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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, June 30, 2016

VOL. 256 NO. 64 June 30, 2016
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Technology

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Darpa Tries Again For Mach 0-6 Engine Demo

Jun 29, 2016
Citing advances in modeling and manufacturing, Darpa is to try again to demonstrate a turbine-based combined-cycle (TBCC) engine that can operate from zero airspeed to beyond Mach 5, to power future air-breathing reusable hypersonic vehicles.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Jul 01, 2016
MBDA ITALIA has €1b ($1.1b) contract to supply Exocet MM40 Block 3 anti-ship missiles ...

In Brief

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U.S. Navy Amps up Fire Scout’s Radar Power

Jul 01, 2016
The MQ-8B Fire Scout has begun manned/unmanned teaming flight operations using a new ...

Operations

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Metal Fatigue Most Likely Cause of Norwegian EC225 Crash

Jun 29, 2016
Norwegian investigators believe metal fatigue is now the most likely cause of a fatal offshore helicopter crash in April.

Programs

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F-35s Touch Down in U.K.

Jun 29, 2016
A trio of Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighters has touched down on British soil, two years after a fleet-wide grounding prompted by an engine fire foiled plans for the aircraft’s international debut in the U.K.
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Marine Corps Rolls Out Second F-35B Squadron

Jun 29, 2016
The U.S. Marine Corps is set to get its second F-35B squadron this week as the service prepares the fifth-generation fighter jet for its first overseas deployment next year.
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ISS Commercial Crew Docking Preparations Concern NASA IG

Jun 28, 2016
The June 2015 launch failure of SpaceX’s seventh NASA-contracted resupply mission to the International Space Station has jeopardized agency ISS program plans to equip the six-person orbiting research laboratory with two docking adaptors for future U.S. commercial crew capsules prior to the first test flight now planned for May 2017, NASA's IG says.
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Curiosity Finds Ancient Mars Had Higher Oxygen Levels

Jun 29, 2016
Higher-than-anticipated concentrations of manganese oxides in rock veins studied by NASA’s Curiosity rover in the more than 3.5-billion-year-old Gale Crater on Mars point to an ancient Red Planet environment with higher concentrations of atmospheric oxygen.

Business

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Steady Growth, Savings in Spirit AeroSystems' Blueprints

Jun 27, 2016
Tom Gentile, the incoming CEO of leading commercial aerostructures and engine parts giant Spirit AeroSystems, is so unassuming that a stranger can literally bump into him alone in the halls of the company’s headquarters here and receive an unnecessary apology.
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Adamczyk To Be Honeywell CEO; Eyes Software

Jun 28, 2016
Honeywell International made its expected CEO transition plan official late June 28, announcing newly installed President and Chief Operating Officer Darius Adamczyk will succeed current chief executive Dave Cote on March 31, 2017.