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Army
Reorganized WIN-T Program Approaches Critical Design Review
`The next iteration of the Army’s battlefield network communications recently demonstrated an on-the-move capability, as the program’s design faces another review. Increment two of the Warfighter Information Network-Tactical, provides commanders […]
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Army
BAE Systems’ NLOS-C Platform Fires 1,000th Round
BAE Systems yesterday announced the recent firing of the 1,000th round from the Future Combat Systems’ Non-Line-of-Sight Cannon (NLOS-C) firing platform. NLOS-C is a 155mm auto-loading cannon that would replace […]
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Business/Financial
Lockheed Martin Camden, Ark., Operations Wins Shingo Silver Medal
Lockheed Martin‘s [LMT] facility in Camden, Ark., has been selected as a recipient of the 2008 Shingo Silver Medallion for demonstrating excellence in manufacturing. The Shingo Silver Medallion is awarded […]
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Business/Financial
Lockheed Martin Nabs FBI Contract To Develop Multi-Modal Biometric Database
By Calvin Biesecker The FBI yesterday selected Lockheed Martin [LMT] as the systems integrator for an award potentially worth nearly $1 billion to design, develop and deploy its Next Generation […]
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Navy/USMC
Tenth LPD-17 Tops Marine Corps List of Unmet Needs
By Geoff Fein The Marine Corps has $3.01 billion in unmet needs for FY ’08, which includes $1.7 billion for a 10th San Antonio-class LPD-17, Humvees and aircraft, according to […]
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Army
Aircraft Self-Protection Receivers Top USSOCOM Wish List
By Ann Roosevelt The Suite of Integrated Radio Frequency Countermeasures (SIRFC) Radar Warning Receivers for the MH-60M Black Hawk are No. 1 on the $413 million list of unfunded priorities […]
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Homeland Security
TSA Getting Ready To Launch Airport Employee Pilot Screening Program
By Calvin Biesecker The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) this week said it will begin airport employee screening pilot programs at seven airports in May, taking a look at various methods […]
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Congress
England Tells Senators FY ’10 Budget May Take On Key Navy, Air Force Issues
By Jen DiMascio The budget for fiscal year 2010 may begin to take on the affordability of the Navy’s plan to buy and sustain 313 ships and the Air Force’s […]
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Navy Seeking To Establish Ceiling For 30-Year Shipbuilding Plan
By Geoff Fein The Navy is examining just how many ships it might be able to build over a 30-year time frame, looking beyond the 313-ship plan and trying 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 […]