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Air ForceGates Outlines Supp With $69.7 Billion Minimum, But Says Obama To Make Final Call
By Emelie Rutherford The Pentagon’s request for the supplemental war-funding bill is not complete and may cost $69.7 billion or more, depending on decisions regarding force levels in Afghanistan, the […]
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BAE Systems To Supply Spares For Caiman MRAPs
BAE Systems has received six contracts worth $115 million from the Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command for replacement parts, including complete engines, transmissions, axles and self-recovery winches, for Caiman Mine […]
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NASA Gives $3.5 Billion-To-$6.2 Billion Space Flight Contracts To Orbital, SpaceX
NASA, in a double departure from business as usual, has taken a giant step toward privatizing the transport of cargo to and from low Earth orbit, while also shifting from […]
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Boeing Creates New U.K. Rotorcraft Support Business
Boeing [BA] Defence UK Ltd. Jan. 6 announced the establishment of a new operation to focus on Boeing’s rotorcraft support business in the United Kingdom. The new organization, Boeing UK […]
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Estonia Approves Additional AW139 Helo Purchase
Finmeccanica‘s AgustaWestland recently said that the Government of Estonia recently gave approval for the purchase of a third AW139 helicopter for the Border Guard to perform search and rescue, medical […]
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Italy Certifies AeroVironment’s Raven B For Airspace
AeroVironment [AVAV] this week said that the Italian defense ministry has issued a Military Aircraft Type-Classification Certificate for the Raven B unmanned aircraft system (UAS), allowing Italian military personnel to […]
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Thales’ Tiger CPT Accredited in Australia
In what Thales Australia dubbed as a “world first for a combat helicopter simulator,” its Tiger ARH (Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter) Crew Procedural Trainer (CPT) has been accredited at the Army […]
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New Mortar-based Small UAV Launcher From BAE
BAE Systems recently said one of its teams has developed a much-needed front line capability for launching small, unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) from a compact mortar- based launcher. “We identified […]
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Business/FinancialBoeing Gains $397.9 Million Contract To Continue Ground-based Midcourse Defense Program For Only Six Months
Long-Term Contract To Be Decided In Impending Obama Administration The Missile Defense Agency gave The Boeing Co. [BA] a cost-plus-award-fee contract worth up to $397.9 million to continue the Ground-base […]
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Homeland Security
Missile Defense Modeling And Simulation Advances
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has advanced modeling and simulation for missile defense testing, the agency announced. MDA oversaw successful execution of Flight Support Ground Test 03b (GTF-03b). The GTF-03b […]