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Army, Marines, Offer Acquisition Plans On JLTV Effort
By Ann Roosevelt The Army and Marine Corps recently explained to industry the acquisition strategy for the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) program at a three-day pre-proposal conference at Selfridge […]
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Boeing Reports Success In UAV Bio-Collection Tests
By Calvin Biesecker Boeing [BA] said recently it has successfully completed a series of tests using modified ship-based ScanEagle Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to track simulated biological plumes, collect the […]
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AeroVironment Puma UAS Breaks Own Record At Nine Hours
AeroVironment (AVAV) recently announced that it has flown its Puma small unmanned aircraft for over nine hours, powered by an onboard fuel cell battery hybrid energy storage system. This breaks […]
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Navy Needs To Invest In ISR, Maintain ASW Advantages, CNO Says
By Geoff Fein The Navy needs to expand its investments in the "kill chain" to include more focus on intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance as well as command and control, according […]
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Year-Old Coast Guard Acquisition Organization Continues To Progress, Commandant Says
By Geoff Fein While the past year has been a rough one for the Coast Guard as it battled issues over its handling of the Deepwater program, the future is […]
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Navy/USMCWhite House Wants VH-71 Increment 2, But Redesign Will Lead To Cost Increase
By Geoff Fein The White House has decided to move forward on Increment 2 of the next presidential helicopter, VH-71, citing that the Lockheed Martin [LMT] aircraft provides the capability […]
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Business/FinancialGPS Block IIR-M Satellite Launched On Delta II From Cape Canaveral
A Global Positioning System Block IIR-M satellite was launched into orbit on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta II rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] […]
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Defense Watch
The Latest Word On Trends And Developments In Aerospace And Defense Bye, Bud. Rep. Bud Cramer (D-Ala.) announced last week he would not seek re-election to Congress next year. Cramer […]
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Business/Financial
Contracts
Army Contract Seeks New Kinetic Missile Interceptor To Kill Rockets, Artillery The Army is awarding contracts for design and demonstration of a prototype kinetic-kill missile interceptor that would take down […]
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CongressCBO, Navy Differ On Cost of Shipbuilding Plan
By Jen DiMascio The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) places the Navy’s shipbuilding tab for the next five years about 30 percent higher than the Navy does, according to a report […]