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THAAD Demolishes Separating Target Missile For 35 Successes In 43 Tries
By Dave Ahearn The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile defense system Wednesday scored another success when it killed a separating target missile, the Missile Defense Agency said. Separately, […]
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CongressAdjustments In Supp War-Funding Bill Up For Final Senate Passage May Spur DoD Reprogrammings
By Emelie Rutherford The supplemental war-spending bill the Senate was expected to potentially cast a final vote on last night includes less funding for cargo aircraft and vehicles than the […]
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Tanker Procurement Process To Remain In Hands of Air Force, Gates Says
By Marina Malenic Despite scathing criticism from government auditors of the Air Force’s bidding process for an aerial tanker refueling contract, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said yesterday that the Pentagon […]
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ArmyFCS Needs No New Funds To Accelerate, Officials Say
By Ann Roosevelt 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 […]
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InternationalITT To Upgrade Sweden’s Air Defense Radar
ITT Corp. [ITT] said June 25 it has signed a $44.9 million contract with the Swedish Defence Material Administration, FMV, for the Reliability and Modification (REMO) upgrade of their PS-870 […]
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Homeland Security
GAO Likes Coast Guard’s Improved Deepwater Oversight But Uncertainty Remains
By Calvin Biesecker The Coast Guard has improved its accountability for the program management of the Deepwater modernization program by giving its own managers greater oversight and by shifting the […]
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Business/FinancialNavy Must Show Need And Leverage Technologies For Successful CG(X) Program, Official Says
By Geoff Fein For the Navy to have a successful CG(X) program the service must be able to state the compelling operational need for the ship, leverage existing and mature […]
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Air Force Makes Lot 7 JASSM Contract Award To Lockheed Martin
By Marina Malenic Lockheed Martin [LMT] yesterday announced receipt of a $107 million contract for a seventh production lot of the JASSM cruise missile. Lot 7 production will bring total […]
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Congress
House Appropriators Approve $39.9 Billion Homeland Security Bill
By Calvin Biesecker The House Appropriations Committee as expected on Tuesday approved by voice vote a $39.9 billion proposed budget for the Department of Homeland Security in FY ’09. The […]
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Congress
Boeing, Northrop Grumman Supporters On Hill Hold Positions After Release of Full Tanker Audit
By Emelie Rutherford Lawmakers on both sides of the Air Force tanker contract dispute said their stances were not altered by reviewing yesterday a longer version of an auditor’s report […]