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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, August 19, 2015

VOL. 253 NO. 35 August 19, 2015
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Programs

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Democrats Push Senate Leader For Budget Talks

Aug 18, 2015
Senate Democrats are asking Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to start talking about the budget before the August recess ends.
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Japan’s Sigint Establishment Among Largest

Aug 18, 2015
Japan is operating probably the world’s third or fourth largest radio signals intelligence (sigint) establishment, ranking behind the U.S. and Britain but maybe not Russia and China, Australian researchers say in a new report on the subject.
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Navsea Issues RFP For Next Ford-Class Radar

Aug 18, 2015
U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command (Navsea) has issued a request for proposals for the successor Ford-class aircraft carrier radar.
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India To Order More Mi-17 V5 Helos From Russia

Aug 18, 2015
India plans to buy 48 more Mi-17 V5 helicopters from Russia even as Russian Helicopters prepares to complete the delivery of a previous order for 151 of the transport aircraft to New Delhi by the end of this year.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Aug 20, 2015
BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON INC. has an $85.5m U.S. Navy contract to upgrade weapon systems for H-1 aircraft for the U.S. Navy and government of Pakistan…

In Brief

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POGO: Auditors Find Problems In Nuclear Weapon Modernization

Aug 20, 2015
Auditors at the U.S. Government Accountability Office have found the U.S. Energy Department’s (DOE) plans for modernizing the nation’s nuclear…

Funding & Policy

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GAO: DOD Trying To Determine Reasonable Contract Prices

Aug 18, 2015
“The Department of Defense (DOD) is taking several steps to develop guidance and training related to determining the reasonableness of prices,” GAO says in a report released earlier this month.

Business

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Twin Commander Parent Acquired By H-D Advanced Manufacturing

Aug 18, 2015
H-D Advanced Manufacturing Co. has acquired Firstmark Corp., the parent company of Twin Commander Aircraft, through a cash merger.

Technology

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Astronaut Calcium Tests May Improve Bone Monitoring

Aug 18, 2015
Findings from bone loss studies conducted on NASA space shuttle astronauts are helping to develop blood and urine tests that could ease the monitoring of osteoporosis and bone marrow cancer, according to a research team from Arizona State University and the Mayo Clinic.
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Email Leak Lifts The Veil On Cyberwarfare World

Aug 20, 2015
The recent publication of emails stolen from the Italian spyware manufacturer Hacking Team are laying bare some of the functions of the secretive…

Forecasts/Industry Data

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Trainer-Light Attack Delivery-Retirement Mix and MRO Market Worldwide, 2015-2024

Aug 20, 2015
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