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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, March 17, 2015

VOL. 251 NO. 49 March 17, 2015

Programs

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Virgin Galactic Sees Boom In LEO Smallsat Market

Mar 16, 2015
Virgin Galactic has started hot-fire testing its latest Newton hydrocarbon-fueled rocket engines for the planned LauncherOne space-launch vehicle,
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Turkey Launches RFI For Indigenous TF-X Program

Mar 16, 2015
Turkey has launched a Request for Information (RFI) process as it begins to move forward with the development of an indigenous fighter aircraft.
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Dawn Of The All-Electric Satellite

Mar 16, 2015
Built for Paris-based Eutelsat and Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) of Bermuda, the electric propulsion spacecraft need eight months to reach their final orbit, creating a lag between their March 1 launch and their ability to generate revenue.
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XCOR Expands Leadership In Push For Lynx First Flight

Mar 16, 2015
Former Beechcraft executive John Gibson II has been named chief executive officer and president of XCOR Aerospace in place of co-founder Jeff Greason, who is transitioning to chief technology officer.
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Software Patch Being Tested For F-35 Multiship Attack

Mar 16, 2015
Engineers here at Edwards AFB have begun flying a software patch on two test jets to explore the effectiveness of upgrades designed to improve the “fusion” of the threat picture among multi-aircraft F-35 formations.
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KAI Chooses Airbus H155 As Basis Of LCH-LAH

Mar 16, 2015
Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) has chosen the Airbus H155 as the basis for LCH-LAH civil and military helicopter, adding South Korean production of more than 200 units to a program that the European manufacturer is replacing.
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Iran Produces First Long-Range Missile

Mar 14, 2015
Based on the Russian Kh-55, the Soumar is believed to have a range of at least 2,000 km. “This missile represents a significant leap in the Middle East arms race,” says Col. Aviram Hasson of Israel’s Missile Defense Organization.
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India Planning To Launch 10 Satellites Per Year

Mar 16, 2015
NEW DELHI—India’s state-run space agency has proposed launching 10 satellites annually starting this year, setting an ambitious goal toward expanding the country’s space exploration program. The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is currently launching four or five satellites every year. Most of them are for domestic use. The “idea is to develop our space program” with the annual launching of at least 10 satellites, says S.K. Shivakumar, director of the ISRO Satellite Center in Bengaluru in south India.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Mar 16, 2015
DASSAULT AVIATION had €398m net income on €3.7b sales in 2014 vs. €487m on €4.6b in 2013; it delivered 11 Rafales vs. 11 in 2013, and plans to deliver eight in 2015. THYSSENKRUPP AEROSPACE, Germany, opened 3,300-sq.-meter raw materials service center in Bangalore, India. LMI AEROSPACE, St. Louis, had $29m net loss on $387.8m revenues in 2014 vs. $58.5m loss on $412.6m in 2013.

Funding & Policy

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Assured Access, Satellite Industry Hot Topics In Washington

Mar 16, 2015
The space industry features prominently in events on Capitol Hill this week. Tuesday afternoon the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) hosts a panel of witnesses from United Launch Alliance, SpaceX and the U.S. Air Force to discuss so-called assured access to space — i.e., maintaining uninterrupted U.S. national security launch capability — while downtown at the D.C. convention center the satellite industry converges for the Satellite 2015 symposium, which lasts through Thursday. Meanwhile, on Tuesday morning the HASC hosts a panel of U.S.
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New U.S. Maritime Strategy To Set Spending Priorities

Mar 16, 2015
The likely spending focus of the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps and U.S. Coast Guard in the coming years is revealed in “A Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower: Forward, Engaged, Ready,” released earlier this month.

Business

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MBDA Expects Growth In 2015 And Beyond

Mar 16, 2015
European missile manufacturer MBDA says it is hoping to return to growth in the medium term after sales fell to €2.4 billion ($2.54 billion) in 2014.

Contracts

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Selected U.S. military contracts for the week of March 9-13, 2015

Mar 16, 2015
Selected U.S. military contracts for March 9, 2015. U.S. NAVY ERAPSCO, Columbia City, Indiana, is being awarded a $20,427,800 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N00421-14-D-0025) to exercise an option for the procurement of up to 5,000 AN/SSQ-125 sonobuoys. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.