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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, March 15, 2016

VOL. 255 NO. 49 March 15, 2016

Business

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Safran Reviews Future Of Security Business

Mar 14, 2016
French aerospace and defense firm Safran is looking at “potential options” for its security business after announcing plans to sell off its airport explosive detection business.
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Airbus Offers To Shift AS565 Panther Line To India

Mar 14, 2016
Airbus has offered to transfer the final assembly line of its AS565 MBe Panther from France to India if it wins the bid for the country’s proposed naval utility helicopter (NUH).

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Mar 16, 2016
AIRBUS HELICOPTERS has Japan coast guard (JCG) contract for an additional H225, on top of fleet of five, scheduled ...

In Brief

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The Week Ahead In Washington

Mar 16, 2016
This week Capitol Hill continues its scrutiny of the Obama administration’s ...

Technology

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Perlan Glider Begins Pressurized Flights

Mar 14, 2016
The Airbus Perlan Mission II team has begun pressurized flight tests of the Perlan 2 stratospheric glider ahead of an attempt to set a world altitude record this summer in flights from southern Argentina.
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Reflected Laser Enables High-Speed Comms

Mar 14, 2016
A prototype of a laser system that enables UAVs to downlink data at high speed without complex equipment on the vehicle has been flight tested in the U.K.
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Solar/Biofuel Hybrid Plans Atlantic Crossing

Mar 14, 2016
An attempt to make the first “zero-carbon” flight across the Atlantic in a hybrid solar- and biofuel-powered aircraft has been tentatively scheduled for June.
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Spot Beams Boost UAV Data Speed

Mar 14, 2016
Intelsat General and L-3 Communications have demonstrated that a two-three times increase in data throughput for unmanned aircraft will be possible using Intelsat’s new-generation Epic communications satellites.

Programs

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Retractable Floats Proposed To Create C-130 Amphibian

Mar 14, 2016
An Australian company is proposing retractable floats for the Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules to create a U.S. equivalent of the TA600 amphibious aircraft under development by Avic.
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Scott Kelly To Retire From NASA, But Continue With Research

Mar 14, 2016
Space marathoner Scott Kelly will retire from NASA on April 1, one month after setting two U.S. spaceflight records aboard the International Space Station and 20 years after his selection to the agency’s astronaut corps.

Operations

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Russia To Scale Down Operations In Syria

Mar 14, 2016
Russia will decrease its military presence in Syria, where it provides combat support for the Bashar al-Assad regime.

Contracts

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Selected U.S. Military Contracts for the Week of March 7-11, 2016

Mar 16, 2016
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Fort Worth, is being awarded a $461,142,760 fixed-price incentive (firm target) modification to a ...