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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, October 26, 2015

VOL. 254 NO. 18 October 26, 2015

Programs

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NASA Relies On Asteroid Mission To Demo Mars Tech

Oct 26, 2015
NASA’s congressional overseers have questioned the relevance of both the asteroid capture and astronaut rendezvous to the agency’s ultimate objective of reaching the Martian environs with human explorers in the 2030s.
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South Korea Adapts MSAM To Counter Ballistic Missiles

Oct 23, 2015
An upgrade of the South Korean MSAM system aimed at dealing with tactical ballistic missiles will exploit most of the current equipment in modified form.
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NASA Approves Initial Space Launch System Design

Oct 23, 2015
The next major review of the SLS will come in 2017, when design certification will compare vehicle hardware with the design, leading to a flight readiness review in 2018.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Oct 24, 2015
SIERRA NEVADA has U.S. Special Operations Command award for next phase of development for Degraded Visual Environment Pilotage System (DVEPS) using real-time, high-resolution fused imagery of terrain and obstacles to help pilots. LOCKHEED MARTIN has $176.1m in U.S. Air Force contracts for Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod-Sensor Enhancement (ATP-SE) production and kits to convert Sniper ATPs to ATP-SE configuration. Deliveries will begin in 4Q 2016.

Funding & Policy

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DSCA: U.S. Arms Exports Totaled $47B In FY2015

Oct 24, 2015
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) announced fiscal 2015 U.S. arms export sales of $47.085 billion, including $35.359 billion through Foreign Military Sales and $11.726 billion through various security cooperation and assistance efforts such as Foreign Military Financing and Defense Department programs. “Demand for U.S. defense products and services remains strong, as the U.S. share of total global arms transfer agreements has increased over the last decade,” DSCA says. “The U.S.
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U.S. Navy Opens Undersea Development Center

Oct 23, 2015
The U.S. Navy’s new Undersea Warfighting Development Center will help the service prepare to control that realm, a Navy vice admiral says.

Operations

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Indian Army Micro-Light Aircraft Crashes

Oct 23, 2015
A micro-light aircraft of the Indian Army Aviation Corps crashed Oct. 21 minutes after taking off near Shillong in the northeastern state of Meghalaya on a routine sortie.
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Mystery Still Shrouds Deadly Glasgow Helicopter Crash

Oct 23, 2015
A lack of inflight and cockpit data continues to shroud the cause of a police helicopter crash that killed 10 people in Glasgow, Scotland, in November 2013.

Technology

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Lockheed Sees Convoy Driver-Assist Tech Ready For Debut

Oct 23, 2015
Lockheed Martin believes “active safety” technology it has developed to help convoy drivers avoid collisions is ready for deployment now.

Industry Data

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U.S. Special Operations, Aviation Spending: FY14-16 ($K)

Oct 24, 2015
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Calendar of Events

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Upcoming Events

Oct 24, 2015
To list an event, send information in calendar format to Donna Thomas at [email protected]. (Bold type indicates new calendar listing.) Oct. 26-29—International Telemetering Conference USA, Las Vegas, Nevada. For more information go to http://www.aiaa.org/EventDetail.aspx?id=28408