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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, May 2, 2016

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Programs

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JWST Testing With Integrated Instruments To Begin

Apr 29, 2016
Workers are preparing more than $2 billion worth of James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) elements for a rigorous integrated-testing schedule that will continue until shortly before launch in the fall of 2018.
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Lockheed, Sikorsky See Unmanned, Autonomy Synergies

Apr 29, 2016
Before Lockheed Martin acquired Sikorsky in November 2015, the companies were shaping up to be rivals in the market to bring autonomous capabilities to rotorcraft. Now they are seeing synergies between the previously separate development efforts.
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Textron Demonstrates VTOL Capability For Aerosonde UAV

Apr 29, 2016
Textron Systems has demonstrated a version of its Aerosonde fixed-wing small unmanned aircraft adapted to take off and land vertically and provide runway-independent operating flexibility.
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World View Offers Long-term Stationkeeping With High-altitude Balloons

Apr 28, 2016
World View says its “Stratolite” concept can keep communications, Earth observation, weather and other payloads over a single spot for as long as six months.
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Airbus Delivers H145Ms To Royal Thai Navy

Apr 29, 2016
Airbus Helicopters has handed over the first of five H145M twin-engine utility helicopters to the Royal Thai Navy.
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Rocky Planet Materials Observed In Oort Cloud Comet

Apr 29, 2016
U.S. and European astronomers believe they have detected a hint of silicate-rich material dating back to the formation of the inner Solar System’s rocky planets emerging from a comet believed to have its origins in the Oort Cloud.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

May 02, 2016
RAYTHEON has $90m U.S. Air Force contract for AN/DAS-4 Targeting System. UNIVERSAL AVIONICS SYSTEMS CORP. was selected by U.S. Army to provide avionics for Airborne Reconnaissance Low-Enhanced (ARL-E) program. AEROJET ROCKETDYNE has $67m NASA Advanced Electric Propulsion System (AEPS) contract to develop, qualify and deliver five 12.5-kw Hall thruster subsystems, including thrusters, Power Processing Units, xenon flow controllers.

Funding & Policy

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FAA Wants Industry Input On Small-UAS Detect-And-Avoid

Apr 29, 2016
FAA is asking operators of small UAS for feedback on technologies and methods used to avoid collisions with other aircraft.
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CSBA Sees Strategic Benefits To Distributive Lethality

Apr 29, 2016
The U.S. Navy’s philosophy of distributive lethality will likely have more of an impact on naval strategy than operational concepts, according to the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments.
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House Lawmakers Would Allow 18 RD-180s Teaser

May 02, 2016
House lawmakers are supporting two of the U.S. Air Force’s space-launch wishes – to seed a launch vehicle program and to double the number of Russian rocket engines the service can use. The House Armed Services Committee voted to add $100 million to develop a launch vehicle, upper-stage, strap-on motor or related infrastructure in its draft of a bill to authorize defense spending in fiscal 2017. The bill also includes a provision that will allow the Pentagon to use up to 18 Russian-made RD-180 rocket engines; current law caps the number of engines at nine.

Industry Data

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U.S. Air Force and Navy: Air-to-Ground Munitions (Short and Medium-Range): FY15-FY17($K)

May 02, 2016
View the U.S. Air Force and Navy: Air-to-Ground Munitions (Short and Medium-Range): FY15-FY17($K) in PDF format.

Calendar of Events

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Upcoming Events

May 02, 2016
To list an event, send information in calendar format to Donna Thomas at [email protected]. For a complete list of Aviation Week Network’s upcoming events, and to register, visit www.aviationweek.com/events (Bold type indicates new calendar listing.) May 2-5—AUVSI Unmanned Systems, XPONENTIAL 2016, New Orleans, Louisiana. For more information go to www.auvsi.org/events/eventdescription?CalendarEventKey=4fd8674d-ef5e-4b43-aaa9-09f82f122767