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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, May 9, 2016

VOL. 256 NO. 27 May 09, 2016

Programs

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Naval Strike Missile To Deploy On Littoral Combat Ship

May 06, 2016
Kongsberg’s Naval Strike Missile (NSM) is set to deploy on a U.S. Navy Littoral Combat Ship as part of a second round of testing that could eventually see the Norwegian-made weapon become the standard anti-ship missile for the vessels.
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HII Prepares For Ford Testing, Keeps Moving On Kennedy

May 06, 2016
Challenges remain as Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) gets ready to test the new aircraft carrier CVN 78 Gerald R. Ford, but work on the follow-on new-class carrier, the John F. Kennedy, is meeting schedules, the company says.
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NASA IG Troubled By KSC Engineering Services Contract

May 06, 2016
The complex, $1.9 billion engineering services contract strategy employed by NASA’s Kennedy Space Center has challenged efforts by facility managers to provide cost-effective oversight, according to the NASA IG.
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HII: Ohio Replacement Plan Helps Solidify All Sub Work

May 06, 2016
The U.S. Navy’s plan to coordinate the Ohio-class replacement (ORP) submarine work with Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) Newport News Shipbuilding unit and General Dynamics’ Electric Boat will help the service keep its attack sub program on course, HII CEO Michael Petters says.
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SpaceX Orbits JCSat-14, Returns Falcon 9 Core Stage To Barge Landing

May 06, 2016
SpaceX orbited the JCSat-14 commercial communications satellite atop a Falcon 9 rocket on May 6, after which it successfully returned the vehicle’s first stage booster to an upright landing on an ocean barge off the eastern coast of Florida.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

May 09, 2016
BOEING, LOCKHEED MARTIN and NORTHROP GRUMMAN have Global Positioning System III Phase 1 Production Readiness Feasibility Assessment contracts, each worth $5m with two $500K options. DRAPER LABORATORY is expanding Huntsville, AL, business operations to increase collaboration with U.S. Army to help address threats like GPS interference. ANTONOV and RELIANCE DEFENSE LTD. have partnered to bid for HINDUSTAN AERONAUTICS LIMITED tender for production of AN-148, AN-158, AN-178 for India.

Technology

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NASA Releases 56 Technologies Into Public Domain

May 09, 2016
NASA has released 56 formerly patented technologies into the public domain for unrestricted commercial use, and launched a searchable database that catalogs thousands of older expired NASA patents. The technologies include advanced manufacturing processes, sensors, propulsion methods, rocket nozzles, thrusters, aircraft wing designs and improved rocket safety and performance concepts, according to NASA.
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U.S. Navy Uses Airborne Radar Research To Probe Arctic

May 06, 2016
A team of U.S. Naval Research Laboratory scientists have concluded a month-long sea-ice research expedition recently as part of the Navy’s 2016 Ice Exercise (ICEX) to better understand the physics and evolution of sea-ice with age.
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Orbital Debris Expert Advocates Rocket Defense

May 06, 2016
Perhaps it is time to consider a rocket defense as part of an overall strategy for lowering the hazards to operational satellites posed by growing levels of orbital debris, says Darren McKnight, the technical director for Integrity Applications, Inc.

Funding & Policy

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Cirrus Tackles Final Challenge On First Jet – The Chute

May 05, 2016
For Cirrus Aircraft, developing its largest clean sheet aircraft to date, the Vision SF50 jet, has been a Herculean task.

Calendar of Events

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Upcoming Events

May 09, 2016
To list an event, send information in calendar format to Donna Thomas at [email protected]. For a complete list of Aviation Week Network’s upcoming events, and to register, visit www.aviationweek.com/events (Bold type indicates new calendar listing.) May 10-11—SpaceForum 2016, European Convention Center, Luxembourg. For more information go to www.spaceforum.eu/