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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, October 12, 2015

VOL. 254 NO. 8 October 12, 2015

Programs

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Russian Cruise Missile Launch Changes Post-Cold War Equation

Oct 10, 2015
​Russian cruise missile strikes launched from the Caspian Sea into Syrian territory mark an end to a 25-year edge the U.S. has had in terms of precision weapons, according to retired Gen. Jack Keane, the former Army vice chief of staff. “The Russians have had this capability, and they’re obviously using it,” Keane, now chairman of the Institute for the Study of War, said during an Oct. 8 Senate Armed Services Committee hearing. “This technological advantage that we have had is gone.”
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SpaceShipTwo Goes Back To Improved Rubber Fuel

Oct 12, 2015
Virgin Galactic confirms that it has reverted to an improved form of the original rubber-based fuel for powering the company’s sub-orbital SpaceShipTwo.
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Indonesia Negotiating To Extend KF-X Partnership

Oct 09, 2015
The prospects of Indonesia extending its participation in South Korea’s KF-X fighter program have risen, with the defense ministry in Seoul saying negotiations for a further partnership are underway.
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Curiosity Rover Finds More Water Evidence

Oct 09, 2015
A network of Martian lakes and stream deltas, estimated at well over three billion years old, once dominated the floor of the nearly 90-mi.-wide Gale Crater, according to findings from researchers associated with NASA’s Curiosity Rover.
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Second H160 Prototype To Fly Before Year’s End

Oct 10, 2015
LONDON—Airbus Helicopters is preparing to fly the second prototype of its new-generation H160 twin-engine medium helicopter by the end of this year.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Oct 10, 2015
AEROJET ROCKETDYNE passed critical design review for LOCKHEED MARTIN Orion spacecraft’s jettison motor and crew module reaction control system, enabling Aerojet to start hardware fabrication for Exploration Mission 1 (EM-1), launching no earlier than 2018.

Funding & Policy

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Lawmakers File Petition To Force Vote On Ex-Im Bank

Oct 09, 2015
The bill to reauthorize the bank that eases exports of U.S.-made products was stuck in the House Financial Services Committee.
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Carter Touts Relationship With Spain, NATO

Oct 09, 2015
“We are working together bilaterally with Spain, in a partnership that gives us greater ability to react swiftly and effectively to a crisis,” Carter says.

Technology

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FAA To Test UAV Detection System

Oct 09, 2015
FAA Deputy Administrator Michael Whitaker says the technology will detect radio signals between the UAV and its operator within 5 mi. of an airport.
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Lockheed Advances Fiber Laser For U.S. Army Demo

Oct 08, 2015
Lockheed Martin is looking ahead to U.S. Air Force and Navy directed-energy weapons requirements as it begins manufacture of a 60-kW electric-fiber-laser system for a U.S. Army demonstration.

Calendar of Events

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Upcoming Events

Oct 10, 2015
To list an event, send information in calendar format to Donna Thomas at [email protected]. (Bold type indicates new calendar listing.) Oct. 12-14—2015 AUSA Annual Meeting and Exposition, Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington, D.C. For more information go to ausameetings.org/2015annualmeeting/