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ArmyNorthrop Grumman In Second Year of Next Generation ABIS Development
By Calvin Biesecker Northrop Grumman [NOC] has begun to get the computer architecture in place for the Defense Department’s new biometric database and, by the end of this year, is […]
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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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Army
JIEDDO: 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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Business/FinancialTo Keep Aerospace Industry Vital, Policy Can’t Be Neglected, AIA Says
By Ann Roosevelt The aerospace industry saw success in 2007, but it won’t remain robust without policies in place to sustain it, according to the Aerospace Industry Association (AIA). The […]
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CongressBacklogged Security Clearances Plague DoD, Contractors, But OPM Sees Progress
By Dave Ahearn Huge delays in performing background clearance investigations on some prospective Department of Defense (DoD) and defense contractor employees is costing the Pentagon and contractors money, endangering national […]