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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, October 1, 2014

VOL. 249 NO. 64 October 01, 2014

Operations

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U.S. Navy Still Seeks Help For Carrier Sub Funding

Oct 01, 2014
It remains a rather simple equation: if the U.S. wants its aircraft carriers and nuclear-missile-armed submarines, then the nation is going to have…

Programs

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New MH-47Gs Could Lead To Common Army Chinook Fleet

Oct 01, 2014
RIDLEY PARK, Pennsylvania — U.S. Army Special Operations Aviation Command is seeking greater commonality with the regular Army as it receives its…
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Sierra Nevada Turns To International Market For Dream Chaser

Oct 01, 2014
Sierra Nevada is taking advantage of the 65th International Astronautical Congress to push its Dream Chaser lifting-body spaceplane to offshore customers, now that NASA has rejected its bid to fly crews to the International Space Station.
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Thales Charged With Phased Array Radar Design

Oct 01, 2014
LONDON — Thales has been awarded a technology study contract by the French defense procurement agency (DGA) that could result in the development of…
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Honeywell Licenses Production Of Talin Navigation System In India

Oct 01, 2014
NEW DELHI — Honeywell Aerospace will allow Tata Power’s Strategic Engineering Division (SED) to produce the Tactical Advanced Land Inertial Navigator…
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JAXA Sets Nov. 30 For Hayabusa 2 Launch

Oct 01, 2014
HOUSTON — Japan’s Hayabusa 2 mission, a second effort by the Asian space power to gather samples from a near-Earth asteroid, is scheduled for a Nov…

Forecasts/Industry Data

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International Space Station Research and Occupancy Rates

Oct 01, 2014
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Business

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Boeing Moves AWACS, AEW Work Out Of Washington State

Oct 01, 2014
LOS ANGELES — As part of ongoing moves to streamline its defense and space business, Boeing is relocating the majority of its service and support…

In Brief

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Astronauts Install RapidScat Outside ISS Columbus Module

Oct 01, 2014
NASA’s RapidScat scatterometer, delivered to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s fourth Dragon resupply mission last week, was removed…

Funding & Policy

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IG Faults U.S. Army For Poor Spare Parts Planning

Oct 01, 2014
U.S. Army Life Cycle Management Command failed to provide the Defense Logistics Agency with reliable forecasts of spare parts needed to support…

Technology

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Aurora’s Orion UAV On Track For 120-Hr. Endurance Demo

Oct 01, 2014
With a design goal of staying aloft for five days, the U.S. Air Force’s Orion medium-altitude, ultra-long-endurance unmanned aircraft demonstrator…

SpeedNews Defense

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SpeedNews Defense

Oct 01, 2014
ESTERLINE CORPORATION agreed to acquire the aerospace/defense display business of BARCO, Belgium for €150m. MARSHALL AEROSPACE AND DEFENCE GROUP CANADA was selected by Cascade Aerospace as engineering subcontractor for Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) CC130 Avionics Optimized Weapons System Management (AVS OWSM) program.