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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, December 15, 2015

VOL. 254 NO. 52 December 15, 2015

Programs

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Northrop Speeds Up B-2 Work, Primes For LRS-B

Dec 14, 2015
Northrop hints that if its plan prevails final assembly will occupy the same Building 401 hangar at Palmdale’s Plant 42 site used for the construction of the B-2 stealth bomber in the 1980s and 1990s.
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Thales Alenia Space To Build Next-Gen O3b Satellites

Dec 14, 2015
Thales Alenia Space has signed a contract with O3b Networks to produce eight Ka-band communications satellites that will expand the fleet operator’s existing constellation of 12 Thales-built spacecraft by early 2018.
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Juno Probe Promises Exciting Year For Planetary Science

Dec 14, 2015
This year shaped up as a momentous one for planetary science, especially for discovery in the outer Solar System, and NASA’s Jupiter-bound Juno mission promises to help make 2016 memorable as well.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Dec 16, 2015
DENMARK approved plan to buy 309 new GENERAL DYNAMICS ...

In Brief

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The Week Ahead in Washington

Dec 16, 2015
On Tuesday the Aerospace Industries Association releases its year-end forecast at ..

Operations

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Report Finds 35% Of UAS Sightings ‘Close Encounters’

Dec 14, 2015
A detailed study of more than 900 unmanned-aircraft sightings reported to the FAA by pilots and air traffic controllers has concluded that 90 involved encounters with commercial aircraft close enough to meet the agency’s definition of a near midair collision.

Funding & Policy

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FAA Picks UAS Registration Launch Date, Fee

Dec 14, 2015
Buyers and owners of small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and model aircraft must register their aircraft with the FAA beginning on Dec. 21.

Technology

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Northrop Grumman Outlines 6th Generation Fighter Study

Dec 12, 2015
PALMDALE -- Amid signs of growing U.S. Air Force and Navy interest in a sixth-generation combat aircraft, Northrop Grumman is accelerating studies of key technologies for directed energy weapons and thermal management, which it says will be fundamental to future capability.
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Northrop Grumman Unveils Tern Tail-Sitter UAV

Dec 14, 2015
Northrop Grumman will begin wind tunnel tests next month of a tail-sitting vertical take-off and landing UAV capable of operating from smaller U.S. Navy warships.

Correction

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Correction

Dec 16, 2015
The story “Northrop Offers Sneak Peek At T-X Concept” (Aerospace Daily, Dec. 14) contained...

Contracts

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Selected U.S. Military Contracts for the Week of Dec. 7-11, 2015

Dec 16, 2015
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Connecticut, was awarded a $354,156,879 modification...