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Business/FinancialCBP Issues Requirements For Container Security Devices
Customs and Border Protection this week issued a Request for Information (RFI) for existing Conveyance Security Devices (CSDs) mounted inside cargo containers to meet requirements that appear less robust than […]
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Air ForceAir Force Poised To Launch GPS Satellite Into Orbit Today
The Air Force expects to launch today a new Global Positioning System (GPS) navigation satellite into orbit aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta II rocket fired from Cape Canaveral […]
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Business/Financial
General Dynamics Declares Success For FCS Robotic Convoy Experiment
General Dynamics [GD] Robotic Systems yesterday announced the successful completion of Phase I of the Future Combat Systems (FCS) Robotic Convoy Experiment (RCX) at White Sands Missile Range, N.M. "We […]
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Business/Financial
E-2D Advanced Hawkeye Flies First Mission System Flight
By Geoff Fein The Navy’s all-weather, airborne early warning battle management aircraft, the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye, flew its first mission system flight, with its radar operating, earlier this month, and […]
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ArmyHuckabee Seeks To Accelerate Growth of Ground Forces
By Jen DiMascio Presidential contender former Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-Ark.) wants to move quickly on existing planned growth in the military’s ground forces and increase investment in defense. Huckabee laid […]
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Army
Army To Extend ATK Operation of Lake City Ammunition Plant
Alliant Techsystems [ATK] Dec. 19 announced the Army has notified the company of its intent to award a contract to operate the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant for four more […]
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Business/Financial
Switzerland To Spend $535 Million On F/A-18C/D Upgrades
Switzerland is looking to spend $535 million for the sale of "Upgrade 25 Program" equipment to enhance survivability and communications connectivity and to extend the useful life of 33 Swiss […]
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Business/Financial
Morocco Spending $2.6 Billion For Aircraft, Equipment
Morocco is looking to spend upward of $2.4 billion for 24 F-16C/D Block 50/52 aircraft as well as associated equipment and services, according to the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA). […]
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Army
Army Receives Approval For 95 More Stryker NBC Reconnaissance Vehicles
By Ann Roosevelt The Army has received the green light for more General Dynamics‘ [GD] Stryker Nuclear Biological Chemical Reconnaissance Vehicles (NBCRV), adding state-of-the-art capability for the service and the […]
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Air Force
Schwartz: Expanded Global Infrastructure Needed For North-To-South Transport
The U.S. military’s global transport network needs to grow from it’s current east-west orientation to a more robust en-route infrastructure that can move personnel and material more readily north to […]