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Cal Biesecker
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Air ForceNorthrop Grumman Reports Successful SBIRS Payload Tests
Northrop Grumman [NOC] said it successfully completed payload integration and the ambient functional test of the Air Force’s Space Based Infrared System’s (SBIRS) third highly elliptical orbit (HEO-3) payload. "The […]
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ArmyBAE Systems Receives Second Phase of ECP Work For Bradley Fighting Vehicle
BAE Systems yesterday said it received a $55 million contract for the second phase of the Engineering Change Proposal (ECP) work for the Bradley Fighting Vehicle. This contract continues the […]
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InternationalNATO Extends Secretary General For Another Year
The North Atlantic Council yesterday approved a fifth year for Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, an extension that will run through July 31, 2014. The allies will support Rasmussen in […]
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Army
Boeing To Continue High Energy Laser Mobile Demonstrator Work
Boeing [BA] yesterday said it would continue developing a truck-mounted directed energy system to improve soldiers’ ability to counter rockets, artillery, mortars and unmanned aerial threats under a $16.18 million […]
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Air Force
Third Boeing GPS IIF Satellite Poised To Launch
CAPE CANAVERAL AFS, Fla.–The third of 12 Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF satellites Boeing [BA] is developing for the Air Force is ready to be launched this morning at 8:10 a.m. […]
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Business/FinancialITT Exelis Named Part of Army Eagle Program
ITT Exelis [XLS] yesterday said the Army Sustainment Command, Rock Island, Ill., selected the company as one of the prime contractors for the five-year, $23.5 billion Enhanced Army Global Logistics […]
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Army
DARPA’s FANG Effort To Revolutionize Military Acquisition Begins
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) wants innovative individuals and companies to add their abilities to traditional defense industry to help the agency reform how the Defense Department designs […]
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Air Force
Joint Tactical Networking Center Opens, JPEO JTRS Officially Closed
The Joint Tactical Networking Center (JTNC) opened for business yesterday as the Joint Program Executive Office Joint Tactical Radio System (JPEO JTRS) officially closed Sept. 30. Undersecretary of Defense for […]
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Army
ATK To Continue Operation And Maintenance of Lake City Army Ammunition Plant
ATK [ATK] yesterday said it has been selected by the Army over a BAE Systems–Olin Corp. [OLN] joint venture for continued operation and maintenance of the Lake City Army Ammunition […]
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DEFENSE WATCH
The Latest Word On Trends And Developments In Aerospace And Defense CR Time. President Barack Obama signs a continuing resolution (CR) into law on Sept. 28 that funds the Pentagon […]