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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, March 18, 2015

VOL. 251 NO. 50 March 18, 2015

Programs

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SpaceX Sees U.S. Air Force Certification Of Falcon 9 By Midsummer

Mar 17, 2015
Company president Gwynne Shotwell says she expects the U.S. Air Force to certify the Falcon 9 by midyear, “if not sooner,” to fly midsized national security payloads.
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Japan, Australia Could Add To Osprey Order Book

Mar 17, 2015
Bell Helicopter sees a chance that Japan will buy more MV-22 Ospreys than the 17 budgeted for the coming financial year.
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KC-46 PEO Skeptical Of Meeting April First Flight Goal

Mar 17, 2015
The top U.S. Air Force officer overseeing the service’s KC-46A refueling aircraft contract is casting doubt on whether prime contractor Boeing will achieve its new first flight date for the first tanker in April.
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NASA Envisions 2015 Europa Mission Strides

Mar 17, 2015
In May NASA plans to announce its first round of instrument selections for a robotic mission to Jupiter’s moon Europa.
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Sierra Nevada Unveils Unmanned Cargo Variant Of Dream Chaser

Mar 17, 2015
Sierra Nevada Corp. will use folding wings and a pressurized/unpressurized “cargo trailer” with the Dream Chaser Cargo System it has entered in NASA’s second-round competition for unmanned vehicles to deliver cargo to the International Space Station (ISS).
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Arianespace’s Vega To Launch Four Skybox Imaging Sats In 2016

Mar 17, 2015
Europe’s Vega light launcher has scored its first U.S. customer with a contract to launch a tranche of small, high-resolution remote-sensing satellites under Google’s Skybox Imaging initiative.
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Aging U.S. Mars And Moon Missions May Soldier On

Mar 17, 2015
NASA has not completely given up on extending the long-running missions of the Opportunity Mars rover and the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter for another year.

In Brief

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Two Indonesian KT-1s Crash In Display Practice

Mar 16, 2015
Two Korea Aerospace Industries KT-1 trainer aircraft of the Indonesian air force crashed after colliding during practice for the Malaysian air show on March 15.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Mar 19, 2015
GENERAL ATOMICS has $132m U.S. Army contract for 19 Gray Eagle UAVs, 19 Satcom Air Data Terminals, spares & support equipment, due May 31, 2017. Meanwhile, Predator/Gray Eagle fleet reached 1m cumulative flight hours – 90% in combat – on Feb. 20 after flying 78,606 sorties; first flight occurred in Palmdale, CA, on Feb. 2, 2001.

Operations

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NATO Nations Decline Request For ISR Help On Eastern Europe Border

Mar 16, 2015
An appeal to NATO nations to supply intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) along NATO’s eastern flank has so far fallen on deaf ears, according to the deputy commander of the alliance’s Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) fleet.
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U.S., ROK Navies Work On Joint Operations

Mar 16, 2015
U.S. Navy and Republic of Korea (ROK) navy ships concluded the maritime portion earlier this month of Foal Eagle, which is meant to help their naval forces work better together.

Funding & Policy

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Work Calls For More Wargaming, Tech Demos

Mar 17, 2015
Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work is pushing initiatives to conduct more wargames and demonstrations to better use military technology fielded today, and make more informed decisions on what technology to pursue in the future.
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Europe Proposes Three Levels Of Civil UAS Regulation

Mar 19, 2015
Europe’s aviation regulator has proposed a framework for unmanned aircraft with three categories of operation based on risk, the lowest of which…

Business

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LeoSat Teams With Thales Alenia Space for Internet Satellite Cost Study

Mar 17, 2015
Satellite Internet startup LeoSat has contracted with manufacturer Thales Alenia Space of France and Italy to conduct a one-year cost study of the company’s planned low Earth orbiting (LEO) constellation of high-throughput broadband satellites.