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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, October 6, 2015

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Programs

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Sikorsky-Boeing JMR Demo On Track For 2016 Assembly

Oct 05, 2015
The system integration laboratory for the team’s SB-1 Defiant demonstrator will fire up this year, followed in 2016 by the propulsion system test bed for the rigid coaxial-rotor compound helicopter.
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U.S., European CubeSats Begin Deployments From ISS

Oct 05, 2015
The crew of the International Space Station (ISS) initiated the scheduled deployments of 16 CubeSats over three days early Oct. 5.
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Britain to Purchase 20 New Medium-Altitude UAVs

Oct 05, 2015
Britain will invest in a new fleet of Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) unmanned air systems, Prime Minister David Cameron has announced.
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First Flight Of Avic Amphibious Aircraft Slips To 2016

Oct 05, 2015
Revealing the latest timetable, Avic said the first flight-test aircraft is nearing completion at the Zhuhai, China, base of its general aviation subsidiary Caiga.
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Indian Space Agency’s Commercial Arm Penalized

Oct 05, 2015
Antrix Corporation Ltd., the commercial arm of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), has been ordered by an international tribunal to pay compensation and damages totaling $672 million to Devas Multimedia Pvt. Ltd.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Oct 07, 2015
U.S. NAVY began second phase of developmental testing (DT II) for

In Brief

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The Week Ahead In Washington

Oct 07, 2015
The Pentagon has just released its latest annual report on the performance of

Technology

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U.K. UAV Research Program’s Future Unclear

Oct 05, 2015
The Astraea (Autonomous Systems Technology Related Airborne Evaluation & Assessment) program just completed 18 months of work on a virtual certification process, but has no funding in place for its next phase.
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Ships To See Farther With Darpa’s Talons Capability

Oct 05, 2015
Darpa’s Towed Airborne Lift of Naval Systems (Talons) program harks back to World War II, when Focke-Achgelis FA-330 rotary-wing kites were towed behind German U-boats.

Business

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ULA Bidding For GPS Launch Without an Engine?

Oct 02, 2015
After being the monopoly rocket supplier to the U.S. government for national security launches for nearly 10 years, the tables have turned for United Launch Alliance.

Contracts

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Selected U.S. Military Contracts for the Week of Sept. 28 - Oct. 2, 2015

Oct 07, 2015
L-3 Communications Vertex Aerospace LLC, Madison, Mississippi, has been awarded a $57,231,214