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InternationalDoE Security Faulted On Foreign Researchers, Sensitive Data Access
While improvements have been made in both areas, the Energy Department still has significant lapses in implementing key security procedures designed to block access to sensitive data by DoE workers […]
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Business/FinancialBusiness Jet Demand, Defense Profits Drive Boost Textron
Textron [TXT] yesterday reported strong sales and earnings growth, driven by demand for business jets, defense equipment and the company’s acquisition of AAI Corp. Net income increased 18 percent to […]
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U.K. To Spend $225 Million For Continued C-17A Sustainment Partnership
The United Kingdom has requested continued participation in the Boeing [BA] Globemaster III Sustainment Partnership, which consists of support to its fleet of six C-17A Globemaster III cargo aircraft, worth […]
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Business/Financial
Navy’s New Approach To Acquisition Includes Examining Workforce Structure
By Geoff Fein As the Navy begins to incorporate a new approach to buying everything from ships to information technology, it is also looking over its acquisition workforce, determining what […]
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Air ForceModernization Continues At ATK Lake City Ammunition Plant
By Ann Roosevelt ATK [ATK] continues modernizing the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant in Independence, Mo., even as the plant produces about 1.4 billion cartridges a year as the primary […]
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Business/Financial
UTC Reports Solid First Quarter Financial Results
By Calvin Biesecker United Technologies Corp. [UTX] yesterday posted solid first quarter financial results and affirmed its forecast for higher sales and earnings this year despite weakness in some areas […]
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Lockheed Martin Selects General Dynamics For JTRS AMF Work
The Lockheed Martin [LMT] Airborne, Maritime and Fixed Site (AMF) Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) team has awarded a contract worth up to $140 million to General Dynamics [GD] to […]
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Navy/USMCPentagon Officials Eye Increasing Near-Term Ballistic Missile Defense Assets In POM ’10
By Emelie Rutherford Two senior Pentagon officials said they are working to bolster ballistic missile defense fielding in the near term, an effort that could double the number of planned […]
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CongressLawmakers Weigh Combining Two Years Worth of War Supplemental Measures
By Emelie Rutherford The Senate will wait and see what the House does on a proposal to merge fiscal year 2008 and 2009 supplemental war-funding measures into one large bill, […]
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Navy/USMC
Navy Taking Steps To Becoming A More Informed Buyer
By Geoff Fein In February, Navy Secretary Donald Winter issued an eight-page memo outlining the way ahead for improvements to the service’s acquisition process. It’s hoped that the new effort […]