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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, July 23, 2015

VOL. 253 NO. 16 July 23, 2015
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Programs

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Boeing: Latest KC-46 Tanker Overrun Prompted By Fuel System Retrofits

Jul 22, 2015
Redesigns and retrofits required to address a faulty integrated fuel system for the tanker appear to be the cause of the latest cost overrun for Boeing to keep the U.S. Air Force’s KC-46 aerial refueling program on track.
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Steelmaker’s Biofuel Deal Has Jet-Fuel Potential

Jul 22, 2015
The world’s biggest steel producer, Luxembourg-based ArcelorMittal, has signed a letter of intent to build Europe’s first commercial-scale facility to convert industrial waste gases into biofuel, potentially including jet fuel.
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ISS To Resume Six-Person Operations With Soyuz Launch

Jul 22, 2015
U.S., Russian and Japanese astronauts lifted off for the International Space Station late July 22, prepared to restore the orbiting science laboratory to six-person operations for the first time since June 11.
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AgustaWestland AW169 Achieves EASA Certification

Jul 24, 2015
LONDON – AgustaWestland has achieved the long-awaited European Aviation Safety Agency certification of its new AW169 twin-engine medium helicopter…
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U.S., ROK Complete Logistics Exercise

Jul 22, 2015
U.S. and Republic of Korea (ROK) forces successfully connected and tested a 2-mi.-long temporary fuel transfer pipeline from a U.S. Naval vessel to Anmyeon Beach in South Korea earlier this month as part of the Combined Joint Logistics Over-the-Shore (CJLOTS) 2015 exercise.
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HII Receives U.S. Navy Submarine Contract

Jul 22, 2015
The U.S. Navy awarded Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) a program-spanning contract for submarine work that could be worth up to about $564 million, service officials say.
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India Set To Launch 28 Foreign Satellites In Next Two Years

Jul 22, 2015
India plans to launch 28 foreign satellites by 2017, including nine belonging to the U.S.
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India Mulls Venus As Next Space Probe

Jul 24, 2015
NEW DELHI—India is pondering either revisiting Mars or the Moon, or mounting its first mission to Venus as its next interplanetary space probe…

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Jul 24, 2015
NORTHROP GRUMMAN completed critical design review (CDR) for the information assurance elements of the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF)…

Forecasts/Industry Data

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KC-46 Pegasus Specifications

Jul 24, 2015
/site-files/aviationweek.com/files/uploads/2015/07/asd_07_23_2015_cht1.pdf KC-46 Pegasus Specifications Designation: KC-46A Manufacturer: Boeing…

Operations

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U.S., Australians Train For Land Strike Operations From Carrier

Jul 22, 2015
Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, embarked aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier CVN 73 USS George Washington, conducted high-intensity land strike training with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) earlier this month in the Timor Sea as part of exercise Talisman Sabre 2015 (TS15).

Technology

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FedEx Buys Jet Fuel From Waste Wood

Jul 23, 2015
The cargo carrier will buy 3 million gal. of renewable jet fuel per year produced from woody biomass by Red Rock Biofuels.