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Navy/USMCNavy Exploring Potential To Neck Down Hull Types For Future Fleet Design
By Geoff Fein The Naval Sea Systems Commend (NAVSEA) is looking at the potential to neck down the number of surface ship and amphibious ship hulls it builds to make […]
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Business/FinancialCobham To Further Expand U.S. Business With SPARTA Acquisition
Britain’s Cobham plc yesterday said it has agreed to acquire SPARTA, Inc., for a net price of $416 million in cash, expanding its business base in the United States, particularly […]
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DoE IG Reveals Laptop Lapses At Y-12 Plant
In an “incident of security concern” at the Energy Department’s highly sensitive Y-12 plant, unauthorized laptop computers were repeatedly brought into the restricted area of the Tennessee high-enriched uranium facility–raising […]
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Navy/USMC
Coast Guard, Navy To Discuss Commonality Potentials Between LCS And NSC
By Geoff Fein Next month, the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) and the Commandant of the Coast Guard will discuss opportunities to share systems between the Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship […]
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CongressHouse Changes Authorization Bill To Address Veto Concerns Regarding Iraq
The House yesterday changed the FY ’08 Defense Authorization Bill to address concerns raised by the president after it was sent to him to be signed in December. The president […]
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Homeland Security
Verified Identity Pass Selected As RT Services Provider For Dulles, Reagan Airports
By Calvin Biesecker The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority yesterday selected Verified Identity Pass to be the Registered Traveler (RT) Service Provider for both Dulles International and Ronald Reagan Washington National […]
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Business/Financial
Northrop Grumman Combining Shipbuilding Sectors
Northrop Grumman [NOC] this week said it will combine its two shipbuilding sectors, Newport News and Ship Systems, into a single operating sector effective Jan. 28. In addition, the company […]
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Congress
Lawmaker Moves To Block Sale of JDAMs To Saudi Arabia
By Jen DiMascio Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y. ) said yesterday he is moving to block the president’s proposed sale of precision-guided missiles to Saudi Arabia. The president on Jan. 14 […]
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Homeland Security
NNSA ‘Transformation’ Plan Makes Few Changes In Weapons Complex
By George Lobsenz The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Friday released a draft plan for "transformation" of its nuclear weapons complex that calls for phasing out some plutonium operations at […]
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ArmyAerial Common Sensor Program Prepares For Summer RFP Release
By Ann Roosevelt The Army’s program for the next generation airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance platform is preparing for the release of the Request for Proposals (RFP), according to a […]