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Air ForceAeroVironment Awarded $200 Million USSOCOM Contract For Puma AE
AeroVironment Inc. [AVAV] recently said the U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) has selected Puma AE as its All Environment Capable Variant (AECV) for its Small Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) requirement […]
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Romania Awards Indra $28 Million Maritime Border Security Deal
Spain’s Indra last week said it won its first contract in the security market in Romania for a Black Sea border surveillance system. “The integrated system for surveillance, control and […]
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CongressDHS Awards Boeing New Task Order To Begin SBI Deployments
By Calvin Biesecker The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) last month issued Boeing [BA] a new $55.7 million task order to begin constructing surveillance and communications towers along separate stretches […]
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Business/FinancialNavy Sees 89 Percent Jump In Cost of A Barrel of Oil Since Start of FY ’08
By Geoff Fein While the nation last week saw fuel prices hit the $143 per barrel mark, the Navy saw its price for oil rise to $170 per barrel, an […]
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GD Demonstrates C-MANPADS System Against UAVs
General Dynamics [GD] has successfully demonstrated a ground-based defense system against unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that was originally developed to defeat Man-Portable Air Defense Systems (MANPADS) that could threat military […]
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Boeing Teams With Canada’s Skyhook For Heavy Lift Airship
MESA, Ariz.—Boeing [BA] and Canada’s Skyhook International this week announced a teaming agreement to develop the Jess Heavy Lifter (JHL)-40, a new commercial heavy lift airship aimed at transporting equipment […]
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Air Force, Army Brass Discuss New UAS Concept of Operations
Army and Air Force brass met this week to start developing a common concept of operations (CONOPS) for unmanned aircraft used in joint operations across the full spectrum of conflict. […]
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FCS Needs No New Funds To Accelerate, Officials Say
No new funds will be requested to accelerate the Army’s approximately $160 billion Future Combat System (FCS), service leaders said yesterday while detailing plans to accelerate the first mature technologies […]
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ArmyNew Distance Record For Lockheed Martin GMLRS
The Army recently established a new 85-kilometer distance record for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System rocket, the company said. The rocket destroyed a target 85 kilometers […]
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BAE Gets $226 Million For MRAP Upgrade Orders
BAE Systems said last week it has received four delivery orders totaling $226 million from the Marine Corps for engineering changes and spare parts to support Mine Resistant Ambush Protected […]