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Defense Daily
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Cal Biesecker
Articles By Cal
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ArmyPresident Intends To Nominate Gen. Lloyd Austin To Lead U.S. Central Command
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta yesterday said President Obama intends to nominate Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Lloyd Austin as the next commander of U.S. Central Command. Panetta called Austin […]
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Business/FinancialNorthrop Grumman Launches Innovation Network
Northrop Grumman [NOC] has launched its Northrop Grumman Innovation Network, a new Web-based environment the company intends to encourage and reward challenge-driven innovation and solution collaboration, with the initial focus […]
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Army
BAE Systems To Begin Producing THAAD IR Seekers
BAE Systems yesterday said it has received initial $81 million contract funding from Lockheed Martin [LMT] to begin production of 143 infrared seekers for the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense […]
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Business/Financial
General Dynamics Board Declares Dividend
The board of directors of General Dynamics [GD] yesterday declared a regular quarterly dividend of 51 cents per share on the company’s common stock, payable December 26 to shareholders of […]
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Textron, Bell Helicopter, AAI, Open Integration And Calibration Labs
Textron Systems [TXT] and Bell Helicopter yesterday said new labs are open at the Huntsville, Ala. site: the Textron Systems Integration and Collaboration Lab and Bell Helicopter/AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems […]
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Army
JLENS Simultaneously Tracks Boats, Cars, Trucks, And Airplanes
Raytheon [RTN] yesterday said its Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor (JLENS) recently simultaneously detected and tracked tracked double-digit swarming boats, hundreds of cars and trucks, non-swarming […]
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InternationalMBDA, Safran Unit And Roxel Optimize Ramjet Sector
MBDA France on Dec. 1 acquired the ramjet integration and testing activities of Roxel France, after an agreement was signed between MBDA and Safran Group’s Herakles—equal joint shareholders of the […]
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Army
DRS Technologies Canada To Support Land Command
Finmeccanica’s DRS Technologies Canada yesterday said it was awarded a nearly $49 million contract in support of the Canadian Land Command Support System Life Extension Project. Under the contract, DRS […]
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Army
Raytheon UK To Deliver New Vehicle GPS Anti-Jam Antennas
Raytheon [RTN] UK yesterday said it has been awarded a contract by the U.K. Ministry of Defense to deliver a new GPS Anti-Jam Antenna System. The contract value was not […]
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Business/Financial
New Robotics Company Reveals Revolutionary New UAVs
CyPhy Works flew into view yesterday unveiling two revolutionary small Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAVs): Extreme Access System for Entry (EASE) and Persistent aerial Reconnaissance and Communications (PARC). CyPhy Works was […]