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Homeland Security
Lockheed Martin Target Missiles Work Well, Company Reports
Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] has launched a dozen target missiles successfully since 2005, the company announced. The company did so under a targets and countermeasures contract with the Missile Defense […]
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SpaceBeam Control Used In Advanced Tactical Laser Test;
First Time Entire ATL System Is Tested: Boeing The entire Advanced Tactical Laser (ATL) was tested for the first time, The Boeing Co. [BA] announced. The ATL, mounted on its […]
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Air Force Reevaluating Cyber Command Plans Under New Chief
By Marina Malenic The Pentagon has halted all manning and budget transfers for Air Force Cyberspace Command–a move that is expected to delay the command’s planned Oct. 1 unveiling and […]
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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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InternationalDoD Orders 43 More BAE Systems’ M777 Howitzers
BAE Systems announced 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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International
QinetiQ Wins DARPA Phase 2 Work To Continue Sensor Development
QinetiQ recently said it received a 33-month, $22 million follow-on contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to continue the Large Area Coverage Optical Search While Track and […]
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International
PANAMAX ’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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International
Canada Moves To Increase Airlift, Add UAVs
The Canadian government plans to add helicopters for airlift capacity and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance assets. The measures were announced Aug. 5 by Minister of […]
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International
AARGM Scores Successful Test, Readies For Milestone C
Alliant Techsystems [ATK], the U.S. Navy, and the Italian Air Force this month successfully completed another missile firing of the AGM-88E Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM) at the Naval Air […]
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ArmyDoD 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. […]