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Business/FinancialSI International To Acquire Small Service Firm With DoD Business
SI International [SINT] yesterday said that it has agreed to acquire veteran-owned Arrowpoint Corp., which provides information technology and professional services primarily to the Defense Department, for $16 million in […]
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CongressDefense Appropriations Bill Chances Improve In Senate, Though Action Stalled In House
By Emelie Rutherford Senate leaders said yesterday they expect a defense appropriations bill to clear their chamber this year, though questions about the legislation’s fate in the House lingered following […]
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Business/Financial
Australia To Spend $700 Million For Aegis Combat System, Components
Australia is seeking to spend $700 million for the Aegis combat system and associated equipment and services, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) reported. Australia has requested a possible sale […]
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Business/Financial
Finland Spending $435 Million For 300 AMRAAM, Equipment
Finland is looking to spend upward of $435 million for 300 AIM-120C-7 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM), and associated equipment and services, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) reported. […]
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Business/Financial
Singapore Spending $962 Million For AMRAAMs, JSOWs, JDAMs, Equipment
Singapore is looking to spend upward of $962 million for Major Defense Equipment, including Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM), Joint Standoff Weapons (JSOW), and AIM-9X Sidewinder, as well as […]
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U.S. Leaders Need To Discuss Why U.S. Procurement Is Open To Overseas Wares: Official Says
By Dave Ahearn The United States needs to begin a national dialogue on just how open it should be to procuring military and space wares from abroad, and what the […]
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Faulty Components Slip Key MDA Intercept; DoD Weighing Cuts To Pay For More THAAD, SM-3
By Marina Malenic The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) will postpone a long-range intercept test scheduled for this week until December due to receipt of faulty components from a data chip- […]
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Obering Says Boeing 747 Does Well In ABL Work; Not Seeking Different Plane
By Dave Ahearn Air Force Lt. Gen. Trey Obering, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) director, said MDA is satisfied with the highly modified Boeing 747-400 jumbo-jet aircraft serving as the […]
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ArmyBoeing Apache Block III Helicopter Shifts To The Future
By Ann Roosevelt 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 […]
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U.K. Launches New Procurement Strategy
By B.C. Kessner FARNBOROUGH, England–The United Kingdom Ministry of Defence (MoD) said yesterday it was launching a $147 million assessment phase teaming agreement for procuring complex weapons. “We are embarking […]