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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, July 10, 2015

VOL. 253 NO. 7 July 10, 2015
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Programs

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Australia Abandons Proposal To Order F-35B

Jul 09, 2015
Australia has scrapped plans to purchase F-35B, the Joint Strike Fighter's short takeoff and vertical landing variant, according to a defense source.
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NASA Names Commercial Crew Test Pilots

Jul 09, 2015
Four NASA astronauts, all veterans with experience aboard the International Space Station, space shuttle or Russian Soyuz spacecraft, have been named to train to fly aboard the first U.S. commercial crew missions, tentatively planned for 2016-17.
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ESA, Eutelsat Formalize Quantum Satellite Partnership With Airbus

Jul 09, 2015
Under a contract signed July 9 in Oxford at the opening of ESA’s new Harwell satellite facility, Eutelsat Quantum will be led by Airbus Defense and Space U.K. and will be based on Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd.’s new small geostationary satellite platform.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Jul 11, 2015
AEROJET ROCKETDYNE built and tested PowerTrain solar electric propulsion (SEP) system in simulated mission at company’s Los Angeles facility, with…

In Brief

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HASC Ranking Member Sees Less Resistance To BRAC

Jul 11, 2015
Lawmakers are becoming less resistant to the idea of base realignment and closure (BRAC), says Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.), the top Democrat on the…

Technology

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Hifire Team Discloses Hypersonic Test Loss, Plans For Repeat Attempt

Jul 09, 2015
Investigations into the failure of HF7, one of the most ambitious flights yet attempted in the joint Australian-U.S. Hypersonic International Flight Research Experimentation (Hifire) program, have pinpointed a thermal problem with a transmitter as the most likely cause.
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CSBA Study Warns Of Network Vulnerability

Jul 09, 2015
Future network-based warfare is likely to follow a historical pattern where competitions first accelerate and then undergo abrupt qualitative changes, according to a new study from the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments.

Funding & Policy

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Defense Development Timelines Thwarted by Poor Software Planning

Jul 09, 2015
Service development programs in the Pentagon are – on average – taking about 40% longer than the planned five years expected to mature into the production stage, largely due to problems with software, Air Force procurement chief William LaPlante says.
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Lawmaker On Acquisition Reform: Too Many Chiefs In The Kitchen?

Jul 09, 2015
The top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee thinks so.
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U.S., China, India Could Find Accord In Cybersecurity, Regional Analyst Says

Jul 09, 2015
The U.S., China and India could find common ground in creating better cybersecurity, says Shivshankar Menon, a Brookings Institution analyst of the region, but there is little evidence of a triangle relationship for now.

Business

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Commercial Sector Drives Global Space Economy

Jul 08, 2015
The global space economy climbed to $330 billion in 2014, rising 9% over the previous 12 months and nearly doubling over the past decade, according to the latest findings compiled by the nonprofit Space Foundation.