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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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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 […]
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Standard Missile 6 Shoots Down Target In Successful Test
A Navy Standard Missile 6 (SM-6) extended-range anti-air missile for the first time successfully shot down a target missile Tuesday, Raytheon [RTN] said. The test at White Sands Missile Range, […]
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Army
Army Tightens FCS Focus On Infantry And Current Fight
By Ann Roosevelt The Army today is expected to detail its decision to revamp its $160 billion major modernization program Future Combat Systems (FCS) to focus first on Infantry Brigade […]
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Gates Wants Quick Resolution of Tanker Dispute
By Marina Malenic Defense Secretary Robert Gates met yesterday with top Air Force and Defense Department acquisition officials to discuss how the Pentagon will respond to a highly critical Government […]
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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 […]