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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, March 16, 2015

VOL. 251 NO. 48 March 16, 2015

Operations

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U.K. Assessing Apache Upgrade Options

Mar 13, 2015
The U.K. defense ministry says it wants a vanilla fleet of upgraded AH-64E Apache attack helicopters to replace its existing fleet of WAH-64D Block I aircraft – but it is facing a difficult choice about who to approach for the upgrade.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Mar 14, 2015

Programs

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Crashed F-15D Experienced Asymmetric Vortex Shedding

Mar 14, 2015
U.S. Air Force crash investigators probing the loss of a two-seat F-15 in England last year have found the accident was prompted by imperfections in the nose cone of the aircraft. Post-crash analysis of the nose cone of the Lakenheath, U.K.-based F-15D that crashed onto farmers’ fields outside the town of Spalding, Lincolnshire, on Oct. 8 revealed a large gap between the radome and the nose cap, and that excessive amounts of sealant to close that gap had “extruded behind the nose-cap creating an uneven aerodynamic surface.”
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Y-20 Deliveries May Begin Soon, AVIC Says

Mar 13, 2015
Deliveries of the AVIC Y-20 Roc heavy airlifter may not be far away, says the manufacturer’s deputy chief designer, Tang Changhong.
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First Long March 5 Assembled At Tianjin

Mar 13, 2015
Chinese rocket builder CALT has assembled the airframe of the first Long March 5, a new type of space launcher that will loft the country’s heaviest loads into space.
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Atlas V Orbits Constellation Designed To Study Magnetic Reconnection

Mar 13, 2015
Controllers at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center are beginning a complex set of 44 deployments on four scientific spacecraft launched late March 12 to study what happens when clouds of space plasma collide with an explosive release of energy.
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Advanced Hawkeyes To Make First Carrier Wing Deployment

Mar 13, 2015
Five E-2D Advanced Hawkeyes assigned to Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 125 are set to make their first deployment as part of Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 1 aboard the aircraft carrier CVN 71 USS Theodore Roosevelt.
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Raytheon Plots Upgrades For Sentinel’s Future

Mar 14, 2015
LONDON – Raytheon U.K. is mulling additional capabilities for its Sentinel radar reconnaissance aircraft to keep it relevant until 2025 or beyond.
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Northrop Grumman Developing Wet Wing For Advanced Hawkeye

Mar 14, 2015
LONDON – Raytheon U.K. is mulling additional capabilities for its Sentinel radar reconnaissance aircraft to keep it relevant until 2025 or beyond.

Calendar of Events

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Upcoming Events

Mar 14, 2015
To list an event, send information in calendar format to Donna Thomas at [email protected]. (Bold type indicates new calendar listing.) Mar. 17-21 — The Langkawi International Maritime & Aerospace Exhibition, Langkawi, Malaysia. For more information go to www.lima.com.my/ Mar. 24-26 — Spacecraft Thermal Control Workshop, The Aerospace Corp., El Segundo, California, Malaysia. For more information go to www.wikicfp.com/cfp/servlet/event.showcfp?eventid=42201&copyownerid=72533