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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, August 4, 2015

VOL. 253 NO. 24 August 04, 2015
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Programs

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U.S. Army Finally Enters Joint Air-to-Ground Missile Development

Aug 03, 2015
After years of the U.S. Army dithering over requirements, Lockheed Martin finally has received a formal development contract for the Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM), which will replace Hellfire and TOW missiles on rotary wing and unmanned aircraft.
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Indo-Israeli Barak-8 Missile Test Scheduled

Aug 03, 2015
The next test will take place in Israel. If successful, it will be followed by a test aboard an Indian warship in October.
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Airbus Takes Additional A400M Charge

Aug 03, 2015
The company faced a €290 million ($316 million) charge on the troubled airlifter, which suffered a crash in early May that significantly affected flight-testing and delivery progress.
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NASA Narrows Down Astrophysics Mission Proposals

Aug 03, 2015
Two missions will be selected in 2017 for final development, with launch set for no earlier than 2020.
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India, U.S. To Jointly Build Synthetic Aperture Radar Satellite

Aug 05, 2015
NEW DELHI—India and the U.S are working together to develop a dual-frequency synthetic aperture radar satellite – the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (Nisar), expected to be launched in 2021.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Aug 05, 2015
U.S. NAVY and U.S. MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY tested RAYTHEON-built Standard Missile-6 in its first intercept of a ballistic missile target at sea as…

In Brief

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Iran Still The Hot Topic In Washington

Aug 05, 2015
The Iran nuclear deal continues to dominate discussion in Washington. On Tuesday both the Senate Armed Services Committee and Senate Foreign…

Technology

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Facebook Unveils Internet-Beaming UAV

Aug 03, 2015
Facebook’s Connectivity Lab says the solar-powered Aquila flying-wing UAV — which has a span of 140 ft., comparable with a Boeing 737, but weighs less than 1,000 lb. — has been completed in the U.K. and is ready for flight and payload testing later this year in the U.S.

Operations

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Unmanned Aircraft Debut In Carat Singapore Exercise

Jul 28, 2015
The U.S. Navy and Republic of Singapore Navy completed the 21st annual Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (Carat) Singapore exercise earlier this month.
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Philippines, Japan Hone Joint Maritime Forces

Aug 05, 2015
SYDNEY — While most of the international attention this month has focused on the Talisman Saber exercise in Australia, other recent joint training…

Contracts

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Selected U.S. Military Contracts for the Week of July 27 - 31, 2015

Aug 05, 2015
Selected aerospace and defense contracts for July 27 U.S. ARMY L-3 Communications Corp., Systems Field Support, Madison, Mississippi, was awarded a …