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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, September 16, 2015

VOL. 253 NO. 54 September 16, 2015
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SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Sep 17, 2015
ROLLS-ROYCE delivered 2,000th AE 2100 engine for installation onto U.S. Air Force C-130J. Engine also powers C-27J, Japan’s US-2, Saab 2000 civil turboprops.

In Brief

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Hyten: Joint Intel-USAF Space Ops Center An ‘Experiment’

Sep 17, 2015
U.S. Air Force Space Command chief Gen. John Hyten describes the embryonic Joint, Interagency and Coalition Space Operations Center (JICSPOC)

Programs

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Blue Origin To Set Up Shop At Cape Canaveral

Sep 15, 2015
Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral will be the site of a clean-sheet facility for launching Blue Origin’s planned orbital launch vehicle and testing its methane-fueled BE-4 rocket engine.
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Selex-ES Launches UAV Jammer

Sep 15, 2015
Selex-ES has developed a system designed to detect, track and if necessary disable consumer-type UAVs, protecting civilian targets such as public events, airports and other infrastructure targets from illegal or threatening activity.
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Saab Cuts Metal On A26 Submarine

Sep 15, 2015
First metal was cut for the new A26 submarine at Saab’s Karlskrona, Sweden, shipyard on Sept. 4, the company says.
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Airbus Drops Bid For Japanese Navy UH-X Program

Sep 15, 2015
Airbus has pulled out of a second Japanese military aircraft competition, saying it could barely compete for the naval UH-X helicopter order under terms that emphasized local production.
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AgustaWestland Completes U.K. Rotary Wing UAS Trials

Sep 15, 2015
The U.K. Royal Navy has moved a step closer to establishing a maritime unmanned air system capability following successful trials in conjunction with helicopter manufacturer AgustaWestland.
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Paveway IV Gets Bunker-Busting Capability

Sep 15, 2015
Raytheon has secured a £25 million ($38 million) spiral contract from the U.K. defense ministry to complete development and build a tactical penetrator warhead capability for the Paveway IV precision-guided weapon.
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China Building 3rd Carrier, Taiwanese Report Says

Sep 08, 2015
Both ships are of the size of the country’s first aircraft carrier, Liaoning, the report says. Liaoning was bought unfinished from Ukraine in 1998, completed at Dalian and commissioned in 2011.
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ISS Twin Study Starting To Show Results

Sep 14, 2015
Researchers are starting to notice differences in the metabolisms of identical-twin astronauts Scott and Mark Kelly, halfway through Scott Kelly’s yearlong tour on the International Space Station.
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Russia Launches Express AM8 Communications Satellite

Sep 15, 2015
Russia successfully launched its Express AM8 communications satellite to geostationary transfer orbit atop a Proton M/Block DM-03 launcher Sept. 14 for fleet operator Russian Satellite Communications Co. (RSCC).
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Lockheed To Equip Saudi Arabian Comsat With Flexible Payload

Sep 14, 2015
Saudia Arabia’s Hellas-Sat-4/SaudiGeoSat-1 satellite will be among the most agile spacecraft in orbit when it launches in 2018.
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ILS Signs Proton Contract With Hispasat

Sep 14, 2015
International Launch Services says it will lift a commercial communications satellite to orbit for Spanish fleet operator Hispasat on a Proton rocket in 2017.
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Star-Planet Magnetic Field Study To Seek Habitability Clues

Sep 14, 2015
Scientists expect to develop techniques for assessing the magnetic interactions between stars and their planets as a new factor in determining the habitability of extra solar worlds.