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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, July 29, 2015

VOL. 253 NO. 20 July 29, 2015
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Business

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GKN Raises Airbus, Boeing and JSF Workload with Fokker Takeover

Jul 28, 2015
British aero-engineering firm GKN is increasing its involvement in Airbus and Boeing commercial programs as well as Lockheed Martin's F-35 with the takeover of Dutch aerospace firm Fokker Technologies.
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Textron Pleased With Reception For Latitude, CEO Says

Jul 28, 2015
“We feel great about the aircraft,” Textron Chairman and CEO Scott Donnelly told analysts on a July 28 conference call about the company’s earnings.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Jul 29, 2015
THALES, RAYTHEON, RHEINMETALL and several private equity groups, including Carlyle, Bridgepoint, CVC, KKR, KPS and Triton, are expected to bid for the defense electronics business of AIRBUS GROUP, according to unconfirmed media reports. PRATT & WHITNEY earned $487m on $3.68b revenues in 2Q15 vs. $432m on $3.59b in 2Q14; it delivered 1,625 engines vs. 1,735.

Programs

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Indian Missile Pioneer Dies

Jul 29, 2015
Former Indian President Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, acknowledged as the father of India’s missile technology, died July 27 after collapsing while delivering a lecture. Kalam spent four decades as a scientist and science administrator at the Defense Research and Development Organization and Indian Space Research Organization. He was responsible for the development and operationalization of the Agni and Prithvi missile families.
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NTSB Debates Report On Cause Of SS2 Crash

Jul 28, 2015
The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board is expected to adopt findings that the co-pilot’s earlier-than-planned unlocking of the feathering tail mechanism on SpaceShipTwo was the probable cause of the fatal accident that struck the suborbital project on Oct 31, 2014.
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Planetary Scientists Finding More Water In Solar System

Jul 28, 2015
NASA's planetary exploration motto of “Follow the water" is evolving into a “quest” to taste it with instruments.

Funding & Policy

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Japan’s Low-Boom Supersonic Drop Test Succeeds

Jul 28, 2015
JAXA says the test is the first supersonic flight of an experimental aircraft using low-boom design techniques to reduce both front and rear shock waves.

Technology

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Study Outlines Public-Private Moon To Mars Human Exploration Strategy

Jul 28, 2015
NASA’s efforts to foster private sector cargo and crew transportation services in support of the International Space Station could serve as cost-cutting model for U.S. human Mars exploration ambitions through the phased development of a commercial base on the Moon for propellant production, a space agency-backed study says.