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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, February 5, 2016

Programs

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U.S. Navy, Marine Corps Seek More Aircraft, Parts

Feb 04, 2016
The lack of aircraft and spare parts is curtailing the number of fighters and other airplanes available for proper training, cutting into surge readiness and creating other operational concerns, some of the top officers for U.S. Navy and Marine Corps air operations say.
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Polish Helicopter Tender Reports ‘Misleading,’ Airbus Says

Feb 04, 2016
Airbus Helicopters has downplayed reports in the Polish media that the country’s defense ministry has decided to halt a tender to buy 50 H225M Caracal utility helicopters.
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U.K. Will Buy Two Zephyr 8 UAVs

Feb 04, 2016
Defense Minister Michael Fallon has confirmed that the U.K. will order two Airbus Defense and Space Zephyr 8 solar-powered, high-altitude, long-endurance UAVs.
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India Gears Up For Second Canister-Based Trial Of Agni-V

Feb 04, 2016
India is preparing to conduct the second canister-based trial of the nuclear-capable Agni-V missile by the end of this month, a government official says.
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NASA’s Jupiter-Bound Juno Refines Heading

Feb 04, 2016
NASA’s Jupiter-bound Juno spacecraft carried out a successful 35-min. trajectory adjustment maneuver on Feb. 3, the first of two needed to keep the probe on course for a July 4 arrival at the Solar System’s largest planet.
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Navy Awards General Dynamics Sub Follow-On Contract

Feb 03, 2016
The U.S. Navy recently awarded a follow-on, omnibus contract to General Dynamics Mission Systems that continues a broad scope of work for fire control systems and subsystems aboard the U.S. Navy’s and U.K. Royal Navy’s nuclear ballistic-missile submarines (SSBN),
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Carrier Lincoln Catapult Passes Overhaul Test

Feb 03, 2016
Sailors aboard aircraft carrier CVN 72 USS Abraham Lincoln completed no-load testing on catapult one in January.
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Seahawk Helicopters Face Testing Challenges

Feb 02, 2016
Both the MH-60R and MH-60S Seahawk helicopter models face testing challenges for certain specific missions, according to a recently released report by the Director, Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E) office.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Feb 06, 2016
AAI has $97m U.S. ARMY contract for Shadow UAV tactical data link ...

In Brief

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Space Startups Repeatedly Get ‘Waxed’ By Terrestrial Competitors

Feb 06, 2016
Private sector space startups looking for big institutional investors can take a lesson from ...

Business

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iRobot Defense Business Unit Sold To Private Equity

Feb 04, 2016
Arlington Capital Partners, a Washington-based private equity firm focusing in part on aerospace and defense, will buy the defense and security business of iRobot “for up to $45 million,” the companies said Feb. 4.

Operations

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Russian Cosmonauts Conduct Experiments Outside ISS

Feb 03, 2016
Cosmonauts Yuri Malenchenko and Sergey Volkov retrieved, deployed and conducted experiments outside the Russian segment of the International Space Station during a Feb. 3 spacewalk.

Forecast Friday

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Trainer/Light Fighter Deliveries 2016-2025

Feb 06, 2016
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