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CongressLott’s Resignation Changes Shipbuilding Support Structure In Congress
By Jen DiMascio Minority Whip Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss.) announced yesterday he is resigning from the Senate, further changing the team of legislators who have protected the shipbuilding industry. Lott, […]
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InternationalUSAFE: Russian Bomber Flights Off European Coast Raise Safety Concerns
By Michael Sirak RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany–The recent resurgence of flights by Russian Tupelov Tu-95 Bear and Tu-160 Blackjack long-range bomber aircraft in international airspace off the coasts of NATO […]
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Air ForceAir Force Clears F-15 Fleet To Return To Flight
By Michael Sirak Having already cleared its F-15E Strike Eagle multirole fighter aircraft to return to flight, the Air Force has now given the go-ahead for its F-15A and F-15C […]
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Air Force
Northrop Grumman, Raytheon Win Work On Next-Gen GPS Control Segment
By Michael Sirak The Air Force last week chose Northrop Grumman [NOC] and Raytheon [RTN] to conduct concurrent developmental work on a next- generation ground control segment for Global Positioning […]
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Congress
Thompson Calls For ‘Million-Member’ Ground Force
By Jen DiMascio Former Sen. Fred Thompson (R-Tenn.), a latecomer to the presidential contest, recently outlined his national priorities for the campaign, among them calling for a "million- member" ground […]
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Air Force
Reaper Unmanned Aircraft Becoming An Increasing Presence In Afghanistan
Southwest Asia–Both the United Kingdom and United States now are operating General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI)-built Reaper remotely piloted aircraft over the skies of Afghanistan, and, as of this month, […]
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ArmyArmy’s UH-60M Black Hawk Poised For Fielding
One of the Army’s newest UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters is now at Ft. Campbell, Ky., where the 4th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment, 159th Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air […]
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Army
Helicopter Product Commonality Reduces Cost, Workload
As the new Sikorsky [UTX] UH-60M Black Hawk enters the Army inventory, products the helicopter has in common with the CH-47 Chinook and planned for the Block III Apache, both […]
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Air Force
Air Force Plans Frequent Exchanges With Industry During CSAR-X Bid Evaluations
Applying the lessons from the first go-around, the Air Force will do more to maintain a continual dialogue with industry throughout the process of evaluating the proposals for the service’s […]
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Business/FinancialTextron Closes In On United Industrial Acquisition
Textron [TXT] said recently it has acquired 85 percent of the stock of United Industrial Corp. [UIC] as it nears the end of its $1.1 billion acquisition of the defense […]