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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, April 17, 2015

VOL. 252 NO. 13 April 17, 2015

Programs

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SpaceX Checks Throttle Valve After Flawed Falcon 9 Recovery Attempt

Apr 16, 2015
SpaceX is thought to be focusing on static friction in an engine throttle valve as the prime suspect for the loss of the Falcon 9 first stage during the third attempt at recovering the booster.
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Indonesia Could Assemble Eurofighters

Apr 16, 2015
The Eurofighter consortium says a final assembly line for the Typhoon could be set up in Indonesia if the combat aircraft is selected to replace that country’s aging fleet of F-5 Tigers.
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Elbit Subsidiary Shows New Gripen Cockpit

Apr 16, 2015
AEL Sistemas, the Brazil-based subsidiary of Israel’s Elbit, is showing prototypes of the cockpit hardware planned for Brazil’s Saab Gripen fighter at the LAAD defense and security show in Rio De Janeiro.
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Questions Remain In Antares Explosion Investigation

Apr 16, 2015
Although investigators appear to be in broad agreement that wear in the bearings of the main engine turbopump is the “most probable” cause of the explosion that destroyed an Orbital ATK Antares launch vehicle on a crew resupply mission to the International Space Station last October, questions remain over what caused the wear in the first place.
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Gripens For Argentina Seen As Unlikely

Apr 17, 2015
Brazilian Defense Minister Jacques Wagner did not rule out a possible sale of JAS 39E Gripen NG fighters to Argentina at the LAAD defense show here, but industry sources still confirm that such a deal is hypothetical at best.
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ULA CEO Outlines BE-4 Engine Reuse Economic Case

Apr 15, 2015
United Launch Alliance CEO Tory Bruno says his choice of planning to reuse only the BE-4 engines – not the entire first stage – of the company’s new Vulcan rocket was driven purely by the economics.
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Switzerland To Shrink F-5 Tiger Fleet Due To Cracks

Apr 16, 2015
Fatigue cracks discovered in the airframes of several Swiss air force Northrop F-5 Tigers have forced the Swiss defense ministry to retire 10 aircraft.
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NovaWurks Finds a Commercial Application for its Satlets

Apr 15, 2015
NovaWurks has entered a commercial agreement with a Canadian startup to build a 40-satellite constellation of optical platforms using the mass-produced “satlets” it is developing with funding from the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency under Darpa’s Phoenix satellite-recovery project.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Apr 18, 2015
BOEING has $321m U.S. Army contract to complete development of baseline Apache attack helo. Work will be complete by March 31, 2018. NORTHROP GRUMMAN…

In Brief

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X-47B Makes Connection En Route To Refueling Demo

Apr 16, 2015
Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Navy have completed the first inflight dry hookup of the X-47B unmanned combat air system demonstrator (UACS-D) and a tanker in a precursor to the first air-to-air refueling of an unmanned aircraft.

Funding & Policy

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GOP Lawmakers Say NASA Slights Space For Climate Change Research

Apr 16, 2015
NASA is spending too much of its tight budget on Earth science missions and not enough on space exploration, according to House Republican lawmakers who also faulted the U.S. space agency on its most ambitious new exploration program.
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India’s Rafale Orders Alleviate French Budget Pressure For Now

Apr 16, 2015
India’s order of 36 Rafale combat jets from the French government is expected to ease spending pressure on France’s military.