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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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Business/FinancialCongress Gains Confidence In LCS Ship Costs So Multiple-Ship Buys Possible
By Dave Ahearn DAHLGREN, Va.–Congress is gaining enough confidence that Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) costs are stabilizing that lawmakers are ready to green-light further multiple LCS purchases, Rep. Robert Wittman […]
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Business/Financial
Rockwell Collins Posts Strong Third Quarter
By Calvin Biesecker Rockwell Collins [COL] last Friday reported strong third quarter financial results due to improved operating margins and solid sales and the company raised its year-end earnings guidance […]
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Business/Financial
ONR Looking To Demo At-Sea Cargo Transfer Using T-Craft Scale Model
By Geoff Fein Later this summer, the Office of Naval Research (ONR) is planning on conducting a demonstration of a cargo transfer operation between multiple vessels, using a government designed […]
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Tanker Top EADS Priority But No Bearing on Growth Strategy
By B.C. Kessner HAMPSHIRE, England–Securing the KC-X tanker contract remains the European Aeronautic and Space Co.’s (EADS) number one priority, but the company’s vision for doubling revenues by 2020 and […]
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CAM Testing Complete, U.K. Could Soon Deploy Raytheon’s ASTOR
By B.C. Kessner FARNBOROUGH, England—Raytheon [RTN] and the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence (MoD) have completed capabilities assurance mission (CAM) testing of the Airborne Stand-Off Radar (ASTOR) system and the […]
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Business/Financial
Aerospace And Defense M&A Activity Reached Seven-Year High In 2007, Report Says
By Calvin Biesecker Merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in the global aerospace and defense (A&D) market reached $30.8 billion in 2007, a seven-year high and $1.6 billion increase over 2006, […]
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Business/Financial
Navy To Begin Competition For Mobile Landing Platform In Coming Weeks
By Geoff Fein Over the course of the next month, the Navy will issue an unrestricted competitive solicitation for Systems Design Part 1 (SD1), with an option for SD2, for […]
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Boeing Space Competing For $14 Billion Of Contracts; Backlog $6 Billion To $7 Billion
By Dave Ahearn Boeing [BA] currently is competing for about $14 billion worth of additional satellite/space-related business, an area that already generates $3.2 billion of annual revenues, according to Craig […]
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Homeland Security
DNDO To Test Rapiscan Portal Under Revised Nuclear Inspection Program
By Calvin Biesecker The Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) plans to award a contract to OSI Systems‘ [OSIS] Rapiscan division to field test an upgraded version of the company’s Eagle […]