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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, April 14, 2016

VOL. 256 NO. 10 April 14, 2016
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Programs

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Lockheed Evaluates Orion Test Articles For Mars Mission

Apr 13, 2016
Evaluations to demonstrate spacecraft's capability to complete 1,000-day mission as NASA's deep space strategy is questioned.
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India To Launch Earth Observatory Next Month

Apr 13, 2016
India will launch its new Earth observation satellite, Cartosat-2C, in May, in an effort to boost the country’s military reconnaissance and surveillance capability.
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LCS Fort Worth Will Return To San Diego For Gear Repairs

Apr 13, 2016
The Littoral Combat Ship LCS 3 USS Fort Worth will make preparations to get underway from Singapore under its own power and transit to San Diego this summer for an extensive repair period after the ship’s combining gears were significantly damaged in January.
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CNES Awards MicroCarb Instrument To Airbus Defense & Space

Apr 13, 2016
Planned to launch in 2020, MicroCarb is expected to be the first European mission dedicated solely to measuring CO2 levels

Funding & Policy

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USAF Space Official Calls For Rapid Space Prototyping

Apr 13, 2016
The U.S. Air Force still needs to change its approach to setting requirements and providing funding for its space battle management and command and control (BMC2) efforts, according to the general who has tactical control of the Defense Department’s space operations.
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U.S. Government Sees Need For Satellite-Servicing Standards

Apr 13, 2016
Space-policy panelists at the annual Space Symposium here used the nascent satellite-servicing industry as an example of the problems that arise when technology outstrips government oversight and regulation.
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Pentagon May Be Able To Block Unwanted Industry Mergers

Apr 13, 2016
The Pentagon may have all the power it needs to stop major consolidation of its prime contractors it does not like, after all.

Business

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Blue Origin’s Bezos: ‘More The Merrier’ In Space Access

Apr 12, 2016
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos sees the cost of orbiting payloads as the missing link blocking an Internet-like boom in commercial space.
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Exos Taps Armadillo Experience For Reusable Suborbital Launcher

Apr 12, 2016
A Texas-based company has signed a five-year agreement with Spaceport America in New Mexico to begin commercial flights of its reusable suborbital launch vehicle later this year.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Apr 15, 2016
PRATT & WHITNEY has $1b U.S. Navy contract modification for ninth lot of 66 F135 engines for...

In Brief

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SSC Launches New Ground Operations Service For Smallsats/Cubesats

Apr 15, 2016
At the 32nd Space Symposium in Colorado Springs April 13, SSC unveiled “SSC Infinity.

Forecasts/Industry Data

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Space Launch, Defense and Recon and Counter-Space Spending

Apr 15, 2016
View the Space Launch, Defense and Recon and Counter-Space Spending chart in PDF format.

DMIN

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Defense Market Intelligence Notes

Apr 15, 2016
U.S. services’ plans to fly the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter for longer than originally intended have pushed up ...