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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, June 25, 2015

VOL. 252 NO. 61 June 25, 2015
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Programs

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U.K. Wants Helmet-Mounted Cueing System For Tornado

Jun 24, 2015
The U.K. is planning to invest in a helmet mounted cueing system for its Panavia Tornado GR4 fighter bomber aircraft, even though they are due to exit service in four years.
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Israeli Mini-UAV Becomes Loitering Weapon

Jun 23, 2015
Israel’s UAV company Aeronautics introduced several new versions of its unmanned systems at the Paris Air Show, among them a new version of the Orbiter – the Orbiter 1K.
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Roscosmos Picks Kazakh Aydin Aimbetov For ISS Flight

Jun 24, 2015
Cosmonaut Aydin Aimbetov will prep to become the third Kazakh to launch into space and the second to visit the International Space Station as he joins a Russian/European crew for a 10-day taxi mission to the orbiting science laboratory in early September.
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Astronomers Develop Coronagraph That Can Image Exoplanets

Jun 24, 2015
A new optics technology that creates 3-D arrays of liquid crystals has allowed astronomers on Earth to resolve exoplanets orbiting a distant star by blocking the obscuring light of the star.
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ALIS: F-35 Support Through the Looking Glass

Jun 23, 2015
ALIS is reportedly so large that if it were separated from the overall F-35 budget it would still be one of the biggest defense procurement programs of all time.
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Egypt Buys Sagem’s Hamme

Jun 24, 2015
​Egypt has become the second export customer for Sagem’s AASM Hammer air-to-ground missile. The weapon will be used to arm Egypt’s new fleet of 24 Dassault Rafales ordered by Cairo in February. Sagem will deliver the first Hammers to Egypt by the end of 2016. The company says the order, announced at last week’s Paris air show, covers the three different versions of the weapon: the hybrid inertial/GPS guidance, inertial/GPS and terminal infrared guidance, and inertial/GPS plus laser terminal guidance variants.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Jun 24, 2015
ANTONOV completed first of 14 modernized An-26 transports for Ukrainian defense ministry, modified for counterterrorism operations. GENERAL ATOMICS has $121m Pentagon contract for 19 Gray Eagle unmanned aerial vehicles, 19 satellite communications air data terminals; work to be performed in Powaw, CA, completed by Sept. 30, 2018.

Funding & Policy

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NextGen Chief Says FAA Privatization Could Disrupt NextGen

Jun 24, 2015
Delays with the NextGen airspace modernization program should not be used as a reason for privatizing U.S. air traffic control, says Edward Bolton, head of the program, who is concerned the spin-off of ATC from the FAA could disrupt the progress now being made.
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USMC, Army Have Own Takes On Reset Liability Costs, GAO Finds

Jun 24, 2015
Lacking centralized Pentagon guidance on making reset liability estimates, the U.S. Marine Corps and Army are producing their own plans and estimates, a recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report finds – making it difficult to compare the programs.

Operations

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Cosmonaut Poised To Set Time-In-Space Record

Jun 24, 2015
Current ISS commander Gennady Padalka will set a new record for accumulated time away from Earth on June 28.
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CRS: Chinese Naval Presence In Spratly Conflict Could Affect U.S. Strategy

Jun 24, 2015
The presence of Chinese naval vessels, personnel, and equipment in the Spratly Island disputes has prompted concerns that could affect U.S. strategy in the Asia-Pacific region, according to the Congressional Research Service (CRS).