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InternationalMEADS Completes Preliminary Design Review; Tests Set For 2011-13
The American-European Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) completed its preliminary design review (PDR), and a program contractor Feb. 12 voiced confidence that MEADS will be able to shoot down […]
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Navy Awards DDG-1000 Construction Contracts
By Geoff Fein The Navy last night awarded the first contracts for its next-generation combat ship, DDG-1000, to General Dynamics [GD] Bath Iron Works and Northrop Grumman [NOC] Shipbuilding under […]
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International
Raytheon Joins General Dynamics Team For Halifax Mod Effort
Raytheon [RTN] Integrated Defense Systems has joined the CSI Halifax Team that is responding to the Canadian Navy’s $1.1 billion Halifax-class Modernization (HCM)–Combat Systems Integration (CSI) program, according to General […]
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ArmyJIEDDO: Costing The Enemy More Every Day
By Ann Roosevelt For the enemy involved in IEDs, the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization (JIEDDO) is out to raise the risks of that effort every day, according to […]
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International
European Missile Defense Could Include Additional, Mobile Radar: Obering
An additional, mobile radar that could operate in a nation such as Turkey might be added to the fixed-site radar envisioned for installation in the Czech Republic and the interceptor […]
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International
NATO Moves Closer To Theater Ballistic Missile Defense Capability
NATO today inaugurates a special testing facility in The Hague, Netherlands–a milestone in the multi-year alliance project to protect deployed operating forces from ballistic missile attack. The integration test bed–ready […]
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International
L-3 Shedding Space Microwave Product Line
COM DEV USA, LLC, said Feb. 14 it has agreed to acquire the Passive Microwave Devices product line of L-3 Communications [LLL] Electron Technologies Inc. business unit for $12.2 million […]
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Air ForceYoung Certifies C-5 Re-engining Program
By Jen DiMascio The defense acquisition chief yesterday announced he has certified the C-5 Reliability Enhancement and Re-engining Program (RERP) for continuation. John Young signed an order certifying 49 remaining […]
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Army
Army Holds Fast To FCS Funding Plan
By Jen DiMascio Despite warnings from the secretary of defense and members of Congress, the Army maintains it can afford and has planned for its top modernization program–the Future Combat […]
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Homeland Security
DHS S&T Seeks Information On Tripwire Sensors For Border Security
The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Science & Technology (S&T) Directorate has issued a Request for Information on existing tripwire sensor systems able to satisfy a host of requirements for […]