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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, July 15, 2015

VOL. 253 NO. 10 July 15, 2015
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Programs

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Bell-Boeing Gets FMS Contract For V-22s For Japan

Jul 14, 2015
The U.S. Navy has awarded teammates Bell Helicopter and Boeing a contract for five V-22 Ospreys for Japan, marking the first foreign military sale of the tiltrotor. The $332.5 million contract includes the Block C aircraft, support, training and related equipment. “The versatile V-22 tiltrotor will allow Japan’s Ground Self-Defense Force greatly enhanced capabilities, while providing an ideal platform for relief efforts in response to natural disasters,” the companies said in announcing the contract. The V-22 is in service with the U.S.
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Pluto Gives Up Some Secrets Before New Horizons Flyby

Jul 14, 2015
Mission managers now have settled in to wait for a brief signal Tuesday night that will let them know how the spacecraft fared in its intricately choreographed flyby.
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Raytheon Switches To Lower-Cost MALD Airframe

Jul 14, 2015
Raytheon has turned to nontraditional suppliers to produce a lower-cost airframe for the Miniature Air-Launched Decoy (MALD) in a move that also paves the way for a modular, interchangeable payload capability.
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Review To Shed Light On Falcon 9 Destruct Timeline

Jul 14, 2015
Only a few short minutes into its June 28 flight, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 began to break apart, prompting the U.S. Air Force to exercise a rare responsibility to send destruct signals to the rocket.
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India To Buy Four More P-8I Aircraft

Jul 14, 2015
India’s Defense Acquisition Council (DAC) on July 14 approved a follow-on order of four Boeing P-8I aircraft.
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Planet Labs CubeSats Launched From ISS

Jul 14, 2015
Deployments of 16 CubeSats from the Japanese segment of the International Space Station are planned through July 16, following the initial launchings of six Planet Labs small satellites July 13-14.
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Spaceflight Networks Secures Partners To Expand Small Sat Ground Station Link

Jul 13, 2015
Seattle-based Spaceflight Industries’ Spaceflight Networks is forging partnerships with four satellite data and spacecraft radio providers to expand the global reach of its young low latency data network specializing in the communications requirements of the surging small satellite sector.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Jul 14, 2015
BOEING and AH-64E Apache industry partners General Electric, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon and Longbow Ltd. launched initiative with Polish Armaments Group (PGZ) to explore opportunities for collaboration with Polish industry. ARCA SPACE CORP. (unmanned aerial vehicles) will locate its headquarters and U.S. production facility at Las Cruces International Airport.

Operations

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Ospreys Continue To Expand USMC Ops In Asia-Pacific

Jul 13, 2015
This year’s Talisman Saber’s exercise is proving to be a showcase for the MV-22 tiltrotor, with the aircraft expanding the U.S. Marine footprint thanks to the Osprey’s range, speed and utility, U.S. Marine and Navy officials say.
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U.S., Australia Cite Benefits Of Joint Amphib Exercise

Jul 14, 2015
For the U.S., Operation Talisman Saber provides an opportunity to train rigorously with an Australian alley that the U.S. says it will need to help secure the peace in the large expanses of the Asia-Pacific region.
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UAV Documents Talisman Saber Training

Jul 14, 2015
Hovering above the action as U.S. Marines and Australian soldiers stormed the shore of Fog Bay this month as part of the Talisman Saber exercise was a DGI Phantom 2 Quadcopter capturing scenes from vantages previously unavailable.

Technology

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Cross-Channel Electric Aircraft Flights Spur Controversy

Jul 13, 2015
Airbus’s electric-powered E-fan demonstrator has made a successful crossing of the English Channel, but its efforts were beaten by an enterprising French aviator.