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Business/FinancialIraq Seeking $5 Billion Sale of 140 Abrams Tanks, 392 LAVs
Iraq has requested a possible sale of 140 M1A1 Abrams tanks modified and upgraded to the M1A1M Abrams configuration, as well as associated equipment and services that, if all options […]
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InternationalNASA Brainstorms Lunar Outpost Concepts With Other Nations
NASA policymakers met with leaders of foreign space agencies to mull the shape of a network of science stations that might be placed on the moon. Leaders of nine space […]
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Business/Financial
Teledyne Technologies Unit To Acquire Filtronic PLC Defense Electronics Unit
Teledyne Technologies Inc. [TDY] Aug. 1 announced its subsidiary, Teledyne Limited, has entered into an agreement to acquire the Defense Electronics business of Filtronic PLC for about $25.7 million. "The […]
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Business/Financial
Launches
Another Major Loss For SpaceX As Falcon 1 Suffers Separation Failure During Ascent Space X Still Has More Missions Planned, And It Remains Set To Provide Commercial Transport Services To […]
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Business/Financial
Israel Requesting $1.9 Billion Sale of Nine C-130J-30 Aircraft
Israel has requested a possible sale of nine C-130J-30 aircraft as well as associated equipment and services for which the total value, if all options are exercised, could be as […]
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Business/Financial
Contracts
NASA Contracts Aim For Lunar Surface Systems Concepts The Constellation Program developing the next-generation U.S. spacecraft system Orion-Ares selected 11 companies and a university to each develop concepts that contribute […]
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Business/Financial
CVN-77 Delivery Moved To December, Newport News On Track For January Commissioning
By Geoff Fein NEWPORT NEWS, Va.–Delivery of CVN-77, the George H.W. Bush, will be approximately one month late, but Northrop Grumman [NOC] will have the ship ready for the January […]
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Business/Financial
Boeing Gains DARPA Contract For Spacecraft Electric Power, Propulsion Capability
The Boeing Co. [BA] will develop a new type of system providing power to spacecraft for maneuvering propulsion, communications, radar and more, under the first phase of a contract from […]
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National Defense Strategy Calls For Technologies That Counter ‘Irregular Challenges’
By Marina Malenic The Pentagon last week released a new National Defense Strategy that emphasizes preparation for small-scale conflicts rather than conventional warfare. “An underlying assumption in our understanding of […]
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Business/Financial
Early Warning Satellite Decommissioned After Insertion To Wrong Orbit, Limited Use
An early-warning missile detection satellite that was launched into the wrong orbit nine years ago was decommissioned, Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] announced. The Air Force Flight 19 satellite was launched […]