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Lockheed Martin Sees Annual Doubling In Rate of JSF As Optimal For Cost Saving
By Marina Malenic Lockheed Martin [LMT] would like to see an annual doubling in the production rate of its F-35 Joint Strike Fighter until full-rate production is reached, according to […]
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Business/FinancialNew SATCOM Terminals Will Improve Navy’s Ability To Perform Missions, Quality of Life
By Geoff Fein In the coming year, the Navy is planning to outfit its surface fleet with the latest in commercial satellite communications (SATCOM) terminals to increase the amount of […]
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InternationalObama Not Seen Taking Strong ‘Buy America’ Stance, Unlike McCain
While Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) has made clear his disdain for “Buy America” provisions limiting foreign content of defense systems, Democratic hopeful Sen. Barack Obama’s (D-Ill.) stance […]
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International
EADs Tiger Has Successful Firing Campaign With Spike Missile
The European Aeronautic Defense and Space Co.’s (EADS) Eurocopter unit announced Sept. 11 successfully completing a firing campaign using the Spike air-to-ground missle as part of the development of the […]
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International
Technical Issues Lead To Boeing Australia TUAV Contract Termination
Technical problems and delays on a Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (TUAV) system led to the Sept. 4 announcement that the Australian Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO) and Boeing [BA] Australia agreed […]
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International
Egypt Wants UH-60M Black Hawk Helicopters, TOWs and 120mm HE-T
Egypt wants to buy more than $560 million in United Technologies [UTX] General Electric [GE] UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters, Raytheon‘s [RTN] TOW 2A anti-armor guided missiles and General Dynamics [GD] […]
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CongressDefense Bill Crawls In Senate, X-Band Amendment Passes While MDA Boost Fails
By Emelie Rutherford The Senate appears to have missed the majority leader’s goal of passing the fiscal year 2009 defense authorization bill this week, with debate stalled yesterday after scant […]
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International
UAE May Buy $9 Billion In U.S. Military Wares
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) may buy roughly $9 billion of U.S. military wares, including $8.25 billion of missile and missile/air defense systems and $774 million worth of Black Hawk […]
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Business/Financial
Business Opportunities Exist In Navy’s OA Approach, If Companies Do Their Homework
By Geoff Fein As the Navy moves toward open architecture (OA) systems, companies shouldn’t worry they will be closed out of opportunities, according to a top Navy official. "There are […]
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International
Pentagon Proposes $390 Million Jordanian Border Security Program
The Defense Department yesterday notified Congress of a potential $390 million Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to Jordan of Increment 2 of the Border Security Program which is being managed by […]