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ArmyArmy 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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CongressSenate Likely To Pass $70 Billion War Funding Package
The Senate was likely to pass last night an omnibus spending package that would include about $70 billion in funding for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a […]
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Business/FinancialSenators Press Administration To Ask For C-17 Funding In FY’09
By Jen DiMascio Nineteen Senators last week urged Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Office of Management and Budget Director Jim Nussle to provide enough funding for C-17 Globemasters in the […]
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Homeland Security
Singapore Signed Up Under U.S. Secure Freight Initiative
The United States and Singapore have agreed to cooperate on the Secure Freight Initiative, which is a Department of Homeland Security led effort at select foreign ports to scan U.S.-bound […]
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Air ForceSASC Questions Air Force Comptroller Candidate About Plans For Long Range Strike
The Senate Armed Services Committee yesterday considered four Defense Department civilian nominations including a candidate for to be the next Air Force comptroller. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) asked John Gibson, […]
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Business/Financial
Lockheed Martin In Cooperative Agreement With Biometric Firm Cognitec
Firming up its ability to integrate and offer multi-modal biometric solutions, Lockheed Martin [LMT] yesterday said it has signed a cooperative agreement with the Germany-based facial recognition technology firm Cognitec […]
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Business/Financial
Lockheed Martin To Provide AN/TPS-77 Radar To Latvia
Lockheed Martin [LMT] yesterday said it received a contract valued at $44 million from the Latvian National Armed Forces for two long-range AN/TPS-77 transportable air surveillance radar systems and options […]
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Homeland Security
NNSA Reveals Plan To Shrink Weapons Complex
By Jeff Beattie The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) unveiled some details yesterday of a proposal to significantly downsize the nation’s nuclear weapons complex, including closing two unspecified "major testing […]
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Business/Financial
Lockheed Martin Debuts Marine Corps’ F-35B STOVL
Lockheed Martin [LMT] yesterday rolled out the Marine Corps’ F-35B short takeoff/vertical landing variant of the Joint Strike Fighter, a little over a year since the first F-35 took its […]
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Army
iRobot Wins $286 Million Army x-Bot Contract
By Ann Roosevelt The Army yesterday said that iRobot [IRBT] was awarded the $286 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract that could call for as many as 3,000 robots, spare parts, training and […]