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Air ForceAir Force Advances Ambitious Synthetic Fuel Initiative With Historic C-17 Flight
By Michael Sirak MCGUIRE AFB, N.J.–On Monday, the 104th anniversary of the Wright Brothers’ first powered flight, the Air Force said it achieved another milestone by flying an aircraft for […]
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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 Force
SASC 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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ArmyiRobot 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 […]