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Aviation Week & Space Technology, August 17, 2015

Defense in the Arctic

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Economy Casts Shadow On Russia’s Military Plans

Aug 13, 2015
Weakening ruble could impede Russia’s air force bomber and fighter development programs.
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France, Russia Agree To End Deal For Mistral Carriers

Aug 13, 2015
Aircraft carrier arrangement becomes another casualty of Ukraine incursion.
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Russia Adds To Arctic Military Presence

Aug 13, 2015
Russia bolsters Arctic military units to reinforce claims on the region’s natural resources and shipping lanes
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Finland Looks Toward Hornet Replacement

Aug 13, 2015
Finland wants a multirole fighter and ground-based air defenses to replace its F/A-18 Hornet fleet.
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U.S. Lawmakers Try To Break Inaction In Arctic

Aug 13, 2015
Climate changes are making the northern reaches of greater economic and strategic interest, but the U.S. military has a long way to catch up to the Russians and other nations.

First Take

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First Take (Aug. 17 , 2015)

Aug 14, 2015
DEFENSE After years of delays, the U.S. Army and Navy have awarded Lockheed Martin a $66.3 million contract to develop a dual-mode millimeter-wave-radar/semi-active-laser guidance section for the Hellfire II air-to-surface missile under the Joint Air-to-Ground Missile program.

Business

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The $37-Billion Deal: Why Warren Buffett Snapped Up Precision Castparts

Aug 14, 2015
How an aerospace metals supplier drew the interest of one of the world’s savviest investors and led to a mega-deal.

Space

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Rosetta Probe Set To Study Comet 67P As It Closes In On Sun

Aug 12, 2015
At perihelion, the ESA mission will be able to glimpse the effect of that approach on the comet’s surface.
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Electric Sail Promises Faster Deep-Space Missions

Aug 12, 2015
NASA funds further study of a propulsion system that could dramatically reduce the time required to explore the outer reaches of the Solar System and beyond.
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NASA Selects Smallsats For Ride To Moon On SLS

Aug 12, 2015
NASA has chosen Lunar IceCube for inclusion of secondary smallsat payloads on the the multibillion-dollar SLS-Orion test flight, which could provide potential encouragement for researchers to push deeper into space using CubeSat technologies.
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Space Station Astronauts Eat Space-Grown Lettuce

Aug 14, 2015
ISS crewmembers have taken a first, small bite out of the problem of keeping astronauts fed on deep-space missions.

Unmanned Systems

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NASA Prepares For First Small-UAS Airspace Management Test

Aug 14, 2015
NASA demo will take first step towards deploying a system that can manage large-scale unmanned aircraft operations in low-altitude airspace.
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Emergency-Response UAS Plan Pushes Beyond FAA Rules

Aug 10, 2015
Autonomy, beyond-line-of-sight, multiple vehicles per pilot—Olaeris’s plans to deploy emergency-response UAS in cities across the U.S. goes well beyond what the FAA will allow, for now.

Technology

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The Week in Technology, Aug. 10-14, 2015

Aug 10, 2015
Electric-aircraft challenge winner; NASA’s extreme-access flyers; blast-containing baggage container; TsAGI quiet supersonic idea.

Propulsion

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GE-powered 787s Getting Relief From Icing Limitations

Aug 19, 2015
Software update, expected by late August, could mean full icing flight envelope clearance for the fleet, if the FAA approves.
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NASA, JAXA Eye Fuel-Cell Propulsion For Aircraft

Aug 10, 2015
U.S. and Japanese researchers pursue different paths to introducing fuel cells into commercial aircraft propulsion systems.

Russian Airlines

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Russian Airlines Eye Fleet Cuts, Financing Options As Economy Falters

Aug 11, 2015
Severely tested by adverse economics, airlines in Russia are adapting by going leaner.

Commercial Aviation

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Overhaul Of Ryanair’s Business Model Is Pending

Aug 14, 2015
Ryanair reconfirms interest in feeding long-haul flights.
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Regulators Block Qantas’s Asian Ambitions

Aug 11, 2015
The Australian carrier sees huge growth potential in Asian markets but is having trouble getting its expansion plans approved by governments.

