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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, January 12, 2015

VOL. 251 NO. 5 January 12, 2015

Programs

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Virgin Galactic Will Take Over Tests For New SpaceShipTwo

Jan 09, 2015
Virgin Galactic is 90% through the structural build of its second SpaceShipTwo suborbital vehicle and plans to assume control of the test program from its development partner Scaled Composites when flights resume later this year.
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Lockheed Clings To Hope For Meads Sales

Jan 09, 2015
Lockheed Martin is still holding out hope that it can claw its way back into a Polish air defense system competition after Warsaw rejected the Medium Extended Air Defense System (Meads) from a competition last year.
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Zumwalt Program Manager Looks For Patience To Pay Off

Jan 09, 2015
Capt. James Downey, program manager for the DDG 1000 Zumwalt, sees no reason to rush development of the vessel.
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NASA’s Mars Opportunity Rover Reaches Long Mission’s Summit

Jan 09, 2015
The camera-toting rover crested at Cape Tribulation Jan. 6, just ahead of the 11th anniversary of the robotic spacecraft’s Jan. 25, 2004, landing for a primary surface mission that was to last just three months.
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India To Become Only OEM For Supporting Su-30MKI Fleet

Jan 09, 2015
India is aiming to get overhaul orders from countries operating Sukhoi Su-30MKI fighters as state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL) delivered the first reconditioned aircraft to the Indian air force (IAF).

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Jan 09, 2015
RANGE GENERATION NEXT (RGNext), a joint venture of RAYTHEON and GENERAL DYNAMICS, has $1.5b, one-year contract to manage USAF space launch ranges at Cape Canaveral, FL, and Vandenberg AFB, CA. Work has multi-billion potential with options. BOEING delivered initial two F-22 simulators with its Constant Resolution Visual System (CRVS) to USAF; a third will be delivered by end of 2015 and it plans to upgrade two others with CRVS, which provides high-res imagery for pilots to train with nearly 20/20 acuity.

Technology

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India To Test Fly Reusable Launch Vehicle In March

Jan 06, 2015
India plans to carry out a test flight of its reusable rocket launcher in March, in what could be a first step toward affordable access to space technology.

Funding & Policy

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U.S., China Should Expand Military Cooperation, CSIS Says

Jan 07, 2015
The U.S. and China should expand their military cooperation programs to reduce tension and prevent unwanted clashes on the sea and in the air, the Center for Strategic and International Studies says.

Calendar of Events

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Upcoming Events

Jan 09, 2015
To list an event, send information in calendar format to Donna Thomas at [email protected]. (Bold type indicates new calendar listing.) Jan. 20-22 — Sixth AHS International Specialists’ Meeting On Unmanned Rotorcraft Systems: Platform Design, Autonomy, Operator Workload Reduction and Network Centric Operations, Chandler, Arizona. For more information go to www.vtol.org/events/unmanned-rotorcraft-systems