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ArmyLockheed Martin, Kaman Aerospace Demonstrate Unmanned Helo Supply
Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Kaman Aerospace Corp. [KAMN] said they recently demonstrated for the Army and Marine Corps that it’s feasible to transport supplies to ground troops by unmanned helicopter. […]
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Air ForceSonobuoy SBIR Effort Gaining Interest From Other Services
By Geoff Fein KaZak Composites, Inc., has developed a sonobuoy that can be deployed from a Navy P-3C aircraft from an altitude of 30,000 feet and from a distance of […]
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Air Force
Wynne, Moseley Resignations Fuel Criticisms of Air Force Acquisitions
By Emelie Rutherford Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne and Chief of Staff Gen. Michael Moseley’s resignations yesterday are being seized on by congressional critics of Air Force acquisition decisions. It […]
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Business/FinancialSpain Spending $156 Million For Tomahawk Cruise Missiles
Spain is looking to buy 20 Block IV Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles as well as associated equipment and services, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) reported. The total value, if […]
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DoE’s Livermore Lab Lays Off 440 Scientists
By George Lobsenz In a move that lab officials have acknowledged was partly tied to the Energy Department’s recent hiring of a new operating contractor for the nuclear weapons facility, […]
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Business/Financial
Small Massachusetts Company Finds Niche In Navy Composite Work
By Geoff Fein The Navy is in the process of signing a contract with Massachusetts’s-based KaZak Composites Inc., for the company’s impact recovery post, a Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) […]
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CongressYoung Claims Inaccuracies, Assumptions In Navy Destroyer Cost Comparison
By Emelie Rutherford The Pentagon’s acquisition chief has questioned the accuracy of a Navy letter stating the life-cycle costs of the new DDG-1000 destroyer and older DDG-51 destroyer are similar […]
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Homeland Security
DHS Planning Information Fusion Demonstration Using Stand-off Sensors
By Calvin Biesecker The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate will conduct a pilot test this summer involving the use of different types of stand-off sensors […]
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U.S. Responding Poorly To Power Grid Cyber Vulnerabilities, Langevin Warns
The nation’s approach to reducing the electric industry’s cyber security vulnerabilities remains “disorganized” and “ineffective,” according to the chairman of a House panel, who said he isn’t “confident” about the […]
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DHS Renews Bid To Consolidate Disparate Financial Systems
Following one failed attempt and another that never really got far, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has renewed its efforts to find help from industry in consolidating the legacy […]