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Boeing Says Test Validates Hydrogen Engine For High-Flying Unmanned Aircraft
Boeing [BA] announced recently week it has successfully tested the hydrogen propulsion system of its High Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) unmanned aircraft concept using a Ford Motor Company [F] engine. […]
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General Dynamics UK Team Awarded Assessment Phase For MoD LISTENER Program
General Dynamics [GD] United Kingdom Limited has been awarded a 10-month, approximately $2 million contract for the Assessment Phase of the U.K. Ministry of Defence’s LISTENER program. LISTENER is a […]
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Air ForceAir Force Issues Draft Revised Solicitation For New Rescue Helicopter
The Air Force recently issued the draft version of its newly revised solicitation for its next-generation rescue helicopter, the CSAR-X, giving the three industry teams vying to supply the aircraft […]
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Business/FinancialNavy’s ERP Effort: Transforming Business Practices
By Geoff Fein Earlier this month the Navy transitioned to its new enterprise resources planning (ERP) system that will provide a standard set of management tools to service organizations to […]
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Navy/USMCLawmakers Consider Size of Navy Fleet
By Jen DiMascio The same week Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.) called for an increase in the size of the Navy’s fleet, members of the House Shipbuilding Caucus mulled over ways […]
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SpaceTHAAD Missile Defense System Obliterates Scud-Type Target In Test
The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) ballistic missile defense (BMD) system annihilated a target missile outside the atmosphere, the fourth winning intercept for THAAD and the 31st successful target […]
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Space
International Space Station Gains A Room In Galactic Home Addition
Space Shuttle Discovery Heat Shield OK, Cleared For Reentry The International Space Station (ISS) is growing with the addition of a new room, a sort of connecting chamber that eventually […]
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Space
Putin Likens Missile Defense In Europe To Soviet Offensive Missiles In Cuba
Russian President Vladimir Putin equated U.S. proposals to install a missile defensive system in Europe to Soviet Union attempts in 1962 to install offensive nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) in […]
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Space
MDA Sets Ground Test Of Many BMD Systems Beginning This Week
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) will begin a ground test involving many U.S. ballistic missile defense (BMD) systems, plus input from allied nations, MDA announced. The test will include all […]
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Space
North Korean Nuclear Facilities Dangerous, Primitive, But Still Produce Weapons
North Korean nuclear facilities are dangerous, primitive and expose humans to radiation, but they still pose a threat in empowering the isolated nation to produce nuclear weapons, according to a […]