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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, December 22, 2015

VOL. 254 NO. 57 December 22, 2015

Programs

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Alliance Ground Surveillance System Gets Airborne

Dec 21, 2015
Northrop Grumman has performed the first test flights of the Global Hawk-based Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) platform.
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Missile Unknowns Spark LCS Lethality Questions

Dec 21, 2015
A new U.S. Government Accountability Office report continues to question the Littoral Combat Ship's lethality – especially when it comes to its offensive missiles.
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India Set To Buy Five S-400s From Russia

Dec 20, 2015
India has decided to buy five S-400 supersonic air defense systems from Russia for an estimated 400 billion rupees ($6 billion) to guard against airborne threats from across the country’s borders.
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ISS Spacewalkers Unjam Mobile Transporter Rail Car

Dec 21, 2015
Two U.S. astronauts, working against the clock, hustled through a 3 1/2-hr. spacewalk on Dec. 21 to unjam the International Space Station’s unlatched 1-ton Mobile Transporter rail car.
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EASA Certifies Arrius 2R Engine

Dec 18, 2015
Turbomeca’s Arrius 2R turboshaft—the first European engine to be fitted to a Bell-produced helicopter—has been certified by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Dec 23, 2015
GENERAL ATOMICS has $338m U.S. Air Force support contract for Predator...

In Brief

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Two Indonesian Pilots Die In KAI TA-50 Crash

Dec 23, 2015
Two Indonesian pilots died when their almost-new Korea Aerospace Industrie...

Operations

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Maintenance, Ejection Seats Focus Of Airshow Accident Probe

Dec 21, 2015
The probe of a fatal crash of a Hawker Hunter fighter at an airshow in August is focusing on regulations surrounding the maintenance of former military aircraft and the fitment of ejection seats in them.

Funding & Policy

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Naval Intel Report Details Russian Naval Aviation Developments

Dec 20, 2015
The Russian navy is continuing to make improvements in its naval aviation, a recent report by the U.S. Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) shows.

Contracts

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Selected U.S. Military Contracts for the week of Dec. 14-18, 2015

Dec 23, 2015
Selected U.S. military contracts for the week of Dec. 14-18, 2015 Selected U.S. military contracts for Dec. 14, 2015 U.S. NAVY BAE Systems…