth orbit, the Planetary Society reported the deployment start of its crowdsourced LightSail-A, a demonstration of solar sail technology that could one day propel spacecraft between the planets.
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Logos Targets Broader Market For Wide-Area Imagery

Jun 08, 2015
Logos Technologies is targeting civilian agencies, as well as military customers, with a compact, lightweight wide-area motion imagery (WAMI) system that can be carried by helicopters, light aircraft and tactical unmanned aircraft.
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U.S. Navy Cements Future Carrier Program With Contracts

Jun 10, 2015
Amid revived and growing controversy about the relevance of U.S. Navy carrier strike groups, the service invested $4.3 billion on June 5 in the…

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Jun 10, 2015
ISRAEL AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES completed flight demonstrations of Harop loitering munition for foreign customer. U.S. ARMY Secretary John McHugh will…

In Brief

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BMD, Homeland Security and NextGen To Be Discussed On The Hill

Jun 10, 2015
On Wednesday the House Foreign Affairs subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa will hear testimony on “Iran’s Enduring Ballistic Missile…

Technology

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U.S. Navy Seeks Robust Aircraft-Launched USV

Jun 08, 2015
Tired of having to gingerly launch unmanned surface vessels (USVs) from other manned surface ships, the U.S. Navy is searching for a way to launch a USV from an aircraft like other payloads, and the company Hydronalix says it has the technology for the task.

Contracts

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Selected U.S. Military Contracts For The Week of June 1-5, 2015

Jun 10, 2015
Selected U.S. military contracts for June 1, 2015 U.S. NAVY