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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, February 22, 2016

VOL. 255 NO. 33 February 22, 2016

Programs

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Slovakia’s Gripens In Fabrication Ahead Of Contract

Feb 19, 2016
Saab has begun building Gripen C/Ds in anticipation of an agreement by Slovakia to operate the type, an industry source says.
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Boeing Begins Flight Tests Of U.K. Chinooks With DAFCS

Feb 19, 2016
Boeing has begun flight tests of the first U.K. Royal Air Force CH-47 Chinooks retrofitted with a Digital Automatic Flight Control System (DAFCS).
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NASA Seeks Advice To Enhance Asteroid Redirect Mission

Feb 19, 2016
NASA’s evolving, two-phase Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM) has an added potential to enhance a range of U.S. human exploration, planetary science and commercial space objectives through the possible addition of investigations, an agency-sponsored assessment says.
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Elbit Shows Off Unmanned Seagull

Feb 18, 2016
Elbit Systems is unveiling its latest unmanned system at the Singapore Airshow: the Seagull unmanned surface vessel (USV).
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Shipbuilding CEO Defends Carrier Construction

Feb 19, 2016
Responding to a Wall Street analyst’s question regarding a recent Pentagon comment about the construction of the next-generation aircraft carrier thus far being “undisciplined,” Huntington Ingalls Industries CEO Michael Petters says the follow-on ship work will be better.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Feb 23, 2016
AEROJET ROCKETDYNE has $3m U.S. Air Force contract for trade studies and hardware demonstrations for ...

In Brief

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Composite Structure Finds Its Own Damage

Feb 23, 2016
German aerospace center DLR has tested a “nervous system” to detect and localize damage in ...

Operations

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MH17 Shootdown Probe Seeks Buk Missile Launch Site

Feb 19, 2016
Dutch prosecutors hope to confirm by this summer the launch site of the Buk surface-to-air missile that shot down Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 in July 2014, killing 298 people.
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Orbital ATK’s First Enhanced Cygnus Freighter Departs ISS

Feb 19, 2016
The first of Orbital ATK’s enhanced automated Cygnus resupply capsules departed the International Space Station laden with trash early Feb. 19 for a destructive re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere after being docked to the orbiting lab’s U.S. segment for nearly 2 1/2 months.

Funding & Policy

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Counterfeit Parts Reporting Needs Better Oversight, GAO Says

Feb 19, 2016
The Defense Department is not conducting oversight to ensure that defense agencies are reporting counterfeit parts as required, a recent U.S. Government Accountability Office report says.

Forecasts/Industry Data

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U.S. DOD Guided Missile Spending: FY15-FY17 ($K)

Feb 23, 2016
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Calendar

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Calendar of Events

Feb 23, 2016
Feb. 24-26—Air Force Association, Air Warfare Symposium and Technology Exposition ...