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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, February 18, 2016

VOL. 255 NO. 31 February 18, 2016

Business

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Saab Bids On High-End ASW

Feb 17, 2016
Saab wants to re-energize its attempt to join the small club of companies that produce antisubmarine warfare aircraft.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Feb 19, 2016
CAE and DRAKEN INTERNATIONAL submitted joint bid for Contracted Airborne Training Services (CATS) program to Canada’s Department of National Defense (DND), to provide...

In Brief

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Spain’s Reaper Deal Advances

Feb 19, 2016
The Spanish defense ministry has selected one General Atomics Aeronautical Systems ...

Programs

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Triton UAV Completes Operational Assessment

Feb 17, 2016
Northrop Grumman’s MQ-4C Triton UAV, built for the U.S. Navy, has successfully completed its Operational Assessment (OA).
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P-8s Cheaper While U.S. Navy Buying, Boeing Says

Feb 17, 2016
Boeing is urging customers considering ordering the P-8 Poseidon maritime aircraft to move before U.S. Navy contracts for the type dry up this decade, pushing production prices higher.
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Europe, Japan Launch Scientific Satellites

Feb 17, 2016
Back-to-back launches from Russia and Japan early Feb. 17 deployed a pair of scientific spacecraft for the European and Japanese space agencies that are designed to monitor Earth’s oceans and explore the X-ray universe, respectively.
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JSC Prepares For Critical JWST Thermal/Vacuum Tests

Feb 17, 2016
The world’s most capable thermal vacuum chamber is on track to receive the optical/instrument components of the James Webb Space Telescope for a critical round of early 2017 prelaunch testing.

Technology

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New Satellite Bus Points To Next-Gen Missile Warning

Feb 16, 2016
Engineers at Millennium Space Systems have started integrating the spacecraft bus that will host an experimental Overhead Persistent Infrared sensor for the U.S. Air Force.

Operations

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Virgin Atlantic Flight Forced To Turn Around By Laser

Feb 17, 2016
A Virgin Atlantic flight to New York has been forced to return to London after a green laser was shone into the cockpit.

Funding & Policy

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MDA Chief Says Missile Shield Ready For N. Korean Threat

Feb 17, 2016
North Korea will continue with missile and nuclear tests, the Pentagon says, but U.S. Missile Defense Agency Director Vice Adm. James Syring says the nation is prepared.

Defense Market Intelligence Notes

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Defense Market Intelligence Notes — 1/11/2016 to 2/12/2016

Feb 19, 2016
The U.S. Air Force awarded two rocket propulsion system development contracts to Orbital ATK and SpaceX as part of its plan to develop a ...