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CongressDemocrats Building Bridge Fund With Iraq War Language
By Jen DiMascio House and Senate leaders are crafting standalone legislation that would provide about $50 billion in funding for the war in Iraq between November and January, when lawmakers […]
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Navy/USMCMarine Corps’ G/ATOR On Track For ’08 Preliminary Design Review
By Geoff Fein The Marine Corps’ Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR), a three dimensional, Humvee-mounted radar designed to detect rockets, artillery and mortars, completed its system functional review (SFR) and […]
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ArmyArmy, Lockheed Martin, Plan For Thousands More Hellfire Missiles
By Ann Roosevelt A Lockheed Martin [LMT] official says the success of the Hellfire missile will generate production of thousands more of the missiles once the president’s budget and supplemental […]
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Army
Army Apache Helicopters To Expand Lethality Through UAV Video
By Ann Roosevelt Early next year the Army is expected to bring unmanned aerial systems (UAS) controls into the AH-64D Apache Block II to increase situational awareness and shorten the […]
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Congress
Democrats Square Off On Defense Budgeting
By Jen DiMascio Democratic candidates for president share at least three messages on the defense budget: They would cut wasteful spending. They would reduce funding for missile defense, and they […]
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Army
AH-64 Apache Block III Prototype Flies Next Year
By Ann Roosevelt The Army and Boeing [BA] are preparing for the first flight of an AH-64D Apache Block III prototype helicopter next year, officials said. "Our first prototype flight […]
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InternationalCanadian Frigate Deploys With USS Truman Strike Group On Operation Altair
By Geoff Fein For the next six months, the HMCS Charlottetown, will deploy with the USS Truman (CVN-75) carrier strike group (CSG) as part of Operation Altair, the Canadian navy’s […]
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Business/FinancialiRobot Granted Injunction In Trade Secrets Lawsuit
iRobot Corp. (IRBT) yesterday announced the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts has granted, in part, iRobot’s request for preliminary injunction in a lawsuit against former employee Jameel […]
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Navy/USMC
Industry Shouldn’t View Acquisition Reform As A Negative, SECNAV Says
By Geoff Fein The Navy’s efforts to develop a formal acquisition process that will help serve the interests and objectives of the service should not be viewed as a negative […]
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SpaceSpace Shuttle Undocks From Space Station; Discovery Landing Set For Wednesday; Torn Solar Array Repaired Successfully
Space Shuttle Discovery is poised to wrap up the long 15-day STS-120 mission with a landing just after 1 p.m. ET Wednesday, capping a challenging spacewalk in which physician- astronaut […]