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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, February 26, 2016

VOL. 255 NO. 37 February 26, 2016

Funding & Policy

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Further F-35 Order No Longer Default Choice For Australia

Feb 25, 2016
Australia is widening its options for sustaining its wing of strike aircraft into the 2030s to include unmanned systems, with the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lighting no longer considered the default choice.
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Lawmakers Want To Avoid Another Course Change In Space

Feb 25, 2016
House Republicans got scant support Feb. 25 for the details of their going-in plan to avoid a repeat of the space-policy upset that followed President Barack Obama’s decision to kill the Constellation family of deep-space human-exploration vehicles, but won endorsement for the basic idea from a pair of NASA veterans who lived through it.
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Special Report: Australia Preparing For Missile Defense Capability

Feb 25, 2016
Australia will prepare for a capability in missile defense by upgrading surveillance and command systems as a basis for the possible acquisition of interceptor systems.
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Special Report: Australia To Boost Intelligence, Surveillance, Cyber Capabilities

Feb 25, 2016
Australia will employ an additional 1,700 people in intelligence, cyber and related fields as it strives to maintain what it calls decision-making superiority over possible adversaries.
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Special Report: Australia Confirms Plans For 12 Subs, Raises P-8 Force To 15

Feb 25, 2016
Australia has increased its planned force of Boeing P-8 Poseidons from eight to 15 as a part of a policy of bolstering its maritime power that also includes a commitment to 12 submarines, a figure that was previously in doubt.
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FAA Wants Advice On Small UAVs

Feb 25, 2016
With its definition of small UAVs covering weights up to a fairly hefty 55 lb., and under pressure to treat lighter or “micro” UAVs differently, the FAA has chartered an aviation rulemaking committee (ARC) to recommend how such vehicles should be regulated.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Feb 27, 2016
GENERAL ATOMICS signed agreement to acquire MILTEC CORP. from DUCOMMUN INC. Miltec will be functionally aligned...

In Brief

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Pressure Mounts To Speed Up FMS Sales

Feb 27, 2016
Rep. Kay Granger (R-Texas) is pressing the Obama administration to free up stalled Foreign Military Sales.

Programs

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Iridium Moves First NEXT Launch From April To July

Feb 25, 2016
Iridium Communications Inc. has nixed plans to launch its first two Iridium NEXT satellites on a Russian Dnepr rocket in April, opting instead to lift a batch of 10 new-generation spacecraft atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 in July.

Forecast Friday

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Tanker Deliveries 2016-2025

Feb 26, 2016
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