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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, June 16, 2015

VOL. 252 NO. 54 June 16, 2015
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Business

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UTC CEO: Robust Sikorsky Bids “Surprising”

Jun 15, 2015
UTC's board has decided to move forward with dropping Sikorsky from its portfolio.
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Finmeccanica Sees Improvement In Performance

Jun 16, 2015
Finmeccanica says it is seeing a material improvement in its results as it continues to push ahead with its industrial plan and reduce costs.
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Airbus, Thales Streamline Satellite Manufacturing

Jun 15, 2015
Global demand for space-based remote sensing has been growing steadily over the past decade, .
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Avio Expects Cinven to Sell Majority Stake this Year

Jun 15, 2015
After years of trying to sell the space division of Avio SpA, private-equity investor Cinven Ltd. is preparing to unload a majority of its 81% stake in the company.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Jun 16, 2015
GENERAL ATOMICS has $737m U.S. Navy contract for one Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) and one Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) shipset in…

In Brief

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Paris Air Show Underway

Jun 16, 2015
The Paris air show is underway, bringing together civil, industry and military aviation leaders for a week of newsmaking and networking. Meanwhile,…

Programs

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Raytheon’s SDB-II To Bridge Gap To JSF

Jun 16, 2015
Raytheon will sign the production contract for Lot 1 of its Small Diameter Bomb II (SDB-II) this month.
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Sweden Looks For New Trainers

Jun 16, 2015
Sweden has started the hunt for a new military flight training system to replace its aging fleet of Saab 105 jet trainers.
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Boeing Bullish On Near-term Future for F/A-18, F-15 Upgrades

Jun 15, 2015
With a little help from the U.S. Congress and the potential for international orders, Boeing is bullish about prospects for its international fighters.
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OneWeb Taps Airbus As Partner In Internet Satellite Constellation

Jun 15, 2015
Satellite internet startup OneWeb Ltd. has selected Airbus Defense and Space to serve as an industrial partner in the design and production of a fleet of 900 small internet satellites.
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Philae Comet Lander Awakens From Hibernation

Jun 14, 2015
Europe's Philae probe has been revived after seven months in hibernation on the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.

Technology

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Raytheon Focuses On Creating Cyberweapons, But Specifics Remain Elusive

Jun 16, 2015
The Pentagon’s cyberstrategy has Raytheon officials thinking more and more about how to create cyberweapons.
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Future Carriers Will Tap Directed Energy For More Punch

Jun 15, 2015
Ford-class aircraft carriers will generate and manage the kind of power necessary to operate directed energy (DE) weapons to better protect the ships—as well as give them more offensive punch, according to U.S. Navy officials.
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NASA Solicits Commercial Cubesat Launches; Readies Two For Mars

Jun 12, 2015
NASA is upping its ante in the cubesat arena, with a request for proposals (RFP) designed to spur a commercial launch industry dedicated to the tiny spacecraft, and with separate plans to send two cubesats on a piggyback mission to Mars next year.