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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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Business/FinancialChilling Thought: Will Iran Ensure Strong Control Of Nuke Missiles? Or Could Rogue Officer Launch One?
Iran likely will establish some sort of controls on firing the nuclear-tipped missiles it seems bent upon developing, but a worrisome factor is that Iran has been decentralizing once-rigid control […]
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SpaceChandra Observatory Finds Galaxy With Hot Young Stars In One Neighborhood, Walled Off From Geriatric Area
The Chandra X-ray Observatory has spotted a galaxy where hot young stars abound in one neighborhood, segregated from another area of older material. The new study unveils NGC 604, the […]
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Business/Financial
No End Seen To Hamas Missile Attacks On Israel, Though Obama Picking Mitchell Seen As Good Move; Hamas Rearming
No end is seen to Hamas continuing rocket and missile attacks on Israel, even though Israeli forces bombed some of the tunnels from Egypt to the Gaza Strip through which […]
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Business/Financial
Support Sought For Rapid Small Satellite Facility
The Department of Defense Operationally Responsive Space (ORS) office recently released a request for information (RFI) to help accomplish the office develop a rapid response space center, called Chileworks. U.S. […]
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Business/Financial
Defense Contractors Have Options To Lessen Sting Of Threatened Defense Spending Reductions
Defense contactors have several moves they can make to lessen the brutal impact of impending defense spending cuts, according to Loren Thompson, COO of the Lexington Institute, a think tank […]
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Business/Financial
SBIRS Satellite Software Test Succeeds
The first Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous orbit (GEO-1) satellite, completed a test using new flight software permitting highly reliable spacecraft command and control operations, Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] announced. […]