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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, October 14, 2015

VOL. 254 NO. 10 October 14, 2015
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Business

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ULA Eyeing Commercial Customers As SpaceX Gains In Government Bids

Oct 13, 2015
After years of counting on U.S. government business, United Launch Alliance is paying more attention to developments in the global commercial satellite sector.
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ULA Courts Commercial Customers As SpaceX Gains Ground

Oct 14, 2015
After years of counting on U.S. government business, United Launch Alliance is paying more attention to developments in the global commercial satellite sector.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Oct 13, 2015
LOCKHEED MARTIN unveiled ICARUS counter-UAV system at the AUSA symposium.

Programs

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BAE Systems Revives 1990s Mini-Tank

Oct 13, 2015
BAE Systems has brought a 1990s prototype to a U.S. Army convention “to start a conversation” about what an airdroppable big-gun armored vehicle might look like.
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KC-46 Deploys Boom, Pods For First Time

Oct 13, 2015
Boeing KC-46 Pegasus testing is well underway with the first extension of the hose-and-drogue and boom refueling systems in successive trails.
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U.S. Army’s CH-47F Block 2 Upgrade Poised For Kickoff

Oct 13, 2015
The next chapter in the long life of Boeing’s Chinook should open soon with the release of a U.S. Army request for proposals for development of an improved Block 2 version of the latest CH-47F model of the helicopter.
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U.S. Navy Refines F-35C Logistics With Carrier Tests

Oct 13, 2015
As F-35C pilots practiced aboard CVN 68 USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, JSF mechanics and ground crew made sure the aircraft could be properly serviced at sea.
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China Says Space Station Assembly Will Start In 2018

Oct 13, 2015
China’s human-spaceflight organization plans to launch the first element of its three-module space station in 2018.
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U.S. Army Buys BAE Rocket System for Use on Apache Aircraft

Oct 13, 2015
The U.S. Army has purchased an initial set of Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System laser-guided rockets from BAE Systems. The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps use the system, but these, bound for Iraq and Afghanistan, will mark the Army’s first deployment of the weapon. The Army is taking the rockets from the Navy’s inventory and working with the contractor for additional rockets. It plans to use the laser-guided munition on AH-64 Apache helicopters.

Technology

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Army Aviation To Tackle Degraded Visual Environments

Oct 13, 2015
Momentum is gathering behind a U.S. Army program to equip its helicopters to initially take off and land in degraded visual environments.

Operations

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Russian Buk Missile Downed MH17, Dutch Probe Finds

Oct 13, 2015
A Dutch-led investigation has concluded that the Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777 shot down by a Russian-produced Buk surface-to-air missile system in 2014, killing 298 passengers and crew.