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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, August 7, 2014

VOL. 249 NO. 27 August 07, 2014

Programs

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Sierra Nevada On Track For Restart Of Lifting Body Flight Tests

Aug 07, 2014
SAN DIEGO — Sierra Nevada Space Systems is readying the refurbished engineering test article (ETA) version of its Dream Chaser lifting body vehicle…
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Europe’s Rosetta Mission First To Rendezvous With Comet

Aug 07, 2014
After 10 years spent traveling more than 6 billion km through space, Europe’s Rosetta mission has arrived at its destination — 67P/Churyumov…
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U.S. Navy Ship Completes Test For Orion Spacecraft Recovery

Aug 07, 2014
Amphibious transport dock LPD 23 USS Anchorage completed its second Underway Recovery Test (URT-2) this week for NASA’s Orion Program. Initial trials…
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First NATO AGS Global Hawk Being Assembled

Aug 07, 2014
LONDON — The fuselage for the first Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) destined for NATO’s Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) operations has…

Forecasts/Industry Data

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U.S. Navy Shipbuilding Plans

Aug 07, 2014
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In Brief

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USAF Awards Northrop BACN Support Contract Mod

Aug 07, 2014
MAKING BACN: Northrop Grumman will continue supporting the U.S. Air Force’s Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) comms gateway on the…

Funding & Policy

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Pentagon Seeks Business Case For U.S. Army’s Training Helo Plan

Aug 07, 2014
The U.S. Army’s aviation restructuring initiative, which would make the UH-72 Lakota helicopter its future training aircraft, is beginning to face…
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South Texas Sees Widespread Benefit From SpaceX Launch Site Victory

Aug 07, 2014
HOUSTON—Each state that competed for a favorable outcome in SpaceX’s launch-site decision has in some way advanced its ability to foster new business…