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European Consortium Signs Onto Amended A400M Contract
By Marina Malenic The seven European nations participating in the Airbus A400M program have signed a contract amendment allowing production of the military airlifter to begin, prime contractor Airbus announced […]
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Air ForcePentagon Prepares For Shutdown As Obama Rejects House Defense Bill
By Emelie Rutherford Facing the possibility of a government shutdown tomorrow, a top Pentagon official provided details yesterday on how the military workforce would operate without a budget. Deputy Defense […]
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CongressTSA Global Office Wants More Resources, Chief Says
By Calvin Biesecker The head of the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) division that assesses whether foreign airports and other international aviation-related entities are complying with baseline international security standards told […]
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InternationalFLIR Systems To Partner With AeroBRAS To Expand Presence In Latin America
FLIR Systems, Inc. [FLI]R) this week said it is partnering with AeroBRAS Industria Aeronautica Brasileira LTDA., to expand their presence in the Latin American region through the opening of a […]
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International
EADS , Airbus Conclude Contract Negotiations On A400M
EADS and Airbus this week said they welcomed the conclusion of contract amendment negotiations with OCCAR and the seven A400M launch customer nations. The contract amendment was signed today in […]
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International
Australia Successful In Bid For Surplus U.K. Amphibious Ship
Australian Minister for Defence Stephen Smith and Minister for Defence Materiel Jason Clare this week said Australia has been successful in its bid to acquire the United Kingdom’s Bay Class […]
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iRobot Reveals Prototype 110First Look UGV
iRobot Corp. [IRBT] yesterday revealed pre-production prototypes of the iRobotr 110 FirstLook(tm) unmanned ground vehicle (UGV). A small, light and throwable robot, 110 FirstLook provides hasty situational awareness, performs persistent […]
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Comms Crosslink Between STSS Sats Extends Real-Time ‘Stereo Tracking’
The communications crosslink between the twin Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS) demonstration satellites, built by Northrop Grumman [NOC] and Raytheon [RTN], has shown effectiveness in transmitting high-precision, real-time missile […]
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KEYW Buys Another Cyber Security Firm, JKA Technologies
KEYW Corp. [KEYW] recently said it has acquired JKA Technologies, a provider of information assurance and other information technology services to the intelligence community. KEYW paid $10.5 million in cash […]
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ARINC Asset Tracking Solution Tested By Army Sustainment Command
ARINC and its teammates recently completed a successful proof-of-principle demonstration of a wireless mesh solution for tracking military assets at an Army facility in Kuwait used to clean and process […]