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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, September 17, 2015

VOL. 253 NO. 55 September 17, 2015
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Programs

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First Human Flight With Orion Slips Almost Two Years

Sep 16, 2015
Top NASA managers have delayed the “committed” target for the first flight of its $11.5 billion Orion crew vehicle with astronauts on board from August 2021 until April 2023.
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Tactical Laser Likely Ready By 2020, USAF Generals Say

Sep 16, 2015
Two of the Air Force’s top generals say that a podded, tactical laser is likely to be ready for operational use on aircraft by 2020, a major breakthrough in a technology that has been under slow but steady development for decades.
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ULA Chief: Aerojet Rocketdyne Bid Not Seriously Considered

Sep 16, 2015
“The bid from Aerojet is something that we didn’t really take seriously,” ULA Chairman Craig Cooning says.
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RAF A400M Fleet Achieves Milestone Delivery

Sep 16, 2015
The U.K. defense ministry says the arrival of the fourth aircraft to Brize Norton on Sept. 10, along with the handover of three other aircraft allows them to declare the type’s capability to undertake extended world-wide tasks.
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H-60 Trainers Free Up U.S. Navy Helicopters

Sep 16, 2015
The Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training Unit North Island is providing trainers for fleet technicians on the H-60 Sea Hawk helicopter airframe.
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Lockheed Martin Gathers Team For C-130J MPA Offer

Sep 16, 2015
Lockheed Martin says its SC-130J Sea Hercules, envisioned for an anticipated U.K. requirement for a maritime patrol/multimission aircraft, could be ready for service by the end of the decade.
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Sea Ceptor Installation Starts On British Frigate

Sep 16, 2015
MBDA has delivered production components for the Sea Ceptor air defense missile system (ADMS) for the Royal Navy frigate Argyll, the first of its Type 23 Duke-class ships to be retrofitted with the new weapon.
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India’s Light Combat Helicopter Nearing IOC

Sep 16, 2015
India’s homegrown Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) successfully passed hot-and-high flight trials recently, as it prepares to receive its Initial Operational Clearance (IOC).

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Sep 18, 2015
LOCKHEED MARTIN and ROKETSAN of Turkey signed contract to cooperatively develop SOM-J air-to-surface standoff cruise missile for integration

In Brief

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McCain, McConnell Pressure Obama On Iran Sanctions

Sep 18, 2015
Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) have introduced an

Defense Market Intelligence Notes

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DMIN: Aug. 24 – Sept. 11, 2015

Sep 18, 2015
The U.S. Army chose Oshkosh Corp. to build the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle for the Army and Marine Corps, awarding a firm fixed-price