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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, June 2, 2015

VOL. 252 NO. 44 June 02, 2015

Technology

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Google Perseveres After Titan UAV Crash

Jun 01, 2015
Google is to continue with development of a solar-powered stratospheric unmanned aircraft for Internet delivery, despite confirming the prototype crashed on its first flight in New Mexico.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Jun 03, 2015
BOEING opened 10,000-sq.-ft. avionics maintenance facility in Yeongcheon, South Korea, to support Republic of Korea air force. HARRIS CORP., FL,…

In Brief

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Navy Opportunity Forum Kicks Off

Jun 03, 2015
The 2015 Navy Opportunity Forum is underway this week through Wednesday in Arlington, Virginia, showcasing service-sponsored small business…

Programs

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BAE Systems To Examine Common Launcher For Eurofighter

Jun 01, 2015
BAE Systems has been awarded a £1.7 million ($2.58 million) contract to study the feasibility of a common weapon launcher capable of dropping multiple air-to-ground weapons from a single pylon.
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SLS Engine Tests Resume At Stennis

May 29, 2015
Engineers at NASA’s Stennis Space Center tested a modified RS-25 Space Shuttle Main Engine (SSME) for 450 sec. on May 28, marking the restart of hot-fire testing for the planned heavy-lift Space Launch System (SLS) after a five-month hiatus for test-stand modifications.
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Aegis Destroyer Deploys With Latest Upgrades

Jun 01, 2015
The guided-missile cruiser CG 62 USS Chancellorsville departed from San Diego recently for Yokosuka, Japan, where the ship will join the U.S. 7th Fleet’s Forward Deployed Naval Forces as the first forward-deployed ship fitted with the latest Aegis Baseline 9 combat system.
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LightSail-A Preps For Possible Early Deployment

Jun 01, 2015
The Planetary Society’s LightSail-A mission planners have plotted a possible June 2 early deployment of their novel Mylar solar propulsion technology after re-establishing contact with their tumbling, software-hobbled 3U CubeSat.

Funding & Policy

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Bolden: Commercial Crew Funding Threat ‘No Joke’

Jun 01, 2015
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden is once again warning that, unless its commercial crew efforts are fully funded in fiscal 2016, the agency will miss its 2017 deadline of using U.S. spacecraft to deliver astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS).
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Mars One Embraces Greater Transparency In Settlement Pursuit

Jun 01, 2015
Mars One is pledging new transparency in its increasingly scrutinized, three-year-old, investor and reality television-based campaign to establish a small but growing permanent human settlement on the Red Planet in the late 2020s.
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Recent U.S. Navy/Marine Mishaps Highlight Maintenance Concerns

Jun 01, 2015
In light of the recent mishaps involving U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps aircraft, the spotlight is shifting squarely onto maintenance issues caused or exacerbated by the lack of funding due to sequestration and other funding concerns.

Business

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New CEO For Aerojet Rocketdyne

Jun 01, 2015
Scott Seymour, president and CEO of Aerojet Rocketdyne, is retiring and will be succeeded by Eileen Drake, the company’s chief operating officer. The changes take effect June 1, the company announced.

Contracts

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Contracts: Selected U.S.Military Contracts for the Week of May 26-29, 2015

Jun 03, 2015
Selected U.S. military contracts for the week of May 26-29, 2015. Selected U.S. military contracts for May 26, 2015 U.S. NAVY Lockheed Martin Mission…