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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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Navy/USMCNavy Hoping For Spring Milestone Review For MPF(F) Ships
By Geoff Fein The Navy is hoping to head into a Milestone review this spring for additional T-AKE cargo ships and the Mobile Landing Platform (MLP), both important vessels in […]
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ArmyArmy, State Department, To Work Together On Stability Operations
By Ann Roosevelt Stability operations appear to be an idea whose time has come, as a future failing state crisis could see State Department-led civilian groups moving and working alongside […]
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Business/Financial
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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CongressMurtha: Election-Year Politics May Stand In Way of Defense Bill
By Jen DiMascio The chairman of the House Appropriations defense subcommittee told senior Army leaders he predicts election-year politics will make passing a defense spending bill for fiscal year 2009 […]
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FCS Keeps Virtual Tabs On Far Flung Work
By Ann Roosevelt Keeping tabs on the work being done on the Future Combat Systems (FCS) around the country is aided by the use of information technology and teleconferencing, according […]
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Business/Financial
L-3 Acquiring Electro-Optical Systems Business From Northrop Grumman
L-3 Communications [LLL] said yesterday it has agreed to acquire the Electro-Optical Systems (EOS) business from Northrop Grumman [NOC] for $175 million in cash to expand its core offerings of […]
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Biometrics Agency Soliciting For Technologies Ready For Demonstration
By Calvin Biesecker The Defense Department’s Biometrics Task Force (BTF) plans to issue a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) seeking mature biometric technologies that have the potential for being used in […]
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Independent Review Finds New Radiation Monitors Could Improve Container Screening
By Calvin Biesecker 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 […]
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Northrop, Loral To Join In Seeking Government Satellite Contracts
Northrop Grumman [NOC] and Loral Space & Communications [LORL] will work together in seeking government satellite contracts, the companies announced recently. Loral Space is a unit of Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), […]