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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, June 19, 2015

VOL. 252 NO. 57 June 19, 2015
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Programs

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New Sbirs Design Decouples Propulsion From Payload

Jun 18, 2015
The U.S. Air Force is touting more than $1 billion in cost avoidance through a redesign of the Space-Based Infrared System (Sbirs) early missile-warning satellite built by Lockheed Martin.
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TAI Pushes Ahead With Anka B Flight Tests

Jun 18, 2015
Turkish Aerospace Industries is showing off its Anka B unmanned aerial system (UAS) as it looks for an export customer.
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FCAS Study To Decide On UCAV Planform And Engine This Year

Jun 18, 2015
The Anglo-French team studying the potential development of a joint unmanned combat air vehicle for the 2030s will make significant decisions on the air vehicle’s planform and powerplant this fall.
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CTS800 Selected To Power Turkish Helicopter

Jun 18, 2015
Turkish Aerospace Industries has chosen the Light Helicopter Turbine Engine Company’s (LHTEC) CTS800 turboshaft as the powerplant for Turkey’s twin-engine indigenous utility helicopter program.
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Joint U.S./Japanese TRMM Spacecraft Reenters Earth’s Atmosphere

Jun 17, 2015
The spacecraft weighed in at 5,800 lb. unfueled when it was launched from Japan’s Tanegashima Space Center on Nov. 27, 1997, to study rainfall in the tropics and subtropics and improve models of global warming and climate change.
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China’s Catic Shortlisted As Partner For Turkey’s Indigenous Fighter

Jun 18, 2015
A Chinese company has been selected as one of five potential partners to help Turkey develop its TF-X indigenous fighter, officials close to the program have revealed.
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Pratt Recovery on F135 Paves Way for Future

Jun 18, 2015
Pratt & Whitney says retrofits of the F135 engine to enable unlimited operations in the F-35 are happening faster than originally planned and are on track for completion by early 2016.
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Moon Swathed In High-Altitude Dust

Jun 18, 2015
NASA’s Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (Ladee) has detected an apparent perpetual cloud of dust around the Moon.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Jun 18, 2015
LOCKHEED MARTIN will deliver 10 Sniper pods to Royal Jordanian Air Force (RJAF); integration and support beginning this year. NORTHROP GRUMMAN flew Open Mission Systems (OMS) architecture on NASA-owned Global Hawk UAV at NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center, CA, confirming ability for ground controllers to communicate with OMS payload via satellite.

Funding & Policy

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IG To Audit ScanEagle Contracts

Jun 18, 2015
The Pentagon Inspector General (IG) plans to audit U.S. Naval Air Systems Command to see if it is purchasing sole-source spare parts at fair and reasonable prices from Boeing Insitu for the company’s ScanEagle UAV. In a June 16 memo to the under secretary of defense for acquisition, technology, and logistics, the director of the Defense Contract Audit Agency, the director of the Defense Contract Management Agency and the Naval Inspector General, the IG says it will consider suggestions from management on additional or revised objectives for the audit.

Technology

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Elbit Avionics Rolls Out New Products At Paris

Jun 18, 2015
Elbit Systems is back at the Paris Air Show with an expanded portfolio of high tech systems.

Operations

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Indian Jaguar Crash Highlights Poor Flying Record

Jun 18, 2015
An Indian air force Jaguar fighter crashed in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh June 16, highlighting the poor maintenance and safety record of the jet that has been in service for more than four decades.