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U.S. Public Supports Ballistic Missile Defense By A Wide Margin; 87 Percent Favor It
By Dave Ahearn A lopsided 87 percent of the American public supports creation of the multi-layered U.S. ballistic missile defense shield being developed by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), according […]
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InternationalQinetiQ Wins DARPA Phase 2 Work To Continue Sensor Development
QinetiQ yesterday 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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Lockheed Martin’s LCS-1 Awaiting Acceptance Trials, Company Waiting For FY ’08 Ship
By Geoff Fein After completing two-weeks of builder’s trials, Lockheed Martin‘s [LMT] Freedom (LCS-1) is waiting to begin acceptance trials and the company is awaiting word on whether it will […]
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Navy/USMCONR Wants Help In Shaping Plans For Newly Funded Research Projects
By Emelie Rutherford Navy researchers want industry to help them refine solicitations for 14 forthcoming enabling-capability projects (ECs) with more than $380 million in recently secured funding. Joseph Lawrence, the […]
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SpaceFirst Orion Space Capsule Manned Flight Delayed One Year To 2014 By Money Woes
The unofficial target for the first manned flight of the Orion next-generation U.S. space capsule will be delayed one year from September 2013 to September 2014, NASA officials told journalists […]
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ArmyNext-Generation Suspension Developed, Tested for Northrop Grumman, Oshkosh JLTV
Northrop Grumman [NOC] and Oshkosh Corp.’s [OSK] Defense division announced the completion of testing of a next-generation suspension for their Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) family of vehicles. Northrop Grumman […]
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Business/FinancialGAO Denies Lockheed Martin Protest of BAMS Award To Northrop Grumman
By Geoff Fein The Government Accountability Office (GAO) Friday denied Lockheed Martin’s [LMT] protest of a $1.6 billion Navy contract award to Northrop Grumman [NOC] for the Broad Area Maritime […]
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Army
FCS Manned Ground Vehicle Active Protection System Moves Forward
By Ann Roosevelt After a year of testing, the short-range countermeasure portion of the Army Future Combat Systems’ (FCS) layered survivability approach successfully completed an end-to-end system test and moves […]
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Defense Watch
The Latest Word On Trends And Developments In Aerospace And Defense Trial Run. The advanced Aerial Refueling Boom System (ARBS) for Northrop Grumman’s KC-45 tanker has completed testing and validation, […]
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Business/Financial
Lockheed Hands Over SBIRS Enemy Missile Warning System To Air Force
Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] handed over the first Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Highly Elliptical Orbit (HEO-1) payload and ground system to the Air Force, the company announced. Certified operations […]