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CongressPelosi Wants War Supplemental Passed By July 4 Recess
By Emelie Rutherford House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said yesterday she wants the House to pass the supplemental war-spending bill in time to send final legislation to the president before […]
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ArmyLockheed Martin JLTV Prototypes Surpass 15,000 Test Miles
By Ann Roosevelt Lockheed Martin‘s [LMT] two operational Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) prototypes have between them successfully driven more than 15,000 total test miles, officials say, with more than […]
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InternationalRockwell Collins Receives New Work For U.K Program
Rockwell Collins, through its recent acquisition of Athena Technologies, today announced a follow-on production order for Athena 411 integrated inertial navigation, global positioning, and air data attitude heading reference systems […]
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International
General Dynamics UK Takes Part In CWID This Month
General Dynamics UK [GD] is demonstrating the latest capability for allied forces at the 2008 Coalition Warrior Interoperability Demonstrator (CWID) at Portsdown that runs from June 13-20. CWID 2008 will […]
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International
Israel Spending $190 Million For 25 T-6A Trainer Aircraft
Israel has requested the sale of 25 T-6A Texan aircraft as well as associated equipment and services, according to the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA). The total value of the […]
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International
Brits Net Gains Through Air-Land Interface Lessons Learned
ROME–The British military has made great strides delivering network enabled capabilities (NEC) to forces working at the Air-Land Interface (ALI) and has identified key steps toward additional interoperability, a Ministry […]
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International
Another Step Forward For NATO Strategic Airlift
The Defence Ministers of the Strategic Airlift Capability (SAC) nations met at NATO Headquarters to review progress June 12 and map the way forward to meet the goal of receiving […]
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International
Australia Launches Defense White Paper Community Consultation Program
Australian Minister for Defence, Hon. Joel Fitzgibbon MP, June 5 launched the Defence White Paper Community Consultation Program and released a public discussion paper “Key Questions for Defence in the […]
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OSD Memo Provides Guidance Should Lawmakers Fail To Pass Appropriations
By Geoff Fein Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England earlier this week issued a memorandum outlining criteria for determining which activities will continue as exempt from shutdown, and which must […]
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Business/FinancialKaman Acquires U.K. Aerospace Firm Brookhouse Holdings
Kaman Corp. [KAMN] yesterday said it has acquired Brookhouse Holdings, Ltd., a United Kingdom-based designer and manufacturer of composite aerostructures, aerospace tooling and repair services for $85.1 million in cash, […]