Rotorcraft

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Oil Price Dive Weighs Heavily On Helicopter Operators

Aug 14, 2015
Offshore helicopter operators are suffering from the steep decline in world oil prices.

Defense

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Long Negotiations Bedevil Indian Defense Upgrades

Aug 14, 2015
With India’s original Rafale fighter deal scrapped after years of holdups, will its naval helicopter purchase see the same fate?
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MDA Renews Focus On Multiple Kill, Directed Energy

Aug 14, 2015
The cost of ballistic missile interceptors, and the chance of failure, is high, but lasers pose their own efficiency and cost challenges.

Workforce

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Workforce Concerns, Data Reveal A Deep Paradox For A&D

Aug 13, 2015
The A&D industry finds it can’t always get what it wants in the workforce; but it gets what it needs.

Up Front

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Opinion: Is The Party Of Cheap Capital About To End?

Aug 11, 2015
A higher cost of capital combined with sustained low fuel prices would make for a very interesting ride in the years ahead.

Going Concerns

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Opinion: What Could Go Wrong For Defense—And What Might Go Right

Aug 13, 2015
Volatile commodity prices and currency exchange rates threaten the defense spending outlook, but there are positive flip sides for governments and defense contractors alike.

Airline Intel

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Capacity Concerns Grow In Important Air Transport Markets

Aug 17, 2015
Airline growth plans may not be justified by demand, some analysts believe, and could result in a capacity glut.

Commander's Intent

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Opinion: How To Avoid Directed-Energy Pitfalls

Aug 13, 2015
Lasers, microwave weapons and railguns have flopped before. Here are some ways to stop that from happening again.

In Orbit

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A Tangled History: NASA, Nazis And Civil Rights

Aug 13, 2015
A pair of new histories reveals little-known details about the interaction of the U.S. space program and the civil rights movement in the South.

Washington Outlook

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MH17 Missile Confirmed; Market Meddling At Airports; Cabotage Allowed

Aug 14, 2015
Senator decries added airline fees; geometry helps figure out Ukrainian plane downing; FAA investigates Love Field; and a special exception in American Samoa

An Appreciation

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An Appreciation: Pierre Sparaco—1940-2015

Aug 14, 2015
Aviation Week and its readers mourn the loss of a unique voice.

Feedback

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Letters From Our Readers (Aug. 17, 2015)

Aug 14, 2015
General aviation community needs better airways; various takes on congressional inaction re: Ex-Im bank; reusability might not be key to reducing space transport costs

Who's Where

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New Positions, Promotions, Honors And Elections (Aug. 17, 2015)

Aug 14, 2015
Wesley D. Kremer (see photo) has been named president of Integrated Defense Systems at Raytheon Co., headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts. He succeeds Daniel J. Croladermanwley, who is resigning and will depart Dec. 31. Kremer was most recently vice president-Air and Missile Defense Systems for Raytheon Missile Systems. Prior to joining Raytheon in 2003, he had been a U.S. Air Force weapon systems officer for 11 years, flying F-111s and F-15Es.

Aerospace Calendar

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Conferences & Exhibitions (Aug. 17, 2015)

Aug 14, 2015
Future Events Oct. 13-15—MRO Europe. London. Nov. 3-5—MRO Asia-Pacific. Singapore. Nov. 3-5—AerospaceDefenseChain. Scottsdale, Arizona. Jan. 21-22, 2016—MRO Latin America. Lima, Peru. Feb. 3-4, 2016—MRO Middle East. Dubai. March 3, 2016—Laureates. Washington. April 4-5, 2016—Brazing Symposium. Dallas, Texas.
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Upcoming Events (Aug. 17, 2015)

Aug 14, 2015
Aug. 25-28—9th Asia-Pacific Congress of Aerospace Medicine. Beijing. See apfama.org/2014 Aug. 25—10th Chinese Conference of Aerospace Medicine. See apfama.org/2014