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Business/FinancialCobham To Acquire Microwave Supplier M/A-COM From Tyco
Britain’s Cobham plc on Tuesday said it has agreed to acquire the radio frequency and microwave components and subsystems business of M/A-COM from Tyco Electronics [TEL] for $425 million in […]
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Boeing, DCMA, Army, Investigate Chinook Production Line Irregularities
By Ann Roosevelt Boeing [BA] employees coiuld be back on the job as soon as today at Boeing’s H-47 Chinook helicopter production plant in Ridley Park, Pa., which has temporarily […]
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House Authorizers Want More Subs, Cuts To Army’s FCS And Missile Defense
By Emelie Rutherford The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) began marking up its defense authorization bill for fiscal year 2009 yesterday, adding more funds for submarine production and keeping subcommittee-proposed […]
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Business/Financial
Navy, Sikorsky Overcoming Challenges To CH-53K Design
By Geoff Fein The Navy is making design changes to its CH-53K heavy-lift helicopter to adjust the center of gravity and to switch to a new rotory damper that will […]
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Homeland Security
ICx Gets $4.8M Military Order for FIDO
The Robotic Systems Joint Program Office has awarded ICx Technologies [ICXT] a $4.8 million contract to provide Fido XT handheld explosives detectors and related technical services for use in the […]
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ArmyFuture Wargame Affects Future Plans
By Ann Roosevelt CARLISLE BARRACKS, Pa.–Results of the Unified Quest 2008 wargame will be closely read by Army Chief of Staff Gen. George Casey, U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) Commander […]
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Homeland Security
DARPA Awards BAE $3.3M for Sampling Technology
The Pentagon’s Defense Advance Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded BAE Systems‘ Information & Electronic Systems division a $3.3 million contract under the Hyperadsorptive Atmospheric Sampling Technology program, which is […]
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Army
Lockheed Martin Delivers 5,000th Guided MLRS Rocket
By Ann Roosevelt Lockheed Martin [LMT] last week held ceremonies marking the delivery of the 5,000th Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) rocket at company manufacturing facilities in Camden Ark. […]
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Homeland Security
DHS Issues SBIR Solicitation
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is seeking proposals from small businesses to participate in the Science & Technology Directorate’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) FY ‘08.2 Phase I Program. […]
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Business/Financial
Hawaii Heads To PSA Following First Successful Deployment
By Geoff Fein Advances in design, systems and technology make USS Hawaii (SSN-776) more reliable, easier to maintain and combat ready, according to the submarine’s commander. After wrapping up her […]