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Navy/USMCMDA Declares Successful Dual Intercept In Navy Aegis BMD Test
By Ann Roosevelt Missile Defense Agency (MDA) late Tuesday announced the successful completion of a simultaneous interception of two ballistic missile targets for its sea-based anti-missile Aegis BMD system. Conducted […]
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InternationalGeneral Dynamics UK Team Awarded Assessment Phase For MoD LISTENER Program
General Dynamics [GD] United Kingdom Limited has been awarded a 10-month, approximately $2 million contract for the Assessment Phase of the U.K. Ministry of Defence’s LISTENER program. LISTENER is a […]
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Arrow Missile Defense Components Receive Conference Attention
By Ann Roosevelt As early as today, the House could take up the Defense Department Appropriations Bill for Fiscal Year 2008 that includes $37 million for producing components for the […]
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Business/FinancialRapiscan To Market Brijot’s Stand-Off Millimeter Wave Body Scanner
Rapiscan Systems and Brijot Imaging Systems have signed a seven-year agreement that allows Rapiscan to market and sell Brijot’s passive millimeter wave screening body scanner that is capable of screening […]
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Navy/USMC
Composite-Built Stiletto Showing Results As Test Bed For Navy
By Geoff Fein Stiletto, a high-speed, 80-foot long vessel built using composite materials has wrapped up three months of testing of its unique hull design, and will begin a new […]
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Business/Financial
Thales Delivery Orders Will Field Nearly 40,000 JTRS Handheld Radios
Thales announced Oct. 29 two awards for its AN/PRC-148 JTRS handheld radio from the Joint Program Executive Office Joint Tactical Radio System (JPEO JTRS) under the Consolidated, Interim, Single-channel, Handheld […]
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CongressTime Line For Consideration of Bridge Fund In Flux
By Jen DiMascio Plans for the House to vote today on a bridge fund to provide money for the war in Iraq looked iffy yesterday afternoon. Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.), […]
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Air ForceBoeing Teams With Northrop Grumman On B-52 Core Component Jammer
By Michael Sirak Boeing [BA] has joined forces with Northrop Grumman [NOC] to offer the Air Force an affordable and comparatively low-risk solution to installing powerful jamming pods on the […]
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Congress
Conferees OK Defense Bill That Includes $11.6 billion For MRAP Vehicles
By Jen DiMascio Lawmakers yesterday approved a $459.6 billion conference report to fund the Defense Department in fiscal year 2008 that includes $11.6 billion in emergency funding for Mine Resistant […]
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Business/Financial
Cross Match Drops Price of Planned IPO
By Calvin Biesecker Cross Match Technologies yesterday said it has lowered the expected price range of its forthcoming initial public offering (IPO), suggesting that net proceeds from the sale of […]