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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, September 18, 2015

VOL. 253 NO. 56 September 18, 2015
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Programs

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NASA Doubts Orbital ATK Reflight Plan For Antares

Sep 17, 2015
NASA doesn’t believe Orbital ATK can meet its announced schedule for returning its Antares commercial-cargo launcher to flight in the wake of last year’s explosion.
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Finmecannica Offers C-27J For U.K. Multi-Mission Aircraft

Sep 17, 2015
Finmeccanica has joined the throng of defense contractors to bid for the U.K.’s expected requirement for a maritime patrol/multi-mission aircraft.
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MBDA Touts Brimstone For Upgraded U.K. Apaches

Sep 17, 2015
The company has been using the DSEi defense exhibition here to market the weapon as a potential alternative to the Lockheed Martin AGM-114 Hellfire and its planned U.S. replacement, the Joint Air-to-Ground Missile.
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L-3 Preparing Q400 Multi-Mission Demonstrator

Sep 17, 2015
After a series of certification issues, L-3 says it is making progress on the modification program for its Bombardier Q400-based multi-mission aircraft demonstrator.
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India Set To Launch Astrosat Sept. 28

Sep 19, 2015
NEW DELHI – Astrosat, India’s first space observatory dedicated to the study of distant celestial objects, is set to launch on Sept. 28. The…
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U.K.’s New Aircraft Carrier Turns Power On

Sep 17, 2015
The U.K.’s new Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier has started test-running its Wartsila diesel engines at the dockside in Rosyth, Scotland.
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Despite Cancellation Reports, Work Continues On Zumwalt

Sep 17, 2015
Amid reports that the U.S. Navy may cancel construction of DDG 1002 Lyndon B. Johnson, service officials say work continues on the ship as planned, although the Zumwalt-class acquisition program is being reviewed.
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Pentagon IG Calls Planned U.S. Navy Triton Buy ‘Justified’

Sep 17, 2015
U.S. Navy officials “justified” the Triton planned procurement quantity of 70 aircraft, the Pentagon Inspector General (IG) says in a recent report.
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NASA Skeptical Of Antares Return-To-Flight Plans

Sep 17, 2015
NASA doesn’t believe Orbital ATK can meet its announced schedule for returning Antares to flight.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Sep 19, 2015
NORTHROP GRUMMAN has $32.5m U.S. Air Force foreign military sales contract for Tunisian F-5 avionics upgrade

In Brief

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Czech Republic’s L-39NG Trainer Makes First Flight

Sep 19, 2015
Aero Vodochody Aerospace’s L-39NG trainer demonstrator made its first flight Sept. 14.

Technology

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Modernized Radar Tells Small UAVs From Birds, Saab Claims

Sep 17, 2015
An upgraded version of Saab’s Giraffe AMB (Agile Multi-Beam) radar showed that it could discriminate between small UAVs and seabirds in recent trials on the west coast of Scotland, the company says.
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USAF Cyber Chief Focusing On Aircraft, Satellite Protection

Sep 17, 2015
The U.S. Air Force’s cybersecurity chief is confident in his service’s ability to protect its networks, but sees the protection of platforms such as fighter aircraft and satellites as his next major challenge.

Operations

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Final U.S. Guided-Missile Destroyer Deployed To Spain

Sep 17, 2015
DDG 64 USS Carney departed its homeport of Mayport, Florida, earlier this month to travel to Rota, Spain, as the final of four Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers to be forward deployed there.