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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, April 10, 2015

VOL. 252 NO. 8 April 10, 2015

Funding & Policy

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Pentagon To Reassert Role Over Industry Research

Apr 09, 2015
U.S. defense contractors will have to notify and seek the endorsement of a Defense Department official regarding some of their self-funded research efforts under the latest implementation of the Pentagon’s Better Buying Power initiative.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Apr 11, 2015
IACIT opened a maintenance facility in Brazil to maintain ELTA airborne radars in support of Brazilian army/navy. CASCADE AEROSPACE delivered the…

Programs

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Raytheon, Kongsberg Team For NSM

Apr 09, 2015
Raytheon and Kongsberg have formed a teaming agreement for the Naval Strike Missile (NSM), the companies say.
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USMC, Navy Prepare For JSF C5I Needs

Apr 09, 2015
While the U.S. Marine Corps and Navy have been prepping their amphibious ships to accommodate the F-35B Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), the services also are preparing to meet the C5I challenges—and potential—associated with the aircraft.
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India Kicks Off Month Of Missile Testing

Apr 09, 2015
India recently test-launched its nuclear-capable Dhanush missile, and plans two additional missile tests this month.
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Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission Pushes GPS Navigation Envelope

Apr 09, 2015
The Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission (MMS) has received GPS signals at an altitude of 70,000 km, well above the GPS constellation’s 20,200-km operational altitude, and has generated navigation solutions there based on the GPS signals.
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ESA Hopes Rosetta Comet Chaser Operations to Resume Soon

Apr 08, 2015
Led by the European Space Agency (ESA), Rosetta has been flying a series of trajectories around Comet 67P since February, allowing the spacecraft to collect scientific data at various distances from the comet.
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Simulations Support Giant-Impactor Theory For The Moon’s Formation

Apr 09, 2015
Convention suggests the Moon formed in the late planet-forming stages of the 4.6-billion-year-old Solar System, when a Mars-sized impactor struck the Earth—the final “giant impact” in an accretion process involving primarily small protoplanets.

Program Dossier

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Program Dossier: EA-18G Growler

Apr 11, 2015
/site-files/aviationweek.com/files/uploads/2015/04/asd_04_10_2015_dossier1.pdf Definition: The EA-18G Growler is a U.S. twin-engine electronic attack…
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EA-18G Growler Specs

Apr 11, 2015
​/site-files/aviationweek.com/files/uploads/2015/04/asd_04_10_2015_growlerspec1.pdf EA-18G Growler Specs (See pp. 6-9 for full EA-18G Program Dossier…