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DoD Begins Instituting Cost Caps At Program Inception
By Marina Malenic The Pentagon has begun enforcing a topline cost cap for its major weapon programs, the department’s deputy arms buyer said yesterday. The new approach was used when […]
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International Battery Receives Contract For Advanced Energy Storage
International Battery last week said it will develop a hybrid energy storage solution for combat tanks and Stryker armored vehicles under a $730,441 contract from the Army’s Tank Automotive Research, […]
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NASA Picks Four, Rejects 18 Firms To Further Develop Commercial Spacecraft
By Emelie Rutherford NASA is moving forward with its controversial plans to help develop a commercial space transportation industry, awarding more than $250 million in contracts to four firms to […]
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Raytheon’s JLENS Successfully Tracks Targets of Opportunity
By Ann Roosevelt Raytheon [RTN] said its Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System (JLENS) has successfully demonstrated tracking targets of opportunity in the Salt Lake City […]
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Business/FinancialMorpho Detection To Acquire Technology Development Firm Syagen
By Calvin Biesecker Morpho Detection yesterday said it has agreed to acquire Syagen Technology, Inc., a company with expertise in developing mass spectrometry-based technologies for security applications. Terms of the […]
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CongressBill Introduced To Bolster Private Screening At Airports
Several House Republicans led by Homeland Security Committee Chairman Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) last week introduced legislation to give airports the ability renew efforts to opt out of having to […]
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BAMS Program Office Seeks To Integrate Air Force SIGINT Sensor Into Platform
By Carlo Munoz The Navy program office in charge of the service’s newest unmanned aerial system is looking to integrate Air Force-centric hardware into that aircraft, as a way to […]
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High Demand Army Aviation Aims At Resource-Informed Budget Decisions
By Ann Roosevelt NASHVILLE, Tenn.–Senior Army aviators are well aware that defense budgets are being squeezed, but they plan to make a strong case to fund needed programs as others […]
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Navy Continuing Dialogue On International Sales of BAMS Unmanned Aircraft
By Carlo Munoz Service officials overseeing the development of the Navy’s Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) unmanned aircraft are continuing talks with foreign militaries on potential international sales of the […]
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MDA Awards General Dynamics $565 Million Services Contract
General Dynamics [GD] last week said it has been awarded a contract by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Engineering and Support Services (MiDAESS) program to provide infrastructure and deployment services […]