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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, July 30, 2015

VOL. 253 NO. 21 July 30, 2015
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Programs

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First RAAF Growler Rolls Out At St. Louis

Jul 29, 2015
Boeing rolled out the first Royal Australian Air Force EA-18G Growler electronic attack aircraft July 29 at the company’s final assembly facility in St. Louis.
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Unlocking Of Feathering Tail Caused SS2 Accident, NTSB Confirms

Jul 29, 2015
Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson says the investigation will “help make the fledgling commercial space industry safer and better.”
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Laser Gunship Could Be Fielded In 2020

Jul 28, 2015
A laser-armed Block 60 version of the Lockheed Martin AC-130J gunship could be operational by 2020.
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NASA Awards Wyle Human Spaceflight Health Services Contract

Jul 29, 2015
NASA’s Johnson Space Center has awarded Wyle Laboratories Inc. of El Segundo, California, a potential $1.44 billion contract to provide a wide range of medical and biomedical services in support of the agency’s human spaceflight programs, including research aboard the International Space Station.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Jul 29, 2015
BOEING had $1.11b net income on $24.5b revenues in 2Q15 vs. $1.65b on $22b in 2Q14, which includes $536m after-tax charge on KC-46 Tanker program over estimated higher costs; BDS earned $546m on $7.5b vs. $582m on $7.7b, and has $48.4b backlog. GE AVIATION earned $1.27b on $6.25b revenues in 2Q15 vs. $1.2b on $6.09b in 2Q14; it delivered 945 engines vs. 988.

Funding & Policy

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CNAS Raises Questions About Hawking/Musk Open Letter

Jul 29, 2015
The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) think tank is raising questions about the recent open letter from high-profile scientists and academics – including Stephen Hawking and SpaceX founder Elon Musk – warning of the dangers of autonomous weapons. “The letter calls for a ban on ‘offensive autonomous weapons beyond meaningful human control,’ but what does that mean?” asks CNAS Ethical Autonomy Project Director Paul Scharre. “Most countries have departments or ministries of ‘defense,’ not offense.

Defense Market Intelligence Notes

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Defense Market Intelligence Notes

Jul 29, 2015
North America The Pentagon expects to announce a winner for the new Long Range Strike Bomber competition in the coming months. Northrop Grumman and a Boeing/Lockheed Martin team are vying for the contract. U.S. Air Force officials continue to stress a “flyaway price” of $550 million per aircraft in fiscal 2010 dollars, and hint the contract announcement could come by fall. Europe

Technology

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Mabus Stresses Directed Energy Needs

Jul 29, 2015
U.S. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus is keeping the service on course to deploy directed energy (DE) weapons by scrutinizing the way the service develops and buys the systems.