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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, September 29, 2015

VOL. 253 NO. 63 September 29, 2015
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Programs

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Long-Term CR Threatens 50 USAF Programs

Sep 28, 2015
With Congress showing no sign of passing a fiscal 2016 budget by Oct. 1, the Air Force is preparing to stunt existing programs and delay new starts.
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U.K. RAF Details A400M Future

Sep 28, 2015
The U.K. Royal Air Force expects to be able to deploy its new Airbus A400M airlifter by the end of 2017.
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Switzerland Council Opposes Transport Aircraft Buy

Sep 28, 2015
Switzerland’s National Council has voted against the purchase of a pair of turboprop transport aircraft for the country’s military.
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Uprated LauncherOne Rocket Hits ‘Steady State’ Hot Fire Tests

Sep 28, 2015
Virgin Galactic is building up to the first tests of the complete flight configuration rockets for its LauncherOne satellite launch vehicle.
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Japan Resupply Ship Makes Delayed ISS Departure

Sep 28, 2015
Japan’s fifth automated HTV resupply mission to the International Space Station drew to a temporarily delayed close Sept. 28.
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India’s First Space Observatory Launched

Sep 28, 2015
India’s first dedicated multi-wavelength space observatory, Astrosat, has been successfully launched into orbit with six foreign satellite secondary payloads.
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NASA Confirms Present-Day Liquid Water On Mars

Sep 28, 2015
Spectroscopic data from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have confirmed that dark streaks appearing on Martian slopes are the result of liquid water.

Operations

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U.K. Extends Sentinel Operational Mandate Over Middle East

Sep 28, 2015
The U.K. is extending the intelligence gathering mission of its Raytheon Sentinel radar-reconnaissance aircraft against the Islamic State for an extra year.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Sep 30, 2015
LCOA will split its business into two publicly traded companies: one focused on upstream business

In Brief

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The Week Ahead In Washington

Sep 30, 2015
As Capitol Hill lawmakers scramble to pass a stopgap spending bill

Contracts

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Selected U.S. Military Contracts for the Week of Sept. 21-25, 2015

Sep 30, 2015
Raytheon Co., Raytheon Missile Systems, Tucson, Arizona, has been awarded an $180,000,000