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Cal Biesecker
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Business/FinancialLightweight Oxygen Generator Takes Top U.K. Award
A lightweight oxygen generator developed to save lives on the battlefield has won first prize at the U.K. Engineering Technology and Innovation Awards 2011. The award for best collaboration in […]
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Air ForceU.K.’s First Joint Forces Commander Takes Post
The first commander of the U.K. Joint Forces Command has taken up the job: Air Chief Marshal Sir Stuart Peach took over Dec. 1. Peach will be responsible for commanding […]
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ArmyGAO Denies SAIC Protest of Army Ground Combat System Awards
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) late yesterday rejected a protest filed by SAIC [SAI] of the Army awards to teams led by General Dynamics [GD] and BAE Systems for the […]
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Army
Army Conducts Market Survey On Next-Gen FLIR Systems For Ground Combat Platforms
The Army is conducting a market survey so it can align research and development investments and acquisition strategy for developing performance specifications and initial capability documents for ground combat platforms–the […]
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UncategorizedDEFENSE WATCH
The Latest Word On Trends And Developments In Aerospace And Defense Happy to be in Homeland. The budget crunch and the possibility of a sequestration measure kicking in that would […]
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Army
Lockheed Martin Successfully Tests New Scalable Effects Warhead For GMLRS Plus
Lockheed Martin [LMT] on Nov. 30 tested a new Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System-Plus (GMLRS+)‘scalable effects warhead, which allows users to select the range of the warhead’s detonation power depending […]
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Air Force
Northrop Grumman Awarded R&D Work On MASTER Program
Northrop Grumman [NOC] yesterday said it was awarded a $5.75 million contract from the Air Force to provide research and development for the Modular Architecture for Signal-processing, Tracking and Exploitation […]
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Army
Leveraging Experience, Oshkosh Defense Ready For The Uncertain Future, Exec Says
Oshkosh Defense [OSK] is ready for a tougher business environment with stiff competition for fewer resources by leveraging its experience for new opportunities, its new executive vice president and president […]
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Army
NATO Secretary-General ‘Disappointed’ In Russian Missile Defense Warnings
The NATO missile defense system is not designed to alter the balance of deterrence, and is designed to defend against threats from outside Europe, NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen recently […]
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Air Force
NATO Taps MBDA To Build Capability To Demilitarize Complex Munitions
The NATO Maintenance and Supply Agency (NAMSA) earlier this month awarded MBDA a contract to destroy 36,000 complex munitions. The value of the work was not revealed. Under the contract, […]