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InternationalDetica Acquisition Would Give BAE Foothold In U.K. Security Market
United Kingdom-based BAE Systems recently said it has offered $1.1 billion in cash to acquire U.K.-based Detica Group, an information technology security company that opens a new domestic market for […]
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ArmyLockheed Martin To Lead Vuit-2 Apache Program Through 2009
Lockheed Martin [LMT] this week said it will lead the Apache Video from Unmanned Aircraft Systems for Interoperability Teaming-Level 2 (VUIT-2) program through September 2009. The Apache VUIT-2 system receives […]
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Army
Navistar Defense To Provide Heavy Equipment Transporter, Trailer To Iraq
Navistar Defense LLC, an affiliate of Navistar International Corp. [NAV], yesterday saidithas expanded its military vehicle portfolio with a new application based on its International 5000 Series platform. The U.S. […]
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Boeing Gains DARPA Contract For Spacecraft Electric Power, Propulsion Capability
Boeing [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 the Defense […]
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Army
Iraq Wants To Spend $2.4 Billion on Helicopters, Munitions,
Iraq wants to spend as much as $2.4 billion to buy helicopters, related munitions and associated equipment and services, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress July 30. Bell […]
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CongressNew Threat Assessment Helped Drive Navy Destroyer Change, Service Tells Hill
By Emelie Rutherford The Navy’s new plan to stop buying DDG-1000 destroyers in favor of older DDG-51 combattants results partly from a threat assessment showing a need for combating foes who […]
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Army
The Need For Combat Aviation Continues, Increases, General Says
By Ann Roosevelt Army aviation continues to be needed and requested in Afghanistan and Iraq and the top service aviator says he sees no change coming anytime soon. "I don’t […]
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Air ForceHAC-D Deletes FY ’09 DDG-1000 Ship, But Doesn’t Fully Back New Destroyer Plan
By Emelie Rutherford The House Appropriations defense subcommittee’s fiscal year 2009 defense bill includes no money for buying a Navy DDG-1000 destroyer, yet its chairman expressed doubts yesterday about the […]
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Business/FinancialFreedom Performing Better Than Expected, Lockheed Martin Official Says
By Geoff Fein Over the remaining nine days, Lockheed Martin [LMT] and the Navy will put the Freedom (LCS-1) through her paces preparing the vessel for acceptance trials slated to […]
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Boeing A160 Hummingbird To Participate In C4ISR Tests
MESA, Ariz.–A Boeing [BA] A160 Hummingbird vertical take-off unmanned aerial system will be part of a command, control, communications, computer, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR) On-The-Move event later this year […]