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Homeland Security
QinetiQ, Secerno Partner to Offer Database Control for Government Clients
Britain’s QinetiQ and Secerno have partnered to offer active database control as a managed service to government departments and defense companies in Europe, the Middle East and Australasia. Under the […]
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Business/FinancialNorthrop Grumman Reports Solid Operating Results Despite Hefty Charge
By Calvin Biesecker As expected, Northrop Grumman [NOC] yesterday posted steep losses for the fourth quarter and all of 2008 due to a previously announced goodwill impairment charge, although the […]
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Sikorsky X2 Conducts Successful Ground Test With Push Propeller
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp.[UTX] achieved a major milestone in its X2 TECHNOLOGY ™ technology demonstrator program by successfully ground testing the aircraft with the pusher propeller installed and spinning for the […]
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Rolls-Royce To Provide Engines And Services For Osprey Tiltrotors
Rolls-Royce recently announced a $221.7 million contract modification with the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) to provide AE 1107C-Liberty engines and services for. Marines’ MV-22 and the Air Force’s CV-22 […]
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Longbow LLC Marks Successful UAS TCDL Assembly On Apache Block III
The Longbow LLC, a joint venture of Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Northrop Grumman [NOC], recently marked the successful first powered flight of the Longbow Unmanned Aerial Systems Tactical Common Data […]
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Oshkosh Defense, Army Sign CRADA For UGV Tech
Oshkosh Corp.’s [OSK] Oshkosh Defense, recently said it signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the Army’s Tank and Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) to refine […]
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Northrop Grumman Continues To Support Global Hawk
Northrop Grumman [NOC] announced it recently won a contract worth $276 million for continued operations and maintenance support of the RQ-4 Global Hawk high- altitude unmanned reconnaissance plane. It said […]
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CongressMcCain Drops Objection To Lynn Nomination, SASC Vote Expected
By Emelie Rutherford Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) received information he sought from William Lynn, the deputy defense secretary nominee and former Raytheon [RTN] lobbyist, and will no longer hold up […]
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Congress
Defense Adds Eyed For Senate Stimulus Bill
By Emelie Rutherford Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) is hoping to add funding for Pentagon weapon systems to the $888 billion economic-stimulus bill now before the Senate, legislation that also includes […]
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InternationalSurprise Will Continue To Dominate National Security, General Says
By Ann Roosevelt Examining the trends and signposts toward the future national security situation can be worked out and perhaps predicted, but surprise will be part of the future, according […]