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CongressSenate Likely To OK Nomination For Pentagon’s Top Weapons-Buying Position
By Jen DiMascio Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) yesterday gave every indication that it would support the nomination of John Young to be the Pentagon’s next top […]
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Air ForcePayton: Air Force Will Set Level Playing Field In New Round of CSAR-X Bidding
By Michael Sirak The Air Force is committed to ensuring that none of the three of the industry teams vying to supply its next-generation rescue helicopter will view itself at […]
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BAE Testing Remote Controlled V-22 Defensive Weapon
By Geoff Fein BAE SYSTEMS this week unveiled a new internally funded effort to develop a defensive weapon that will provide 360 degrees of suppressive fire for the V-22 Osprey. […]
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Raytheon Gains $100 Million In Patriot, Hawk Contracts From Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia gave two contracts to Raytheon [RTN] totaling more than $100 million for air defense missile systems and other work. One pact involves a multi-year deal for Raytheon to […]
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Bahrain Receives New Lockheed Martin Radar
Lockheed Martin [LMT] said Oct. 2 it has delivered an AN/TPS-59(V)3B ballistic missile defense radar system to Bahrain. The radar is in use by the Bahrain Defence Force for air […]
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Congress
Senate Agrees To Defense Spending Bill
The Senate this week passed a bill to fund the defense department in fiscal year 2008. Just before the Senate agreed to the bill, the leaders of the Senate Appropriations […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Trying To Root Out The Cause of Aviation Cost And Schedule Overruns
By Geoff Fein Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) is in the midst of an effort with 11 of its largest industry partners to examine why some programs are facing cost […]
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InternationalAdministration Forwards U.S.-U.K. Military Trade Treaty To Senate
The administration on Sept. 20 submitted to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee an agreement to loosen trade restrictions on military equipment between the U.S. and the U.K. The agreement would […]
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International
Australia Buys New Anti-Tank Artillery Round
Australia’s Department of Defence has finalized the acquisition of a new anti-tank artillery round, the SMArt 155 developed by German firm Gesellschaft fur Intelligente Wirksysteme mbH (GIWS). The new artillery […]
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International
Raytheon Gains $100 Million In Patriot, Hawk Contracts From Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia gave two contracts to Raytheon [RTN] totaling more than $100 million for air defense missile systems and other work. One pact involves a multi-year deal for Raytheon to […]