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General Dynamics, Elbit Systems Demonstrate New UAV
General Dynamics [GD] Armament and Technical Products and Israel’s Elbit Systems‘ [ESLT] wholly-owned subsidiary Elbit Systems of America LLC, recently conducted the first U.S. demonstration of the Skylarkr II Small […]
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Canada Requests Purchase of CH-47D Chinook Helicopters
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency April 21 notified Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Canada of CH-47D Chinook helicopters as well as associated equipment and services. The total […]
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ArmyBAE Systems Leads Alliance To Develop Mini Robots
BAE Systems April 28 announced it signed a five year, $38 million agreement with the Army Research Laboratory (ARL) to lead an alliance of researchers and scientists from the Army, […]
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Boeing’s ScanEagle Reaches Flight, Recovery Marks
Boeing‘s [BA] ScanEagle unmanned aircraft (UA) logged a pair of service milestones as it surpassed 50,000 combat flight hours with Marine Expeditionary Forces (MEF) in Iraq and 1,000 shipboard recoveries […]
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Business/FinancialCoast Guard Seeking Company For Bertholf, Waesche PSA
The Coast Guard will hold an industry day May 13 to outline its plans to conduct Post Shakedown Availabilities (PSA) for the first two National Security Cutters (NSC), the CGC […]
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Navy Halts MH-60S AMCM OPEVAL, Review Underway
Reliability issues with the AQS-20 sonar’s cable winch system aboard the MH-60S Seahawk, have led the Navy to suspend the system’s operational evaluation (OPEVAL) while an independent team reviews the […]
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Business/Financial
General Dynamics C4 Systems Massachusetts Operations Receive CMMI Level 5 Rating
General Dynamics’ [GD] C4 Systems, yesterday announced its Massachusetts-based operations have achieved the Software Engineering Institute’s (SEI) Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) Level 5 rating–the highest rating attainable. The rating […]
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SpacePentagon Needs To Do More On Operationally Responsive Space, GAO Finds
The Department of Defense (DoD), while making progress in its operationally responsive space (ORS) programs over the past two years, needs to take additional steps to ensure that ORS needs […]
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Defense Watch
The Latest Word On Trends And Developments In Aerospace And Defense Murtha Known Across The Pond. Allan Cameron, chairman and CEO of Thales North America Inc., tells a Jane’s U.S. […]
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Business/Financial
Next Block of Virginia-Class Subs To Have More In Common With SSGNs
By Geoff Fein The Navy’s next multi-year Virginia-class submarine contract, expected to be signed by the end of the year, will not only mark the beginning of building two subs […]