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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, November 25, 2015

VOL. 254 NO. 40 November 25, 2015
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Technology

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Bezos Hails Successful Reusable Suborbital Rocket Test Flight

Nov 24, 2015
Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital rocket will fly again after achieving an intact powered vertical landing of the launch vehicle and parachute recovery of the unpiloted crew capsule to conclude a test flight.
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Carrier Demo UAV Meshes With Legacy Aircraft

Nov 23, 2015
The X-47B carrier-launched demonstrator UAV operated seamlessly with legacy aircraft during recent flight tests aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Nov 25, 2015
BOEING DEFENSE, SPACE & SECURITY has $261m U.S. AIR FORCE contract for lot 19 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) inertial guidance kits capable of receiving GPS guidance updates.

In Brief

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Navy Awards SAIC $121.5 Million Contract To Produce EMD ACV

Nov 25, 2015
COMBAT VEHICLES: The U.S. Navy has awarded SAIC of McLean, Virginia, a $121.5 million fixed-price incentive (firm target) contract to produce the Engineering, Manufacturing and Development (EMD) Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) Phase 1, Increment 1 (ACV 1.1), the Pentagon announced Nov. 24. The contract will procure 13 EMD ACV 1.1 and services associated with manufacturing, engineering, logistics and program support. There is also one option during the base period of performance to procure three additional EMD vehicles.
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Leisure and Business Fares: Week of November 16 vs. Previous Week and Year-ago week

Nov 25, 2015
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Operations

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Newport News Opens New Virginia-Class Crew Training Space

Nov 24, 2015
The Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding division has opened a new facility that provides work space for the crews of Virginia-class submarine pre-commissioning units while their submarines are under construction.
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India Tests Supersonic Advanced Air Defense Missile

Nov 23, 2015
India has test-fired an indigenously-developed supersonic interceptor missile as part of its efforts to develop a full-fledged, multi-layer ballistic missile defense system.
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U.S. Destroyer, Chinese Frigate Conduct Exercise

Nov 24, 2015
While U.S. and Chinese defense officials have been trading barbs over South China Sea patrols, ships from the two navies continue to drill with one another.
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Russia Ends Military Ties With Turkey After Fighter Shot Down

Nov 24, 2015
Moscow is ending military ties with Ankara after a Turkish fighter shot down a Russian aircraft when Turkey said its airspace was violated.

Contracts

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Aerojet Rocketdyne Restarts RS-25 Production For SLS

Nov 24, 2015
Aerojet Rocketdyne has been awarded a $1.16 billion NASA contract to restart production of the RS-25, the former space shuttle main engine, for the Space Launch System.

Funding & Policy

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Task Force Advises 0.55-lb. Threshold For UAS Registration

Nov 23, 2015
All small unmanned aircraft weighing more than 250 grams (0.55 lb.) will have to be registered by the owners before they fly in the national airspace system, if the FAA accepts the recommendations of its unmanned aircraft systems registration task force.