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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, July 14, 2015

VOL. 253 NO. 9 July 14, 2015
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Programs

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U.S. Air Force Creeps Closer To Bomber Decision

Jul 13, 2015
In the meantime, as representatives from Northrop Grumman and Boeing/Lockheed Martin – the two teams vying for the massive contract – wait on pins and needles, they are giving out little new information out about the secretive project.
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AgustaWestland Pushing For Anglo-Italian Military Helo Project

Jul 13, 2015
AgustaWestland’s CEO is urging the U.K. and Italian governments to consider a joint helicopter program in order to address upcoming requirements.
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Ultra Developing Miniature Sonobuoys, Studies UAV Drop Options

Jul 13, 2015
U.K. defense electronics firm Ultra Electronics is developing a new family of miniature passive sonobuoys that eventually could lend themselves to deployment from unmanned aerial systems.
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U.K. Royal Navy Expanding Wildcat Capabilities

Jul 13, 2015
The U.K. Royal Navy is rapidly expanding the capabilities of its new AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat maritime attack helicopters, defense officials say.
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New Horizons Hitting The ‘Keyhole’ For Maximum Data

Jul 13, 2015
Glen Fountain, New Horizons project manager at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, said Monday the spacecraft will hit its 60 x 90-mi. box “almost at the center of it” and right on time.
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Commercial Crew Test Pilots Expect to Walk Shop Floor

Jul 13, 2015
“That is actually one of the parts we enjoy most: actually getting out there and working with the engineers, working with the people that are making it happen," says Bob Behnken, who handed off his NASA chief astronaut duties last week to become one of NASA’s commercial crew cadre.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Jul 14, 2015
AIRBUS DEFENSE & SPACE has French DGA contract for DOPEC-(sensor optimization) and CSD (Coalition Shared Data)-system industrialization, deployment…

In Brief

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New Horizons Swings By Pluto; Possible Lockheed Buy Of Sikorsky Has Industry Buzzing

Jul 14, 2015
NASA’s New Horizons mission reaches the climax of its nine-year voyage Tuesday as it makes its flyby of Pluto (see story). Meanwhile, back on Earth,…

Operations

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U.S. Marines Test Himars In Australia

Jul 13, 2015
The U.S. Marine Corps has gone a long way to prove its reach, mobility and ability to work with a partner nation.

Funding & Policy

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U.K. Prime Minister Urges More Spending On Special Ops, UAVs

Jul 13, 2015
British Prime Minister David Cameron is intervening in the U.K. defense ministry’s upcoming Strategic Defense and Security Review (SDSR) by encouraging commanders to invest in more special operations forces, unmanned air vehicles and intelligence-gathering aircraft.

Contracts

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Selected U.S. Military Contracts for the Week of July 6-10, 2015

Jul 14, 2015
Selected U.S. military contracts for July 6, 2015. U.S. ARMY AM General, South Bend, Indiana was awarded a $372,936,476 firm-fixed-price multiyear…