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Cal Biesecker
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ArmyAgustaWestland North America Completes Army AAS Flight Demos
Finmeccanica’s AgustaWestland North America Inc. yesterday said it has completed a week of flight demonstrations for the U.S. Army as it moves forward with its Armed Aerial Scout program. AgustaWestland […]
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Army
U.K. MoD Confirms Starstreak, Rapier Missiles To Aid Olympic Security
The U.K. Ministry of Defense yesterday confirmed he Starstreak and Rapier air defense missile systems are part of the ground based defense providing security during the 2012 Olympic Games. Starstreak […]
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InternationalRIMPAC 2012 Underway In The Pacific
The biennial Rim of the Pacific Exercise (RIMPAC) 2012 got underway Monday with military leaders from 22 nations at the formal launch in Hawaii. The U.S. Pacific Fleet hosts RIMPAC […]
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Army
Lockheed Martin To Produce More Hellfire Missiles For U.K.
The United Kingdom has ordered more Hellfire missiles under an approximately $45 million contract with Lockheed Martin UK, which continues missile delivery through 2013. All production for the AGM-114 missiles […]
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Air ForceExpanding Army NIE Could Open New Avenues, General Says
The Army’s recent success in distributing its nascent network to several sites offers a glimpse of how the service can not only play an important role in the new defense […]
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Army
Gray Eagle UAS An Evolving Game Changer, General Says
The first fully equipped unit–F/227–of the Gray Eagle unmanned aerial system (UAS) in Afghanistan is a game changer and the capability keeps growing–despite some reliability issues, the program executive officer […]
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DEFENSE WATCH
c Foreign Deal. The House Foreign Affairs Committee approves on June 27 an authorization bill for the State Department, which has not been guided by such a policy-setting law since […]
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Business/FinancialMDA To Acquire Space Systems/Loral, Become Major Communications Player
Canada’s MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. [MDA],this week said it signed an agreement to acquire 100 percent of Space Systems/Loral Inc. (SS/L) for $875 million in a transaction that is […]
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Business/Financial
Lockheed Martin Elects Kubasik To New Position On Board of Directors
Lockheed Martin [LMT] yesterday said its board of directors unanimously voted to establish the new position of vice chairman, electing President and Chief Operating Officer Christopher Kubasik as a board […]
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BAE Systems Promotes Two Executives
BAE Systems yesterday said Tom Arseneault has been appointed executive vice president, Product Sectors and chief technology officer. Larry Prior, who currently serves as executive vice president, Service Sectors, has […]