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CongressMissile Defense Urgently Needed To Counter Widespread And Rising Ballistic Missile Threat
The next president of the United States has no choice but to continue erecting a multi-layered ballistic missile shield, because the threat posed by potential enemy ballistic missiles has grown […]
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Business/FinancialNorthrop Breaks Ground On New Wallops Island Facility
Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] broke ground on a new facility at Wallops Island on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, the first building in Wallops Research Park. The research Park is […]
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Homeland Security
Missile Defense Required To Counter Increasing Threat Posed By China, State Department Study Finds: Report
China poses a rising ballistic missile threat that the United States should counter with improved systems including missile defense capabilities, a draft version of a State Department study concludes, according […]
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Business/Financial
Taiwan Seeks PAC-3 Missiles As Part Of $6.4 Billion Plan To Buy American Weapons
Taiwan is seeking to obtain more than $6.4 billion in American weapons including Patriot Advanced Capbility-3 (PAC-3) anti-missile interceptors, under the U.S. Foreign Military Sales program. The gigantic program also […]
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BAE Hoping Marines Find Next Generation All Terrain Vehicle To Their Liking
By Geoff Fein BAE Systems this week showed off its entry into the next generation of all-terrain vehicles, the BvS10, currently deployed by British Royal Marines in Afghanistan, a company […]
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InternationalQinetiQ Shows Off New Smaller, Lightweight, Lower Cost Robotic Systems
QinetiQ Tuesday put on display their latest low-cost, lightweight robotic systems designed for explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) teams. The company had the units on display at the Modern Day Marine […]
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International
General Dynamics’, Elbit’s Skylark UAVs Making Inroads With Army, Marine Corps
General Dynamics [GD] and Israel’s Elbit Systems‘ [ESLT] are hoping their Skylark II Long Endurance (LE) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) will capture the contract for the joint Navy and Marine […]
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International
Pakistan Wants AH-1F Cobra Helicopter Refurbishment
Pakistan could spend as much as $115 million if Congress approves a potential Foreign Military Sale of AH-1F Cobra helicopter refurbishment, associated equipment and services. Pakistan has requested a possible […]
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International
Israel Looks To Spend $15 Billion For CTOL Variant of F-35
The Israeli government is seeking to spend upward of $15.2 billion for 25 Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 Joint Strike Fighters with an option to purchase 50 additional aircraft, according to […]
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International
First C-27J Delivered On Time, On Budget To Joint Program Office
L-3 Communications [LLL] last week said it presented the first C-27J Joint Cargo Aircraft (JCA) to the Army-Air Force joint program office on schedule and on budget. This was the […]