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FLIR Aims to Expand Military Market Share, Announces $125.3 Million Navy Sensor Contract
By Marina Malenic FLIR Systems [FLIR], a manufacturer of thermal imaging and stabilized camera systems, has received a U.S. Navy contract worth just over $125 million for its BRITE Star […]
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CongressCoast Guard Expects Construction Costs For Fourth NSC To Rise Sharply
By Calvin Biesecker and Emelie Rutherford Increasing commodity and labor costs coupled to a lesser extent with the weak dollar relative to the euro are likely to send construction costs […]
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ArmyCasey: Tough Decisions Coming
By Ann Roosevelt The Army Chief of Staff said yesterday that the service is in discussions that will lead to some very difficult decisions in the future about modernization and […]
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B-2 Bomber Fleet to Get Digital Makeover By 2013
By Marina Malenic Northrop Grumman‘s [NOC] effort to upgrade the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber’s computer and electronics systems is well under way, the company said recently. “We’ve never had a […]
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Army
Army’s FCS, Other Programs, Trimmed In New DoD Spending Bills
By Emelie Rutherford The Army’s massive Future Combat Systems (FCS) modernization program emerged in decent shape from the recently completed budget round, receiving more funding from defense appropriators than the […]
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Business/FinancialSBIRS Cost Overruns Likely To Exceed $414 Million, And Delays To Exceed Estimates Of 15 Months, GAO Reports
Plans To Resolve Software Glitches Are Likely To Fall Short, Report States It likely will require more than an estimate $414 million in cost overruns and 15 months of delays […]
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Homeland Security
TSA Taps Accenture To Help Implement Secure Flight
By Calvin Biesecker The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) last month awarded Accenture [ACN] a potential $55.9 million contract to help the agency take on passenger watch list matching currently being […]
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Business/Financial
European Space Agency Sets Sights On Converting Automated Transfer Vehicles To Manned Transport Duty
First ATV Successfully De-Orbited, Burns Up As Planned In Reentry Astrium has provided the European Space Agency (ESA) with an option to convert the Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) robotic cargo […]
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$6 Billion Taiwan FMS Request Includes PAC-3 Missiles, Apache Helicopters
Taiwan is seeking more than $6.4 billion in FMS for Patriot Advanced Capbility-3 (PAC-3) guided missiles, AH-64D Apache helicopters, UGM-84L Harpoon Block II missiles, E-2T retrofit upgrades and Javelin guided […]
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Business/Financial
Geospatial Intelligence Leader Sees Rising Use Of Commercial Satellites For Intelligence Gathering Work
Vice Adm. Murrett: U.S. Systems Can Detect Enemy Tunnels, Spot Individuals As They Walk U.S. intelligence efforts are using huge amounts of civilian space imaging capabilities, and that will continue, […]