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Australian Heron RPA Sets Unit Record For Monthly Flight Hours
The fourth rotation (ROT 4) of Australia’s Heron Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) Detachment in Kandahar, Afghanistan, has set a unit record for monthly flying hours, the unit commander said. Commanding […]
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Global Demand for ATK’s Medium-Caliber Tactical Ammunition Expands
ATK [ATK] yesterday said it has received awards totaling $13.4 million in new 25mm tactical ammunition contracts from a mix of allies in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) […]
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SRA Doesn’t Find Alternate Buyer To Providence Equity
SRA International [SRX] yesterday said its 30-day “go shop” period to find an alternate buyer for the company under terms of its $1.9 billion merger agreement last month with Providence […]
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Second F-35C Makes First Flight
The second F-35C Joint Strike Fighter carrier variant made its first flight last week, prime contract Lockheed Martin [LMT] said. The test aircraft, known as CF-2, took off from Naval […]
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Bin Laden Death Spurs Mixed Assessments On Impact To DoD Spending
By Emelie Rutherford Lawmakers and pundits gave differing opinions yesterday on whether Osama bin Laden’s death will lead to greater reductions in the Pentagon budget and a faster contraction in […]
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L-1, Safran Refile Merger Plans With CFIUS
Once again, L-1 Identity Solutions [ID] and France’s Safran Group have voluntarily withdrawn the notification of their planned merger with the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) […]
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India Fighter Competition Narrowed To Euro Options
By Marina Malenic U.S. officials confirmed last week that India has eliminated both U.S. bidders–Boeing [BA] with the F/A-18 and Lockheed Martin [LMT] with the F-16–for its medium multi-role combat […]
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Defense Watch
The Latest Word On Trends And Developments In Aerospace And Defense Army Savings. Army Under Secretary Joseph Westphal says his service’s “cumbersome” acquisition system will undergo changes. “We realize we […]
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McKeon Resisting DoD Budget Cuts As HASC Takes Up Policy Bill
By Emelie Rutherford As the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) prepared to take Congress’ first whack at the Pentagon’s proposed fiscal year 2012 policy bill this week, its chairman is […]
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