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InternationalBoeing Receives $1.65 Billion For U.K. New-Build Chinook Helicopters
Boeing [BA] recently said it received a $1.64 billion contract from the U.K. Ministry of Defence (MoD) to provide 14 new CH-47 Chinook helicopters and associated support for the first […]
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International
NATO Successfully Tests Missile Defenses In Operationally Realistic Environment
NATO recently said it has taken a significant step forward in providing its commanders the capability to defend deployed forces against attacks from ballistic missiles in a successful test in […]
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International
Aegis BMD Deployment To Europe Yielding Good Feedback, Lockheed Martin Says
The deployment of the USS Monterery (CG-61) earlier this year as part the first phase of establishing missile defense in Europe has already produced information that will allow improvements to […]
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Second Boeing GPS IIF Satellite Handed Over To Air Force
Boeing [BA] recently announced that the second of 12 GPS IIF satellites the company is building for the Air Force has achieved operational acceptance and entered service. According to a […]
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Budget Cuts Will Drive Navy’s Focus On Unmanned Systems, CNO says
Reduced defense spending will force the Navy to focus more clearly on unmanned systems in the future and do a better job of integrating them into overall operations, Adm. Gary […]
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Budget Cuts Would Slow Open Architecture, Harm Interoperability, SPAWAR Official Says
NAVAL BASE SAN DIEGO–Budget cuts would not only slow the Navy’s effort to introduce open architecture (OA) information technology to the fleet but additionally would harm long-term interoperability, a senior […]
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Northrop Grumman UAV Completes Successful At-Sea Deployment
Northrop Grumman [NOC] said recently that its MQ-8B Fire Scout Vertical Takeoff Unmanned Aerial Vehicle provided critical intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) support to special operations forces and U.S. Navy […]
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Northrop Grumman: Export Controls Hurting Drone Makers
U.S. companies want to sell more unmanned aircraft on the international market and need the export-control reforms President Barack Obama’s administration is working on to be enacted, a top executive […]
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AeroVironment Receives $65 Million Order For New Digital Puma UAS
AeroVironment Inc. [AVAV] recently said it received a firm-fixed-price contract delivery order valued at $65.5 million for new digital Puma(tm) All Environment (AE) unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and initial spares […]
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GTSI To Acquire Federal IT Consulting Firm InSysCo
GTSI Corp. [GTSI] recently said it has acquired the federal information technology (IT) consulting firm Information Systems Consulting Group, a deal that expands its federal civilian presence and its professional […]