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InternationalAustralia To Cancel Kaman Seasprite Helicopters
Australia announced March 5 it will cancel the U.S. Kaman Corp. [KAMN] -produced Seasprite helicopter project, two aircraft short of completing an order for 11. The Rudd Labor government initiated […]
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International
Independent Review Finds New Radiation Monitors Could Improve Container Screening
Deploying a next-generation radiation portal monitors for secondary screening of cargo containers at ports of entry in the United States could result in better performance versus current technologies, thereby increasing […]
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Battelle Develops Breakthrough Composite Vehicle Armor System
By Ann Roosevelt Battelle has developed armor called the Resin and Ceramic Engineered (RACE) composite armor system that potentially could solve current IED and Explosively Formed Penetrators (EFP) problems for […]
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Army Funds Lockheed Demonstration of C-RAM System
Lockheed Martin [LMT] said March 6 it received an $8.6 million Science and Technology contract from the Army Research and Development Command (RDECOM) Missiles and Aviation Research and Development Center […]
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Major Defense Companies Get DARPA Contracts For Mini-Satellites
By Dave Ahearn DARPA last week awarded Boeing [BA], Lockheed Martin [LMT], Northrop Grumman [NOC] and Orbital Sciences [ORB] multi-million-dollar contracts to design and build what is essentially one satellite […]
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CongressMurtha Points To Difficulties With Possibility of Skipping DDG-1000s
By Jen DiMascio The chairman of the House Appropriations defense subcommittee indicated yesterday there are problems with an effort to have the Navy "jump over" its next-generation destroyer in favor […]
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Business/FinancialNavy Will Benefit From Northrop Grumman Shipyard Consolidation, Official Says
By Geoff Fein The recent decision by Northrop Grumman [NOC] to consolidate its shipbuilding sector into one unit should, over time, provide benefits to the Navy, a service official said. […]
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International
Lockheed Martin To Provide Radars For Romania
Lockheed Martin [LMT] and the Romania Ministry of Defense (MoD) March 11 announced the signing of a contract for the co-production of 17 TPS-79(R) Multi-Mission Surveillance Radar systems for Romania’s […]
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Congress
United States, Poland Outline Missile Defense Pact, But No Final Deal Set
The United States and Poland this week reached an outline of an agreement to have a U.S. ballistic missile defense system installed in Europe, and for Washington in return to […]
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International
L-1 Awarded Passport Card Work After State Withdraws It From GD
L-1 Identity Solutions [ID] this week said the State Department has awarded it a potential five-year, $107 million contract to produce a new border crossing credential that had originally been […]