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Navy/USMCLCS Brings New Capabilities To The Fleet, Official Says
By Geoff Fein The USS Freedom (LCS-1) has exceed expectations, and the newest Navy vessel will bring capabilities to the fleet that the service has never had before, according to […]
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CongressBipartisan Mix Of Senators Calls For Obama To Boost Shipbuilding Support
By Emelie Rutherford Eighteen senators called yesterday for President-elect Barack Obama to support "a robust shipbuilding budget and policies" for military and commercial vessels. "Such policies and funding would create […]
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Congress
Panel’s Citing of Nuclear Deterrent Need May Impact Post-RRW Debate
By Emelie Rutherford A congressionally mandated commission’s finding that there is value in maintaining a nuclear deterrent is expected to fuel arguments on Capitol Hill for a successor effort to […]
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Business/FinancialSierra Nevada Completes SpaceDev Acquisition
Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) yesterday said it has completed its acquisition of SpaceDev, allowing it to form an integrated space technologies business unit. SNC, when it first announced the deal […]
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Business/Financial
Boeing Ups Dividend By Five Percent
Boeing [BA] on Monday said it would boost its quarterly dividend payment to shareholders by two cents, or 5 percent, to 42 cents per share payable March 6, 2009. The […]
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Business/Financial
Possibility Exists Navy Could Buy More Than 55 LCS, Official Says
By Geoff Fein ABOARD THE USS FREEDOM–Pentagon acquisition chief John Young believes the Navy could purchase more than the current buy of 55 Littoral Combat Ships (LCS). "[I] would not […]
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Business/Financial
Efforts Improving Bandwidth, Spectrum Management For Warfighters
By Geoff Fein The Department of Defense (DoD) is searching for ways to better optimize how it uses bandwidth whether it is over landlines, over satellite communications (SATCOM) or other […]
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Homeland Security
DHS Announces $48.6 Million In FY ’09 REAL ID Grants
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) yesterday opened the application period for the FY ’09 Driver’s License Security Grant Program, which will dole out $48.6 million to states that will […]
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ArmyEADS North America Delivers 50th UH-72A To Army
EADS North America yesterday delivered the 50th UH-72A Lakota Light Utility Helicopter to the Army. This delivery marks another on-time milestone in the acquisition and fielding of the UH-72A to […]