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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 […]
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Lockheed Martin Unveils Ruggedized Endurance UAS
Lockheed Martin [LMT] recently developed a ruggedized version of its Stalker Unmanned Air System (UAS), called the Stalker eXtreme Endurance (XE) UAS, according to a company press release. The Stalker […]
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InternationalGeneral Dynamics Awarded $42 Million In Contracts On Saudi Tank Upgrade Program
General Dynamics [GD] Land Systems recently said it was awarded two contracts with a combined value of $42.4 million for Saudi Arabia’s tank program. The contracts, valued at $12.6 million […]
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International
Insitu ScanEagle Works With NATO On Libyan Missions
Boeing‘s [BA] Insitu Inc. recently said its ScanEagle unmanned aircraft system (UAS) assisted U.S. and NATO Forces in the mission to protect civilians and reduce the flow of arms to […]