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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, April 9, 2015

VOL. 252 NO. 7 April 03, 2015

Programs

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NASA Taking Its Time On Next Mars Architecture

Apr 08, 2015
Human-exploration planners at NASA are in the midst of a detailed new look at what it will take to get humans to Mars, using an “evolvable-Mars” approach that defers some key decisions to avoid getting locked into technology that could become obsolete before it is needed.
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Belgium Wants New Fighter To Be Nuclear-Capable

Apr 08, 2015
The documents, revealed by the VRT television station at the end of March, examine Belgium’s defensive needs out to 2030 and discuss significant defense cuts in a bid to save €1.7 billion ($1.8 billion) on defense by 2019.
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U.S. Marines Prep for F-35B Ops Trials on USS Wasp

Apr 08, 2015
The U.S. Marine Corps is preparing for its first and only operational testing period for the F-35B in advance of declaring initial operational capability for the stealthy, single-engine fighter as early as July.
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MDA Looks To Improve Deployable Missile Sensors

Apr 08, 2015
During recent BMD testing in the Pacific involving ships equipped with the Aegis combat system—which is being honed to better conduct BMD missions—an electro-optical infrared (EO/IR) sensor already in the current inventory was mounted on a General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper UAV and trained on the upper atmosphere, Matlock said during a recent Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) event.
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Sikorsky/Boeing Lay Out Defiant Plans For JMR Demo

Apr 08, 2015
Components for the SB-1 Defiant high-speed rotorcraft demonstrator will begin arriving at Sikorsky and Boeing.
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U.S. Navy Wants Internal AARGM For F-35

Apr 08, 2015
The longer-range AARGM-Extended Range version of the AGM-88E Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile has to fit internally in the F-35A/C versions of the Joint Strike Fighter, according to a U.S. Navy request for information.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Apr 09, 2015
ELBIT SYSTEMS OF AMERICA has SAIC contract for color helmet display and tracking system for evaluation on U.S. Navy’s MH-60S. MEXICAN NAVY ordered (as launch customer) two winglet-equipped C295Ws. SAAB booked follow-on order from HAL, India, for serial production of integrated EW self-protection system for India’s Dhruv helicopter.

Funding & Policy

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NASA Growing Impatient With Exploration Second Guessing

Apr 09, 2015
​William Gerstenmaier, associate NASA administrator for human exploration and operations, is getting a little touchy about quick-fix approaches for going to Mars. “Probably every other day I read another concept with pictures of stick rockets launching to orbit and how they’re going to go to Mars in X amount of time,” he tells the NASA Advisory Council. “We’re kind of stepping back and saying, ‘Let’s get all the big-picture assumptions nailed before we start homing in on a solution,’” he says.

Industry Data

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GAO Assessment of Selected NASA Projects

Apr 09, 2015
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