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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, March 31, 2015

VOL. 251 NO. 59 March 31, 2015

Funding & Policy

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Bolden Says New Roscosmos Chief May Want To Cooperate With China

Mar 30, 2015
In a question-and-answer session after a speech to the Aero Club of Washington, the NASA Administrator stressed that NASA is “the only federal agency with a congressional prohibition against bilateral activities with China,” and said he and the new head of Roscosmos have not discussed future cooperation with the only other nation that has launched humans into space.
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Congress Warned Of Sequestration Effect On Next-Generation Weapons

Mar 30, 2015
Pentagon science and technology (S&T) leaders are working to convince Congress that a return of sequestration budget caps would put at risk research into the next generation of weapons designed to give the U.S. an edge over future adversaries.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Mar 31, 2015
ISRAEL AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES had $27m net income on record $3.83b sales in 2014 vs. $75m on $3.64b in 2013; profits were hurt by non-cash deferred tax…

In Brief

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Iran’s Nuclear Program A Hot Topic

Mar 31, 2015
Discussion of Iran’s nuclear ambitions abound in the nation’s capital this week, with events at the American Enterprise Institute and the Brookings…

Programs

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U.S. Air Force Faces Capability Decision On Urgent F-16 AESA Upgrade

Mar 30, 2015
The U.S. Air Force is balancing between losing capability and meeting an urgent request to equip Air National Guard Lockheed Martin F-16s assigned to homeland defense with active electronically scanned array radars to detect small radar cross-section targets, such as cruise missiles.
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South Korea Chooses KAI To Develop KF-X

Mar 30, 2015
South Korea has chosen Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) as the preferred bidder for developing the proposed KF-X indigenous fighter, rejecting a late offer from Korean Air Lines with backing from Airbus.
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Alenia Aermacchi In Talks With New T-X Partner

Mar 30, 2015
Alenia Aermacchi says it is in talks with another U.S. prime contractor after General Dynamics pulled the plug on the partnership to offer the M-346 for the U.S. Air Force’s T-X advanced jet trainer program.
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Netherlands Looking At Alternative Training Options For F-35 Crews

Mar 30, 2015
As the Netherlands prepares to take delivery of its first F-35s in 2019, the country’s air arm is studying how it will train its fifth-generation fighter pilots.
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Soyuz Delivers Galileo Satellites To Expected Orbit

Mar 30, 2015
European launch consortium Arianespace successfully orbited a second pair of operational Galileo navigation and timing satellites for the European Commission on March 27.
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India Successfully Launches Fourth Navigation Satellite

Mar 30, 2015
India moved closer toward establishing its regional navigation system with the successful liftoff of its fourth navigation satellite on March 28.

Operations

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Oil And Gas Firms Commit Funding For Offshore Search And Rescue Helo

Mar 30, 2015
A consortium of oil and gas companies have committed £60 million ($88 million) to providing a search and rescue helicopter capability for the oil and gas platforms in the North Sea.

Contracts

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Selected U.S. Military Contracts for theWeek of March 23-27, 2015

Mar 31, 2015
Selected U.S. military contracts for March 23, 2015 U.S. NAVY Raytheon Missile Systems, Tucson, Arizona, is being awarded a $109,583,490 cost-only…