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U.S. Lawmakers Urge Putting Radar In Israel, To Be Tied In With European Missile Defense
By Dave Ahearn Scores of lawmakers in Congress have asked President Bush to deploy a U.S. missile defense radar in Israel that would be linked to a planned American missile […]
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Working Group Examining Export Control Changes For Satellite Industry
By Emelie Rutherford An aerospace working group wants some satellite components exempted from U.S. export control restrictions, a change its leader says would benefit national security. The group plans to […]
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Business/FinancialMarine Corps Capitalization Funding Must Climb To Avoid Historical Shortfalls, Official Says
By Geoff Fein The Marine Corps must continue to increase investment in recapitalizing its force, not only to sustain current levels, but to meet future needs, according to a top […]
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G4S Completes Acquisition of ArmorGroup International plc
G4S plc, the world’s leading international security solutions group, announced May 7 it completed its approximately $85 million acquisition of ArmorGroup International plc. “ArmorGroup is highly complementary to our existing […]
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VH-71 Is Getting Back On Track, Navy Says
The Navy is in the process of preparing to release a request for proposal (RFP) in June for Increment II of its presidential helicopter, as the service looks to put […]
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Raytheon Teams With Swift Engineering On KillerBee UAS
Raytheon [RTN] announced it has teamed with Swift Engineering Inc. to provide the Navy and Marinea with KillerBee, an unmanned aircraft system for their respective small tactical unmanned aircraft systems […]
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CongressHouse Panel Provides $631 Million For Army Missiles, Rockets
The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) air and land forces subcommittee provided $631 million of authorizations for Army precision-guided missiles and rockets. That amount was contained in one portion of […]
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Business/Financial
NASA Gives Hensel Phelps Up To $263.8 Million For Mobile Launcher To Transport Ares I Rocket
NASA gave Hensel Phelps a contract worth up to $263.8 million to build at least one, and perhaps two, 390-foot-tall mobile launchers that will transport the Ares I rocket to […]
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InternationalFirst Galileo Navigation System Signal Transmitted By New Giove-B Satellite
The European Galileo navigation system has begun operation with the initial signals being received from the newly-launched Giove-B navigation satellite, Astrium announced. Galileo will compete with the years-old U.S.-sponsored Global […]
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Editor’s Note
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