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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, December 17, 2014

VOL. 250 NO. 51 December 17, 2014

Programs

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Antares Upgrade Will Use Twin RD-181s In Direct Buy From Energomash

Dec 18, 2014
Orbital Sciences Corp. will buy directly from Russia’s NPO Energomash a new rocket engine with a long heritage, to replace the surplus Russian…
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Newest MDA Kill Vehicle Slated For December 2016 Flight

Dec 18, 2014
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) plans to conduct three ambitious “firsts” in the next five years for its Boeing-led Ground-Based Midcourse…
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Karem To Advance Tiltrotor Design For Darpa VTOL X-Plane

Dec 18, 2014
Karem Aircraft is to continue work on an unmanned version of its Optimum Speed Tilt Rotor (OSTR) concept under a Defense Advanced Research Projects…
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South Korean Finance Ministry OKs KF-X

Dec 18, 2014
The South Korean finance ministry has approved 8.8 trillion won ($8.1 billion) for full-scale development of the KF-X indigenous fighter, leaving…
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GAO Sees Risk Webb Telescope Will Not Meet 2018 Launch

Dec 18, 2014
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope remains on track for a launch in October 2018, but with diminished cost and schedule reserves and a range of…
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U.S. Navy Completes GhostSwimmer UUV Tests

Dec 18, 2014
The U.S. Navy completed tests earlier this month on the GhostSwimmer unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort…
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More Cooperation Needed For Asian Defense, CSIS Says

Dec 18, 2014
The U.S. and its allies need to develop even more integrated military forces to ensure security in Asia, according to the Center for Strategic and…

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Dec 18, 2014
U.S. AIR FORCE approved full-rate production for LOCKHEED MARTIN Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile – Extended Range (JASSM-ER); company has…

In Brief

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A&D To See Mixed Credit Rating Environment Next Year

Dec 18, 2014
Credit analysts at Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services forecast that credit quality for U.S. airlines will continue to improve in 2015 due to cheaper…

Forecasts/Industry Data

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The James Webb Space Telescope

Dec 18, 2014
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