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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, January 14, 2015

VOL. 251 NO. 7 January 14, 2015

Programs

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KAI Trying To Advance FA-50 Export Deliveries

Jan 13, 2015
Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) is trying to bring forward the first deliveries of FA-50 supersonic attack aircraft for the Philippines and Iraq while also pursuing new export contracts for the type.
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U.K. Receives First Production MBDA Brimstone Missiles

Jan 13, 2015
The U.K. defense ministry has taken delivery of its first 20 production examples of the MBDA Brimstone air-to-surface missile.
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Typhoons Need Midair Collision Avoidance System, Safety Officials Say

Jan 13, 2015
Military air safety officials have described as “unsustainable” a decision not to install an airborne collision avoidance system (ACAS) on the Royal Air Force’s (RAF) fleet of Eurofighter Typhoons.
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Lockheed Looking To Test Aegis-Linked Fire Control Network With F-35

Jan 13, 2015
Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Navy expect to begin tests this year or next to marry up the company’s Aegis-anchored Naval Integrated Fire Control-Counter Air (NIFC-CA) components with an F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
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Darpa Plans ‘Sleeper’ Near Zero Power Sensor Demo

Jan 13, 2015
Pre-placed sensors that can lie dormant for years, using virtually no power until they detect a signal of interest and wake up, are to be demonstrated under a new Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Jan 15, 2015
WHITNEY, BRADLEY & BROWN, INC. has $13.9m, five-year task order for support to the Special Programs Division within the U.S. Air Force Life Cycle…

In Brief

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SES, Luxembourg Co-Finance Multi-Mission Satellite

Jan 14, 2015
Luxembourg-based fleet operator SES and the Luxembourg government will each invest €50 million ($59 million) to create a joint venture that will build and launch a satellite using military Ka-band and X-band radio frequencies that will be used by the Luxembourg government and NATO allies. The project will take out loans from Luxembourg banks for €125 million, the sum of which will be used to order the satellite, which is to be launched in late 2017, according to a Jan. 13 SES announcement.

Forecasts/Industry Data

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Futron Satellite Manufacturing and Regulatory Reports

Jan 15, 2015
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Operations

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AFSBs Studied As Osprey Platforms

Jan 13, 2015
The program office for afloat-forward-staging-base (AFSB) ships has been studying the potential for flying V-22 Ospreys off the vessels.

Technology

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EW Suite Tested On India’s LCA

Jan 13, 2015
An indigenously developed advanced electronic warfare suite has been tested on board India’s Tejas light combat aircraft (LCA) for the first time.
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AFRL Plans Affordable, Reconfigurable ISR Pod Demo

Jan 13, 2015
The U.S. Air Force wants to apply advanced manufacturing to intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) to design and build systems that can be reconfigured quickly and produced affordably, even at low volume.