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Collins Stands Firm Against Altering Navy’s DDG-1000 Plans
By Emelie Rutherford Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) said it would be a “disaster” to pass on building future DDG-1000s in favor of another Navy ship, and pledged to remain a […]
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Navy/USMCDDG-1000: Bigger Ship, Smaller Crew
By Geoff Fein While DDG-1000, with its advanced technologies, low radar cross section and modern weapons will provide a new direction for the Navy’s surface combatant fleet, the ability to […]
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ArmyArmy Expects $500 Million Savings On Chinook Multi-Year Contract
By Ann Roosevelt NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—By June, Boeing [BA] expects to have signed on to a five-year contract to support the CH-47 Chinook helicopter expected to save the service $500 […]
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Air ForceJoint Strike Fighter Not Facing Cost Breach For Late 2007 Period
By Emelie Rutherford The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program’s cost decreased slightly over the final months of 2007, and the effort did not experience a significant cost breach during […]
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Army
Army Stretched, But Not Hollow Or Broken, Casey Says
By Ann Roosevelt NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.–Six and a half years of war may have stretched the Army, but it’s by no means broken, according to the the Chief of Staff. […]
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Orion-Ares Spaceship Program Faces Myriad Risks of Cost Overruns, Delays: GAO
By Dave Ahearn The Constellation Program to develop the next-generation Orion-Ares spaceship faces multiple risks of technology development problems, schedule delays and cost overruns, according to the Government Accountability Office […]
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Homeland Security
Most Denial of Service Attacks Targeted U.S. In Late 2007, Symantec Report Say
More than 50 percent of denial of service attacks were targeted against computers in the United States in the second half of 2007, according to a new report by the […]
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Business/FinancialRockwell Collins Completes Purchase of Athena Technologies
Rockwell Collins [COL] yesterday said it had closed its acquisition of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) subsystem supplier Athena Technologies, which will expand its presence in the UAV market. The deal […]
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Business/Financial
Coast Guard Takes Delivery of First of 180 New Response Boat Mediums
By Geoff Fein The Coast Guard yesterday unveiled its new 45-foot Response Boat Medium (RB-M), the eventual replacement for the service’s 25-year-old Utility Boat (UT-B). The Coast Guard has 30 […]
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Air Force
Cause of Predator UAV Accident In Theater Unknown
By Emelie Rutherford The Air Force does not yet know if a MQ-1 Predator unmanned aerial vehicle that ran off a runway in Iraq late last week can be repaired, […]