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Defense Bill Clears Way For New Multiyear For Navy MH-60R, S Helos
The Navy’s effort to establish a new multiyear deal for its growing fleet of MH-60S and R helicopters secured a key endorsement recently, with members of the Senate Armed Services […]
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Army Moving Out To Meet Warfighter UAS Demand
The Army is pushing hard to meet the ever-increasing demand for unmanned aerial systems (UAS) of all sizes and payloads as combat flight hours mount for the smallest systems to […]
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SASC Follows House Counterparts In Restricting UCLASS Funds For FY ’12
Recently, members of the Senate Armed Services Committee followed suit behind their counterparts in the House, placing restrictions on Navy funding for the service’s carrier- based unmanned aircraft program in […]
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Navy Awards Multiple Contracts For UCLASS Development
The Navy has issued a total of just over $1 million in research and development funds via four separate contracts to Boeing [BA], General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Lockheed Martin [LMT] […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Inks New Construction Contracts For JHSV, MLP Ship Programs
Two new development contracts issued by the Navy will continue construction on a former joint Army-Navy program, while the other will mark the beginning of a brand new class of […]
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Bell To Sell Stake In Commercial Tiltrotor Effort To AgustaWestland
Bell Helicopter [TXT] recently said it has agreed to sell its stake in a commercial tiltrotor aircraft project to its partner AgustaWestland to free up resources to boost its investment […]
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SpaceAerojet, QinetiQ, EADS Astrium Crisa To Supply Ion Propulsion System For Spacecraft
Aerojet [GY] QinetiQ, and European Aerospace Defence and Space Co.‘s (EADS) Astrium Crisa, said they have entered a joint agreement to supply the XENITH(TM) (Xenon Ion Thruster) ion propulsion system […]
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Space
House Appropriators Cut AMRAAM Quantities, Funding From Navy, Air Force Coffers
Due to repeated development and delivery delays, House appropriators have slashed over $400 million from the Navy and the Air Force’s weapons procurement fiscal year 2012 request for the Advanced […]
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Space
Teledyne Brown Engineering Finalizes Strategic Alliance With Aerojet General
Teledyne Brown Engineering Inc. [TDY] recently said it finalized its strategic alliance agreement with Aerojet-General Corp. [GY] to cooperate in the development and production of propulsion systems for launch and […]
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Space
Raytheon Receives $1.7 Billion For Saudi Patriot Upgrades
Raytheon [RTN] recently said it received a $1.7 billion Direct Commercial Sales contract to upgrade Saudi Arabia’s Patriot Air and Missile Defense System to the latest Configuration-3. The award includes […]