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Cal Biesecker
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Business/FinancialDuPont Starts Up $500 Million Cooper River Kevlar Site
DuPont [DD] yesterday said it initiated the start up of its $500 million Cooper River Kevlar® facility near Charleston, S.C. The Cooper River Kevlar® plant uses state-of-the-art technology to allow […]
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ArmyBAE Systems Prepares For Bradley Upgrades Under $270 Million Contract
BAE Systems yesterday said it would purchase material items in preparation for the conversion of 245 Bradley Operation Desert Storm Situational Awareness (ODS-SA) vehicles through a $270 million Army contract. […]
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Army
Australia Temporarily Suspends Flight For Its CH-47D Chinook Helicopters
The Australian Army yesterday said it has temporarily suspended flying operations for the CH-47D Chinook helicopter after identifying possible issues relating to the operation of the aircraft’s Advanced Flight Control […]
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THAAD Missile Defense System Intercepts Targets In IOT&E Flight Test
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and the Army said they conducted a flight test of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) weapon system yesterday, detecting, tracking and intercepting two […]
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Army
Retrain On Fundamentals, Including Discipline, Army General Says
As the Army leaves Iraq and eventually Afghanistan, the force must retrain on the fundamentals that had to be put aside due to the urgencies of current conflict–and this means […]
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Army
Army Buys More Stryker Vehicles With Double V Hulls
General Dynamics [GD] yesterday said the Army awarded it a $243 million contract to produce and deliver an additional 115 Stryker combat vehicles equipped with double V hulls (DVH). The […]
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Army
BAE Systems To Upgrade Howitzers For Chile
BAE Systems yesterday said it received a $15.8 million contract to refurbish and upgrade 12 M109A5 howitzers for the Chilean Government through a foreign military sales contract. “The howitzers will […]
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Army
Army To Acquire More Sentinel Air Defense Radars
ThalesRaytheonSystems yesterday said the Army will procure 56 Improved Sentinel Battlefield Air Defense AN/MPQ-64 Radars. "The Sentinel battlefield radar not only meets the needs of today’s soldier, but will grow […]
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Army
BAE System M777 Howitzers On Order For Army Brigades
BAE Systems yesterday said the Defense Department ordered 70 BAE lightweight M777 howitzers to begin equipping the Army’s Infantry Brigade Combat Teams (IBCT). Valued at $134 million, the order takes […]
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Army
New Chairman Provides A Few Key Themes As Tour Starts
On his first day on the job, the 18th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen. Martin Dempsey sent a letter to the joint force pointing to key […]