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Cal Biesecker
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ArmyIndustry Day To Offer Insight Into New Agile Acquisition Process
The Army yesterday expected to host more than 250 industry representatives at an Industry Day to learn more about Network Integration Evaluation/Agile Acquisition Process at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md. Representatives […]
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Business/FinancialNavistar Defense To Upgrade More Than 2,000 MaxxPro MRAPS
Navistar Defense LLC [NAV] yesterday said it received a $880 million delivery order to upgrade 2,717 International® MaxxPro® Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles. The order from the Marine Corps […]
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Army
General Dynamics Adds New Work To Newly Acquired South Carolina Site
General Dynamics [GD] Land Systems yesterday said $10 million in work on the company’s pre-deployment Stryker vehicles will be added to its newly-acquired manufacturing site in Ladson, S.C. The company […]
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Air ForceJoint Office Defines Interoperability Standards For Unmanned Ground Systems
The first Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) Interoperability Profile (IOP) has been approved that defines interoperability, modularity and commonality standards among future unmanned ground systems. The approval of IOP Version 0 […]
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Business/Financial
Motivation Can Determine Cyber Response, Risk, Official Says
Motivation is key in assessing the risks of cyber-attacks and what to do about them for defense companies as well as government and commercial entities, a key official at Stroz […]
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Army
Oshkosh Defense To Open New Office In Canada
Oshkosh Corp.’s [OSK] Oshkosh Defense yesterday said it will open a new office in Ottawa, Ontario, to support vehicle programs for the Canadian Department of National Defence (DND). “We are […]
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Air Force
New Strategic Guidance Builds On Ongoing Service Efforts
New strategic guidance from the White House builds on work done by the services over the past several years on lessons learned in conflict and considerations of the future. The […]
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Army
General Dynamics To Continue Upgrading Abrams Tanks
General Dynamics [GD] Friday said its Land Systems unit received $60 million under an existing contract to continue upgrading M1A1 tanks to the M1A2 System Enhancement Package (SEP)V2 configuration. Army […]
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DEFENSE WATCH
The Latest Word On Trends And Developments In Aerospace And Defense Dem Love. While an array of Republicans blast the Pentagon’s new strategic guidance released Jan. 5, some Democrats, not […]
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Army
QinetiQ’s Dragon Runner Robot Tapped To Support Australian Forces
QinetiQ North America yesterday said Australia’s Department of Defense has chosen the Dragon Runner™ 20 (DR20) robot to support military robotic missions, over competition from a Boeing [BA] iRobot [IRBT] […]