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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, December 9, 2014

VOL. 250 NO. 45 December 09, 2014

Programs

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Deep Space Cosmic Rays Draw Concern From Human Spaceflight Experts

Dec 09, 2014
HOUSTON—Just as the U.S. begins to assemble and flight test spacecraft components for a new era of human deep-space exploration — kicked off by Orion…
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France, U.K. Sign Joint A400M Maintenance Contract

Dec 09, 2014
PARIS—France and Britain have signed an initial contract for joint maintenance and in-service support of the Airbus A400M military transport aircraft…
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New Horizons Wakes Up For Its Pluto Flyby

Dec 09, 2014
Controllers at the Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory are checking out NASA’s nuclear-powered New Horizons probe after a…
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Ariane 5 Orbits Communications Satellites For U.S., India

Dec 09, 2014
PARIS—European launch consortium Arianespace launched two telecommunications satellites atop an Ariane 5 ECA heavy-lift rocket Dec. 6, delivering the…
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Sikorsky Finally Bags Multirole Helo Contract From Indian Navy

Dec 09, 2014
NEW DELHI—Sikorsky has been selected to supply 16 S-70B Seahawk helicopters for the Indian navy’s long-running Multi-Role Helicopter (MRH)…

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Dec 09, 2014
The U.S. NAVY took delivery of its first operational MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter from NORTHROP GRUMMAN; it is currently under contract to…

In Brief

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Hearings Scheduled On Russian Arms Trade, ISIL, NASA

Dec 09, 2014
The House Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee will grill Obama administration witnesses on “Russian Arms Control Cheating and the…

Funding & Policy

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Stable Forward-Deployed Presence Desired In Asia-Pacific, Admiral Says

Dec 09, 2014
While the U.S. now has the right mix of forward-deployed forces in the Asia-Pacific region to do the job at acceptable levels of risk, the “current force structure and presence are not optimal to counter the threats we face,” says Adm. Harry Harris, the U.S. Pacific Fleet commander.
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Lawmakers Eye Changes For U.S. Naval Forces

Dec 09, 2014
As the U.S. rebalances back to the Asia-Pacific region, the country needs to rethink the way it does its naval business, according to some of the…

Operations

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Canadians, French, U.S. Hunt For Submarine Off Scotland

Dec 09, 2014
The U.K. called in assistance to help hunt for a foreign submarine off the west coast of Scotland starting in late November.

Contracts

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Contracts: Selected U.S. military contracts for the week of Dec. 1-5, 2014.

Dec 09, 2014
Selected U.S. military contracts for the week of Dec. 1-5, 2014. Selected U.S. military contracts for Dec. 1, 2014 U.S. NAVY Lockheed Martin, Mission…