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InternationalBold Quest Plus, Coalition Combat ID ACTD Pushes Tech To Field
By Ann Roosevelt The Coalition Combat Identification Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration (CCI ACTD) (Bold Quest Plus) is assessing technology to make warfighters safer on the battlefield and to aid service […]
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CongressPentagon $3 Billion Reprogramming Request Seeks Air Force, Defense-Wide Cuts
By Emelie Rutherford The Pentagon sent a tardy $3 billion omnibus reprogramming request to Capitol Hill last Thursday, seeking overall to decrease Air Force and defense-wide accounts and bolster Army […]
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Business/FinancialBath Iron Works’ Ultra Hall–A Significant Reinvestment For Shipbuilding, Navy Secretary Says
By Geoff Fein General Dynamics‘ [GD] Bath Iron Work (BIW) ultra hall may be one of the most significant capital reinvestments in the nation’s shipbuilding industry in the last few […]
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Boeing Finishes Design of Anti-Rocket Laser For Army
Boeing [BA] completed preliminary design of a rugged beam control system for the Army High Energy Laser Technology Demonstrator (HEL TD) program, a truck-mounted asset that counters rocket, artillery and […]
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MQ-9 Reaper Flies First Iraq Mission
By Marina Malenic The Air Force’s MQ-9 Reaper flew its first operational mission over Iraq yesterday, the service said in a statement released from Balad Air Base, north of Baghdad. […]
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GMD Test of Radars Goes Well; Test With Interceptor Missile Set For December
A test of radars tracking a target missile launched from Kodiak, Alaska, showed the sensors aced the trial, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) said Friday evening. While MDA had hoped […]
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MQ-9 Reaper Flies First Iraq Mission
The Air Force’s MQ-9 Reaper flew its first operational mission over Iraq recently, the service said in a statement released from Balad Air Base, north of Baghdad. The General Atomics […]
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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 […]
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GA-ASI Expands Cobham Ties With U.K. Reaper Support Partnership
FARNBOROUGH, England–Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) giant General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) recently said it entered a teaming relationship with the United Kingdom segment of Cobham on a whole-life support […]
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Boeing Apache Block III Helicopter Shifts To The Future
MESA, Ariz.–More than 300 Army leaders, suppliers and company personnel turned out on the flight line July 9 to see Boeing‘s [BA] AH-64D Apache Block III on it’s first flight–with […]