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ArmyLockheed Martin DAGR Successful In Recent Testing, Company Says
By Ann Roosevelt Lockheed Martin [LMT] said it recently completed another series of successful tests of the Direct Attack Guided Rocket (DAGR) semi-active laser guidance kits for 2.75 inch/70mm rockets. […]
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Army
DoD Approves Funds To Start Stryker Product Improvement Program
By Ann Roosevelt The Defense Department’s chief acquisition officer has approved up to $10 million in FY 2008 research, development test and evaluation (RDT&E) funds to initiate a Stryker Product […]
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Business/FinancialCanada Rebuffs ATK’s Attempt To Acquire MDA’s Space Business
By Calvin Biesecker Alliant Techsystems’ [ATK] plans to bolster its capabilities and offerings for the space market took a hit this week when Canada rejected the company’s pending $1.3 billion […]
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InternationalTurkey To Spend $227 Million For Six MK 41 VLS
Turkey is looking to buy six Lockheed Martin [LMT] MK 41 Vertical Launch Systems (VLS) as well as associated equipment and services, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) recently said. […]
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Business/Financial
Early Efforts Should Help DDG-1000 Production Avoid Other Programs’ Pitfalls
By Geoff Fein As construction on DDG-1000 gets underway in the coming year, the Navy and the two shipyards heading up the effort will have a design that is significantly […]
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International
NATO Agencies Forge Closer Ties Moving Forward on Interoperability, Transformation
NATO Standardization Agency (NSA) Director Vice Adm. Juan Moreno and the Chief of Staff NATO Allied Command Transformation (ACT) Lt. Gen. Jan Arp March 3 signed a letter of agreement […]
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Air ForceJSF Officials Optimistic On Foreign Partners, Welcome Report On Cost Stability
Officials steering the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program said signs are good for Japan joining the aircraft effort, and predicted partner nations Norway and Denmark will not drop their […]
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International
FLIR Acquires Spanish Sensor Networking Firm
FLIR Systems [FLIR] on recently said it has acquired Spain’s Ifara Tecnologias, a developer and supplier of middleware and client application software used to network sensor systems, for $11.1 million […]
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International
NATO Considering Link Between Alliance, U.S. Missile Defense Systems
NATO is examining ways to link its current missile defense efforts to a European-based U.S. missile defense from concerns that the proliferation of ballistic missiles poses an increasing threat to […]
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International
Czech Republic Agrees To Host U.S. Ground-based Midcourse Defense Radar
The Czech Republic recently agreed to provide the site for a U.S. Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) radar installation to guard against missiles launched by nations such as Iran, the Czechs […]