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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, August 22, 2014

VOL. 249 NO. 37 August 22, 2014

Programs

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ESA Investigating Power Anomalies On Galileo Testbed Spacecraft

Aug 22, 2014
European Space Agency (ESA) officials say they are still investigating the cause of a drop in power that occurred in May on one of the four in-orbit…
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X-47B, Hornet Met Rapid Launch, Recovery Goals On Deck

Aug 22, 2014
The X-47B test team has achieved its time interval goals for conducting catapult takeoffs and arrested landings in rapid succession with an F/A-18 to…
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Japanese Defense Ministry Seeks Engine Program

Aug 22, 2014
BEIJING — The Japanese defense ministry will request funding for a new fighter-engine technology demonstrator in the budget for the year beginning on…
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U.S. Navy Awards Canes Deals Worth $2.5 Billion

Aug 22, 2014
The U.S. Navy’s Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command has selected five vendors to build and deliver the service’s next-generation tactical afloat…

Forecasts/Industry Data

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McAleese & Associates: Pentagon Sequestration Effects In 2016

Aug 22, 2014
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Business

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Some U.S. Defense-Services Providers Suffering

Aug 22, 2014
U.S. military-services providers—once eye-catching beneficiaries of the Pentagon’s post-9/11 spending binge—have become the latest victims of…

In Brief

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China Tests Another Anti-Satellite Weapon

Aug 22, 2014
OFFENSE & DEFENSE: With China and Russia both pursuing anti-satellite (ASAT) weapons, the U.S. continues its pitch for freeing low Earth orbit of…

Technology

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AFRL Seeks High-Energy Lasers For Stealthy Fighters

Aug 22, 2014
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is planning to develop high-energy laser technology that replaces the beam-control turret with a…
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Report Sees Metal Additive Manufacturing Growing Rapidly

Aug 22, 2014
Additive manufacturing may have started with polymers, but production of metallic components is now the fastest-growing sector of the 3-D printing…