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Digital Engine Control Enhancement To Give Reaper Real-Time Fault Detection Capability
By Marina Malenic A new Digital Electronic Engine Control (DEEC) system, scheduled to be incorporated into Air Force Reaper Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) aircraft beginning in 2010, will allow for […]
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Editor’s Note
Don’t miss our July 15 webinar: Terrorism in 2008: Why the U.S. is Still Vulnerable to Attack. Congressman Roscoe Bartlett, Ranking Republican-House Armed Service Committee Seapower and Expeditionary Forces Subcommittee, […]
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ArmyNavistar Defense Receives More Orders For Severe Service Vehicles
Navistar Defense LLC [NAV] yesterday said it has received six more delivery orders for severe service vehicles. The orders, awarded by Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command, combined with two […]
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Business/FinancialBoeing Installs Engines On First P-8A Poseidon
Boeing [BA] last month installed two CFM56-7B engines on the Navy’s first P-8A Poseidon, closely following the aircraft’s wing-to-body join and "power on" milestones, according to Boeing. Following final functional […]
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Business/Financial
Robotic Industry Consortium Forms To Meet DoD Challenge
The Robotics Technology Consortium Inc. (RTC) yesterday announced its launch with over 70 initial organizations. The consortium was established to meet a need identified by the Office of the Secretary […]
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Navy/USMCMarine Corps Board Reviewing Delayed Marine Personnel Carrier
By Emelie Rutherford A Marine Corps board is expected to sign off this month on a new plan for the future Marine Personnel Carrier (MPC), a medium-weight armored vehicle program […]
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CongressPresident Bush Signs Long-Delayed GWOT Supplemental Spending Bill Into Law
By Emelie Rutherford President Bush signed yesterday a long-delayed supplement spending bill covering $161.8 billion in war operations for fiscal year 2008 and part of FY ’09–well into the next […]
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Army
Pennsylvania National Guard Stryker Unit Prepares For Iraq
By Ann Roosevelt The Defense Department yesterday said the 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT), 28th Infantry Div., Pennsylvania National Guard is among the units scheduled to deploy to Iraq […]
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Eurofighter Typhoon To Assume Airspace Protection Duties In Austria
Starting today, the Eurofighter Typhoon will take over the protection of Austrian airspace, the latest in a string of developments that have the manufacturing consortium “more than satisfied” about its […]
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Navy/USMC
Relevancy of Submarines Won’t Diminish As Global Interest In Undersea Platforms Grows
By Geoff Fein The question as to whether submarines are still relevant in today’s post Cold War environment can easily be answered by looking at the number of countries obtaining […]