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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, December 16, 2015

VOL. 254 NO. 53 December 16, 2015

Programs

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AIA: Aerospace Manufacturing Achieves Record Productivity

Dec 15, 2015
The U.S. aerospace manufacturing industry bounced back from an early year slowdown in orders and monthly backlogs to get into position again to break production records this year, the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) reported Dec. 15.
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ESA Awards Thales Alenia Space Radar Satellite Contract

Dec 15, 2015
Thales Alenia Space has signed a €402 million ($440 million) contract with the European Space Agency to build the Sentinel-1C and 1D radar imaging satellites.
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Japan Begins Assembling First F-35A at Nagoya FACO

Dec 15, 2015
Japan’s first indigenously made F-35A has begun the manufacturing process on the country’s final assembly and checkout line in Nagoya.
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NASA Safety Panels Worries About Cut Corners On Orion Testing

Dec 15, 2015
Outside experts advising NASA on safety will recommend that the agency reconsider a decision to drop an integrated flight test of the Orion crew capsule’s launch abort system.
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India Launches New Helo Engine Design

Dec 15, 2015
India’s Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. plans to develop a new helicopter engine – the Hindustan Turbo Shaft Engine (HTSE) 1200.
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India Set To Launch Six Singaporean Satellites

Dec 15, 2015
India is set to launch six Singapore satellites into space on board its indigenous Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle on Dec. 16.
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Trio In Soyuz Reaches International Space Station

Dec 15, 2015
The International Space Station resumed six-person operations Dec. 15 following the successful launch and docking of Russia’s Soyuz TMA-19M crew transport.
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NASA’s Dawn To Take Closest Look At Mysterious Ceres

Dec 15, 2015
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft is poised to resume scientific observations this week, including further scrutiny of dozens of mysterious bright spots.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Dec 17, 2015
LOCKHEED MARTIN MISSILES AND FIRE CONTROL, TX, has $1b U.S. Army foreign military sales...

In Brief

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Aviation Week’s Norris Wins Lyman Award

Dec 17, 2015
Aviation Week Senior Editor Guy Norris received the 2015 Lauren D. Lyman Award for outstanding achievement in...

Funding & Policy

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India To Develop Technology To Regulate UAVs

Dec 15, 2015
India is considering putting in place an intensive security framework for regulating UAVs to check their misuse by enemies, a top government official says.