Navy/USMC
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ArmyLockheed Martin To Supply Thermal Cameras For Mine-Protected Vehicles
Lockheed Martin [LMT] announced it received an $8.9 million production order from Gyrocam for thermal cameras for mine-protected vehicles. Lockheed Martin’s cameras are designed into Gyrocam systems. Lockheed Martin’s Santa […]
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Army
DoD Preps For Last MRAP Order, Assesses Theater Request For Lighter Vehicles
By Emelie Rutherford As the Defense Department assesses an urgent request from theater for smaller mine-deflecting vehicles, the Marine Corps is planning to place the final order next month for […]
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CongressNavy Now Wants A Third DDG-1000 Next Year
By Emelie Rutherford The Navy has shifted course and now wants to buy a DDG-1000 in fiscal year 2009, though the service hopes to stop purchasing the destroyer after that […]
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Business/FinancialWind And Waves Providing Power And Savings To Navy Facilities
By Geoff Fein While the nation looks for ways to cope with oil prices far above last year’s prices, the Navy has been quietly developing a number of alternative energy […]
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Army
DoD Orders 43 More BAE Systems’ M777 Howitzers
BAE Systems said it has received additional orders from the Defense Department of Defense for 43 M777 lightweight towed howitzers, worth a total of $85.6 million, not including DoD-supplied components. […]
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Army
Navy Realizing Big Returns On Alternative Energy Investments
By Geoff Fein While Congress debates extending tax credits for companies investing in alternative energies and presidential hopefuls talk of a future free of dependence on foreign oil, the Navy […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Preps for Free-Electron Laser Contracts, Eyes Two-Part Development
By Emelie Rutherford As the Navy prepares to launch a project aimed at ultimately developing a three-megawatt free-electron laser (FEL) for ship defense, an official said the service will assess its […]
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Navy/USMC
New Marine Warfighting Capabilities Head Wants Lighter Trucks, More Technology
By Emelie Rutherford The new head of the command that develops Marine Corps warfighting capabilities ticked off a technology wish-list yesterday, calling for everything from lighter armored vehicles and more-advanced […]
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Air ForcePANAMAX ’08 Focuses On Multinational Defense of The Panama Canal
Exercise Fuerzas Aliades PANAMAX 2008 involves military and civilian forces from 20 nations to increase multinational interoperability and support training requirements to ensure rapid crisis response and provide threat protection […]
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Business/Financial
Builder’s Trials Show Freedom Is A Capable Warship, SECNAV Says
By Geoff Fein After several years of cost increases, delays, efforts to renegotiate contracts, and cancellation of two ships, the Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program appears to be heading […]