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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, August 12, 2015

VOL. 253 NO. 30 August 12, 2015
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Technology

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NASA Prepares For Small UAS Air Traffic Management Test

Aug 11, 2015
NASA is preparing to demonstrate the first version of an airspace system designed to enable safe UAS operations at low altitudes.
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NASA, Ad Astra Make Propulsion Pact

Aug 11, 2015
HOUSTON — Ad Astra Rocket Co. will attempt to raise the technical readiness level of its Vasimr plasma rocket engine through prolonged ground trials under the terms of a potential three-year, $9 million fixed price contract administered through NASA’s Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships (NextSTEP) initiative.
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Electric Sail Promises Faster Deep-Space Missions

Aug 11, 2015
The electric sail under study at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center could reach the edge of the Solar System in less than 15 years--a trip that took the Voyager spacecraft 36 years.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Aug 13, 2015
ORBITAL ATK completed critical design review with LOCKHEED MARTIN and NASA for Orion Launch Abort Motor Aug. 6, clearing way for full-scale…

In Brief

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USAF F-16 Crashes In Germany

Aug 11, 2015
The aircraft, assigned to the 480th Fighter Squadron from Spangdahlem AB, went down in woodlands near the town of Engelmannreuth in northern Bavaria shortly after 9:30 a.m. The pilot ejected safely

Programs

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Japan Equipping F-2 With Sniper Pod

Aug 11, 2015
Lockheed Martin says Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has contracted it to integrate the Sniper electro-optical system with the F-2.
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U.S. Army Eyes AESA For Patriot

Aug 11, 2015
Budget pressures are likely to stretch the project out before it even gets started, according to the Army’s procurement chief.

Funding & Policy

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Emergency-Response UAS Plan Outpaces FAA Rules

Aug 11, 2015
There is no shortage of inventive ideas in the commercial unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) sector, but many of them go well beyond what civil aviation regulators are expected to allow for the foreseeable future.
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U.S., Japanese Naval Leaders Stress Regional Ties

Aug 11, 2015
With the U.S. and Japan continuing to work together on ballistic missile defense and other regional security issues, naval leaders from the two countries met recently in Washington to bolster ties.

Operations

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Ashland Reconfigured For Disaster Relief

Aug 11, 2015
The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit and sailors aboard the amphibious dock landing ship LSD 48 USS Ashland reconfigured the ship’s well deck and flight deck earlier this month to support equipment and supplies that needed to be transported to Saipan to provide disaster relief in the wake of Typhoon Soudelor.
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Oil And Gas Operators Cut Aircraft, Jobs

Aug 11, 2015
Reduced activity in the oil and gas industry caused by a fall in energy prices is continuing to weigh heavily on helicopter operators that support energy companies.

Forecasts/Industry Data

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Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) Acquisition Plans

Aug 13, 2015
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