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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, September 1, 2015

VOL. 253 NO. 44 September 01, 2015
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Programs

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New Weapons Highlight T-50 Strike Role

Sep 01, 2015
Three new or derivative weapons were unveiled at the MAKS show here last week by Tactical Missiles Corporation, all designed specifically to fit the internal weapon bays of the Sukhoi T-50 stealth fighter.
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SpaceX Targets End Of Year For Falcon 9's Next Flight

Aug 31, 2015
SpaceX says it remains at least “a couple of months” away from returning to flight following the Falcon 9 launch failure on a resupply mission to the International Space Station on June 28, partially because the company’s accident investigation has taken longer than expected.
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Northrop Defeats BAE In Circm Laser Jammer Contest

Aug 31, 2015
The hard-fought competition pitted the Pentagon’s two suppliers of directed infrared countermeasures systems against each other to win the only major new program for laser jammers to protect U.S. military helicopters, tiltrotors and small fixed-wing aircraft.
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New Horizons Team Picks Kuiper Belt Object To Explore

Aug 31, 2015
NASA has picked a Kuiper Belt Object object designated MU69 for a high-speed pass by New Horizons in January 2019.
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Robotic Ordnance Disposal System Reaches Milestone B

Aug 28, 2015
Naval Sea Systems Command (Navsea) approved Milestone B earlier this month for the Advance Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Robotic System (Aeodrs) Tactical Operations variant, Increment 2.
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Eisenhower Completes Most Extensive Carrier DPIA

Aug 31, 2015
The crew of the aircraft carrier CVN 69 USS Dwight D. Eisenhower – known as the “Ike” – returned to sea earlier this month following a 23-month period in dry-dock at Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY), U.S. Navy officials say.

In Brief

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Reed Travels To Ukraine; SASC Leaders Concerned About LRS-B

Sep 01, 2015
As Congress prepares to return to Washington, Senate Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Jack Reed (D-R.I.) is taking a detour to Kiev this week to “get a direct look at the situation in Ukraine.” Meanwhile, Reed and SASC Chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.) are castigating the Pentagon over the U.S. Air Force’s Long Range Strike - Bomber program, which saw its 10-year cost estimate jump from $33.1 billion in the Pentagon’s fiscal 2015 budget plan to $58.4 billion in its 2016 request. “Such dramatic discrepancies ...

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Sep 01, 2015
U.K. DEFENSE MINISTRY will spend more than £500m ($770m) modernizing Royal Navy’s flagship submarine base, HM Naval Base Clyde at Faslane. Work will take 10 years to complete, starting in 2017, with upgrades to ship lifts, sea walls, jetties. U.S. AIR FORCE delayed launch of fourth Mobile User Objective System (MUOS-4) military comms satellite from Cape Canaveral, FL, to no earlier than Sept. 2, due to storm concerns.

Funding & Policy

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France, Gabon Eye Expanded Space Cooperation

Aug 31, 2015
With the United Nations COP21 climate change forum just a few months away, France and Gabon are discussing expanded space cooperation in the area of Earth observation.
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GAO Cites Pentagon Weapon System Investment Issues

Aug 28, 2015
The Department of Defense (DOD) is not effectively using portfolio management to optimize its weapon system investments, the U.S. Government Accountability Office says in a recent report, citing shipbuilding funding as an example.

Business

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Private Air Forces Turn To Europe For Work

Sep 01, 2015
As new military pilots begin their first training exercises, it is increasingly likely their aerial foes will be veterans flying commercially operated fighter aircraft. &nbsp

Contracts

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Selected U.S. Military Contracts for the Week of July 6-10, 2015

Sep 01, 2015
Selected U.S. military contracts for Aug. 24, 2015 U.S. ARMY Allied Mechanical Wisconsin, Grenville, Wisconsin, was awarded a $9,946,272 firm-fixed-price contract with options for 500-lb. iron practice bombs (BDU-50) for Air Force training requirements. Army Contracting Command, Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois, is the contracting activity (W52P1J-12-C-0051). U.S. NAVY